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  1. Rabbie
    Great stuff. PM replies
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    Sold 1 of the new ones so only 1 new string left.
  3. Rabbie
    I’ll PM you details mate.
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    Hi mate, ok here’s my impression: although technically the Stark E has more tension than the medium counterpart, when I swapped them, I didn’t feel much difference. Here’s my take on it: we tend to play the E string harder and less frequently, which is why it is common to find it “wimpy”. So, when I put the Stark E on, I just felt more volume, growl and responsiveness and no real tension difference. Great presence to hammer out a low F, F# or G and let it growl like a bear: awesome powerful feeling! Folk stand to attention (well, almost), However lately, my work is in quiet duos and trios, so I’ve been looking at going back to a softer sound on the E, still with the Spiro long life, so I put back on an ancient medium E I had lying around. The other strings remain Spiro medium A, Oliv D and Dlugolecki G at the moment. The one I used is sold, I have 2 brand new ones left. Hope this helps.
  5. Rabbie
    The used one is now sold, so only the 2 new ones. I can’t change the price in the main listing sorry.
  6. Rabbie
    Is your E string wimpy? These help a lot. Thomastik Spirocore need no introduction, but the “Stark” (heavy) tension version of the Spiros are rare to see. It helped my bass enormously to balance a weak sounding E string in my brief foray into steels (whilst the setup was already optimal). Now I am back to using my good old guts, a regular Spiro E is more balanced and I no longer need these heavy ones. I still have 1 x E strings brand new, £50 posted.
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    I’ve had a couple of plys in the past with the same thing. One carved Wilfer also had it. The word from the luthier at the time I asked was not to worry about it, but you may want to double check for piece of mind.
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    I’m not sure but I use almond oil for my guts, so it’s probably the same thing (maybe). For the low steels I just let the funk grow free...🤢
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    Location added, sorry I had forgotten.
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    A wonderfully ready for action plywood right here! Hofner is a quality brand of course. Still, this is a modern plywood: don’t expect royal philharmonic tones, but a truly delightful, sturdy professional instrument; perfectly at home in all the pub/club/village hall/festival/tour van gigs on the planet. That is exactly how I used it anyway. If I’m correct, and please double check, Thomann sells thes for £1900. However, the neck was not so good...and it required a luthier job worth £880!!! Now, it plays perfectly well indeed. I realise the Zappa & The Fonz stickers are not everyone’s cup of tea, but they come off; I have a special remover which leaves no mark on the varnish. at the price, I shall leave the bow quiver on. If you want I will throw in a beginner’s bow. I will also be happy to discuss a special price for the padded bag (worth £180), a fairly new set of Spirocore strings (currently £135) and a Realist copperhead pickup (around £170). This bass has been played and it has been played with some really great and well known musicians. Granted they were not double bass connoisseurs, but every time they and the audience have commented on the deep warm sound of this bass. I’m not trying to fool you into thinking this is a top class bass: I’m just saying it’s a damn fine sounding gigging plywood, which you can take out and enjoy without worrying about putting a scratch mark on it. I'm in Scotland. Not far from the Gla/Edi line, so I can meet you there if easier.
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    Autumn here in Perthshire is amazing. Bit breezy but amazing... if you come here, drop some dosh off the price and buy a spare student plywood off me, it’s a deal!
  12. Rabbie
    Scotland...stay away Satan...I got nae money!
  13. Rabbie
    Thankfully for my bank balance you live so far away... Great players’ bass I bet!
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    I would definitely go to your local luthier. He will insert the adjusters in the existing bridge and meanwhile adjust the action to your requirements by shaving off the deep notches at the top. That is providing he/she feels you’ll be left with a reasonable-enough amount of wood above the heart. All the best.
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    someone pointed out to me that Thomann smells Spiros for £135(+postage from Deutschland)!!! Whaaaaat?! i used to pay mega bucks for these! anyhoo, in the spirit of fairness, I’m selling them brand new for £120, but please be kind and don’t offer me less. I mean, they have not even been out of the packet!
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    Photos added
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    Brand new set, never opened, Spirocore Mittel (Medium) S42 (I.e. the quintessential set of Spirocore made originally for 4/4scale but that gives you that Ray Brown growl when fitted to 3/4 scale basses). £120 posted to the U.K.
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    Hahahaha! Awesome. I was never that bother with the tuning thing much. You just check your tuning a bit more often; it’s not like it takes a long time. And once they settle in, they get much better.
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    Thanks mate. For slapping, Lamberts are awesome, I have had a couple of sets in the past. I did eventually turn back to guts though...just better in my opinion of course.
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    Yep, you are indeedy correct. At least at present. And probably forever because I dare say research into making a double bass string sounding exactly like gut is possibly gonna cost more than what it’s going to profit.
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    Good point Jez. The inner devil’s advocate tells me that as double bass player we hardly contribute to mass slaughters, but still, the synthetic options have got to be the future.
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    For years I played gut strings. It had a lot to do with slapping (which I no longer do a lot of) and playing roots music (which I still do on occasions). then I turned veggie and decided I could no longer justify playing animal insides (please let’s not discuss the ethics of this on a bass forum, because people tend to feel strongly about this stuff and it may derail the purpose). Since that, I love my Spiros but always struggle with the “intrusive and abrasive” (to my ears) nature of the G and (to a lesser extent, D). out of sheer desire, I just went back to gut G and the Oliv D that I could not sell on the forum and oh! It’s heaven!! i kept my Spiro mitts A and Spiro Stark E and honestly I don’t struggle with tension changes across the strings. At the end of the day Charlie Haden, whom I adore, played guts and Spiros for ever. however, my ethical dilemma about animal products remains. Who’s gonna finally come up with the perfect gut substitute?
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    End please. Keeping it.
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    Yep, the high-ish action and tough Spiros work for me, but I’m a fairly big person and I have been playing for years with people that love the acoustic tone above all, very old school. There are lots of ways to make music, there are a few players I follow that fly around that fingerboard with low action and would never dream to play without an amp: they sound great. Charlie Haden played guts and nobody ever complained they didn’t hear him, so... each has their own way and we all try to make music, that’s the important thing.
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    The scratches on the back are nothing to worry about. You are at the beginning of your journey on double bass so I would take the bass that seems structurally more sound. They are both student instruments, and they will both be fine for a long time, until your ear and taste develop. Whatever instrument you buy, always have a couple of hundred pounds aside for a luthier bill (at the very least). If it were me, I would keep away from the first one, not so much because of the cracks, but because you don’t know how well they have been repaired. I would take the second one, get a basic set up from a luthier, pick up a decent second hand set of strings and then concentrate on learning to play it and have fun. Hope this helps.
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