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what kind of strings are these?

Discussion in 'Strings [DB]' started by Bjazzman, Apr 14, 2012.

  1. Apr 14, 2012 #1
    Bjazzman

    Bjazzman

    Dec 7, 2004
    Madison WI
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    i think they might be bel cantos or eurosonic orchestral set?

    they are on a Colin Wultur bass that we just got in the store

    really like these strings and their tension and want to try them on one of my other basses

    thanks
     
  2. Apr 14, 2012 #2
    eerbrev

    eerbrev

    Dec 6, 2009
    Ottawa, ON, CAN
    not belcantos, they're straight orange, no wrap. According to (All Hail!) Bob Gollihur's website the Eurosonics that would be closest to what you have are Mediums, which are yellow with a black stripe. These look more orange than yellow, but I could be wrong. They look too orange to be obligatos, either. I'll look around, I guess (i can never get the quinn's violins search thing work).

    eerbrev
     
  3. Apr 14, 2012 #3
    Bjazzman

    Bjazzman

    Dec 7, 2004
    Madison WI
    yeah i don't think they're obligatos. for some reason i thought eurosonics have windings like roundwound electric bass strings and are larger in diameter than most strings
     
  4. Apr 14, 2012 #4
    eerbrev

    eerbrev

    Dec 6, 2009
    Ottawa, ON, CAN
    what are the colours at the pegbox?
     
  5. Apr 14, 2012 #5
    Bjazzman

    Bjazzman

    Dec 7, 2004
    Madison WI
    if i remember they were the same
     
  6. Apr 14, 2012 #6
    Co.

    Co.

    Sep 10, 2006
    Germany
  7. Apr 14, 2012 #7
    eerbrev

    eerbrev

    Dec 6, 2009
    Ottawa, ON, CAN
  8. Apr 14, 2012 #8
    Bjazzman

    Bjazzman

    Dec 7, 2004
    Madison WI
    I'll have to check the winding colors on the pegs but I thought they were orange and black as well. I have Corelli strings on my bass right now and the peg winding colors are various colors. Also Corelli strings feel like they have more tension than the ones on the bass at work. I might have to ask the company we got the bass from if they know
     
  9. Apr 15, 2012 #9
    Co.

    Co.

    Sep 10, 2006
    Germany
    I had them on my bass for about 20min and they were the string with the least amount of tension and the most metallic sound I know of. They felt lower tension than Spiro solos (wich I like a lot).
     
  10. Apr 15, 2012 #10
    geoffbassist

    geoffbassist UK Double Bassist Supporting Member Commercial User

    Jul 17, 2006
    UK
    Founder - Discover Double Bass
    Could they be daddario zyex?
     
  11. Apr 15, 2012 #11
    Bjazzman

    Bjazzman

    Dec 7, 2004
    Madison WI
    hmm. according to lemur, zyex has orange windings with a red stripe. these have a black stripe
     
  12. Apr 15, 2012 #12
    DoubleMIDI

    DoubleMIDI

    Feb 28, 2010
    Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen
    Pirastro Obligato: Red with black stripe.
    Corelli 370F: Orange with black stripe.

    In my database of double bass strings (still incomplete, may take some months unil more or less finished) I cannot find something more similar.

    Peg end for Obligato: GDAE brown-red-black-green
    Peg end for 370F: GDAE yellow-violet-black-blue