steverickwood Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Hello all; being an upright 'owner', in that I use it way less than my electric basses I have a q regarding strings. I own an electric by Aria which I got the best part of a decade ago, and I'm sure someone said strings were to be obtained from Aria for one reason or another - or this may just have been marketing... Anyhow, I need some new strings, what would possibly be most useful for this electric, played mostly pizzicato, in styles of jazz, blues, drum'n'bass, hip-hop etc. Thoughts would be useful - I've forgotton what model but its like a squashed double bass!! Best Steve r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Sounds like you've got the SWB02 or 3 - solid wood body in a miniature double bass shape? If it's a hollow body you've got a SWB04. These basses work best with orchestral or synthetic strings. Steel core (eg, spirocores) are a bit too bright for solid body EUBs. I've used Helicore Hybrids & orchestrals and Innovation Honeys on my old SWB01 LITE. The Helicore Hybrids had good definition but the Honeys had a more double bass-like sound. Others you could try are Obligatos, Velvet Blues or Thomastik Dominants. If you keep an eye on the 'for sale' forum, second hand sets come up pretty regularly. I might even have a set of Helicores knocking around if you're interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverickwood Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 [quote name='TheRev' post='1112580' date='Feb 2 2011, 04:09 PM']Sounds like you've got the SWB02 or 3 - solid wood body in a miniature double bass shape? If it's a hollow body you've got a SWB04. These basses work best with orchestral or synthetic strings. Steel core (eg, spirocores) are a bit too bright for solid body EUBs. I've used Helicore Hybrids & orchestrals and Innovation Honeys on my old SWB01 LITE. The Helicore Hybrids had good definition but the Honeys had a more double bass-like sound. Others you could try are Obligatos, Velvet Blues or Thomastik Dominants. If you keep an eye on the 'for sale' forum, second hand sets come up pretty regularly. I might even have a set of Helicores knocking around if you're interested?[/quote] Appreciate the info mate - what sort of price? Yeah got a hollow body; quite a cool bass really. Never liked the amount of dots on the steinbergers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted February 3, 2011 Share Posted February 3, 2011 The SWB04 is a lovely looking bass - it was a toss up between one of those and the Eminence when I upgraded from my SWB01 Hybrids - £50 posted? They were on my Aria for less than a year - then I bought the Eminence and ddin't play the Aria so much, so they're nicely played in and there's plenty of life left in them. However, if you're feeling flush and have £120 to spend on a new set of strings, I would suggest a set of Velvet Blues Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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