String Identifier

[geoffbassist]

This is such a good thread! I often refer to the Contrabass Shoppe string store for their photos of strings when I'm on the hunt.

Owencf: I wouldn't trim, but wrap them round when fitting so they don't come out of the peg box. What does everyone else do?

[Owencf]

yeah i made nice little loops so they stick out all pretty and colourful...
im going to have to redo the D string as it seems to have made the tuning peg tight, might have just wrapped it the wrong way

[fatgoogle]

Currently using a set of pirastro flat chromesteels. Absolutely great strings and they won't let you away my sloppy technique as the Belcanto's. You can hear straight away when the bow isn't being drawn straight.

Brighter and faster response than the Belcanto's. All round a great string for bowing and more sustain when playing pizz then with the belcanto's.

Ill post a pic up later but the silks are white with a ruby spiral.

[philparker]

That's interesting to hear - I am using Belcanto's at the moment and wondered about the Pirastro Passiones, I've heard good things about them and was thinking of trying them out next?!

[fatgoogle]

I've read great things about the Passiones. The Flatchromes are a tad cheaper and also came highly recommended from some of the Dublin players. They really do respond beautifully. My Belcanto's were about a year and half old and had been swapped about of bass's a bit so i might not be remembering them at their best but yea, a nice surprise to have strings work so well.

I've noticed that a lot of the opera guys are using Passiones as well now.

[JimmySims]

Can anyone help me,

I've got a set of strings that came off an old bass I recently bought. The ball end has red silk then black silk. at the head end, the E has red, the A has blue, the D has black and the G has gold/yellow.

Any clues?

Jimmy Sims

[henry norton]

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Can anyone help me,

I've got a set of strings that came off an old bass I recently bought. The ball end has red silk then black silk. at the head end, the E has red, the A has blue, the D has black and the G has gold/yellow.

Any clues?

Jimmy Sims
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Corelli Tungstens

[dudi8]

Reviving this thread
My strings have on their ball end red silk and on the peg end:
E-green
A-black
D-red
G-brown

Any idea?

[Bass Wielder]

Anyone know what these are?

Was on a rented bass and felt good. I suspect they are more for Arco playing …..

Looks like blue at the tailpiece and from E to G : black, yellow, purple, red.

Had only a moment to grab the pics, sorry.

Cheers guys