geoffbassist Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owencf Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatgoogle Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philparker Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 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?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatgoogle Posted July 7, 2014 Share Posted July 7, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmySims Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry norton Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 [quote name='JimmySims' timestamp='1405282255' post='2500470'] 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 [/quote] Corelli Tungstens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudi8 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Wielder Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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