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Full set of Pirastro Perpetuals G and D were on my bass for 5 minutes (only to compare them with my guts). A and E were on my bass for 3 months, but did zero touring and only one recording session in that time, so they are in great condition. The best U.K. price for these strings at the moment is a heavily discounted £202 (Retail price is £278). so how about £150 posted?

G and D bought brand new on this forum and on my bass for literally 5 minutes (because sometimes I like to remind myself of how strings sound, see next post about Perpetuals). Best price new in the U.K. currently is £53 for the G and £56 for the D, so how about £80 posted for both?

Actually, I haven’t quite found anything that sounds as good as these, so I’ve had a change of heart and I’m taking these off marketplace just now. I shall list other strings I’m not using instead.

Photos added and post updated with strings still available. Aquila nylon-wrapped D&G £130 (would be over £200 new plus postage from Italy, tax etc…) New Old Stock Pirastro £50 (difficult to price this, but a pure gut D would be at the very least around £120 if at all decent).

The unbranded nylon wrapped G and one of the pure gut D strings are now sold. The Aquila D and G Gold Springs Vintage and one of the Pirastro Gut D strings are STILL AVAILABLE.

Hi guys, post updated with the gut string still available, having sold a couple yesterday. I’m selling some very interesting gut strings. - First up my Aquila Gold Springs vintage G and D. These are wonderful exact reproductions of the Golden Spirals used by Charlie Haden, Scott Lafaro etc…hence but strings wrapped in nylon. I have had them only on one bass, played for 6 months, in which I have only used the bass for recording sessions and home practice, so no sweat damage at all and excellent condition. Here is the web link https://aquilacorde.com/negozio/corde-musica-moderna/contrabbasso-corde-musica-moderna/g-d-set/contrabbasso-gold-springs-vintage-set-g-d/ £130 for both D and G - Finally, I have 1 x NEW OLD STOCK Pirastro pure gut D string “Gold Etikett”. I don’t know when it came out of the factory, but as you can see from the photos they don’t make this model any longer. It is a wonderful new pure gut string, never been on a bass, it feels varnished so it is in perfect new condition with no fraying whatsoever . £50

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If any use to you, I have a D and G Zyex light that I’m not using. 3-4 months use. I quite liked them actually and I still use the A and E on one of my basses. Feel free to message if you wish to buy them, or if you need to ask anything and otherwise best of luck.

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Ah thanks mate. Right back at you! Brilliant strings these; I’m pretty sure I’ll bite my lip at some point wishing I hadn’t sold them. Alas, my laptop is an antique so I’m selling a couple of things to get a new one. hope you’re well.

Set of Tempera Hybrid strings developed by Gerold Gennsler and Jan-Ole in Berlin. 6 months of use on my main bass in which time it has done 3 recording sessions but no live gigs (I have taken my smaller bass to all the gigs so no yucky sweat on these strings!) You probably know the reputation of these strings; they are simply the best boutique strings available. If I can see correctly, outside of Germany you can’t buy these directly anymore, as the guys only deal with partner luthiers. What sound do they make? Difficult to describe exactly, but I shall try: they are modern “gut” strings, but only in the sense that they produce a huge dark sound with low tension. I have played all the guts (I think) and I must say these have their own sound. Guts are often thumpy and decay quickly: these have a very defined note all the time on every string, and yet they have that complex lovely dark sound you get with guts and they let you attack in a very satisfying way. the low strings are especially miraculous and that is so rare for low tension strings. My expertise is pizzicato based. Arco, they are very easy to start even for a bad, bad arco player like me and they produce a wonderful full sound, with none of the scratchy voice of steel strings. If I played arco, I would never take these off! so why am I selling? For my bass, they are too much of a good thing. Meaning that my bass manages to tame the zing out of steel strings, making them sound dark. As a result, these sound too dark on my bass. Also, I do prefer a tiny bit higher tension. I think if the great gut players of the past had these strings available to them, they would probably be playing them instead of guts. They are that good. And they have no animal in them, so it’s a win-win situation. the price of these stings, when I bought them 6 months ago, was €405 including shipping. I cannot remember if I had to pay tax on top as well, I can’t find any evidence of that. so, after 6 months of judicious use, I feel that £270 including shipping is a very reasonable price. According the the Tempera guys, they are very long lasting strings, meaning they should have a long life ahead of them. I have only mounted them straight after buying them and took them off today. So all the windings are intact. They come with the original fancy box complete with booklet of instructions on how to fit the strings correctly (please follow the instructions, don’t be a macho man and throw the booklet away: that will not do you any favours, as of course it never does). any questions please ask.

Back before we all became audiophile nuts, this was the daddy of the preamps for double bass. I did thousands of gigs with mine and loved it, so I bought this from esteemed Basschatter Clarky last year, but ended up never needing it. So here it is. No box, but otherwise in great condition.

I still have them Richard. I’ll PM you.

£80 that is a bargain imo

Offers accepted (reasonable). Put these Spiros on your bass and forget about changing strings for the rest of your natural life (or indeed for a very, very long time, whichever is the longest).

£80 - won’t go lower. Set of Spiros Medium S42 used on one bass for 4 months (6 or 7 gigs tops). they are in excellent conditions with many, many years left ahead of them and I’ve done the hard work of playing them for the first couple of months of the G zing….bargain! (Each string comes in its sleeve but I don’t have the box - still, I will pack them well for postage).

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Changed for “trade” to “sale” only.

Hi all, I have a brand new box of Thomastik Spirocore S42 Medium (red silks) that I don’t use and I would like to sell. (I had originally planned to swap them, but I’m not sure what strings I need instead, so cash is best just now). The cheapest U.K. price for Spiro is £199, but Thomann sells them for £144, so let’s say £130 U.K. posted. postage outside the U.K. will be charged (but I would rather post to U.K. only due to current hassles with shipping)

Love them. PM’d