Upton Bass new strings teaser

[Beer of the Bass]

 

An interesting one here, Upton in the US appear to be getting into the string business. While almost all new string designs in the past 20 years have been either going for low tension gut-like or for a darker sounding hybrid or orchestral string, these are less damped, bright and sustaining in the Spirocore mode.

It'll be interesting to see how they're received on their release - I like that type of sound but I get the impression it's not what's fashionable for many styles today.

I probably wouldn't jump on them straight away myself, and I don't know what the pricing will be like compared to European-made strings, but it's interesting to see.