Velvet Animas
I know the Velvet Animas have been around for several years and have been reformulated some. I bought a set over at TB and played a gig with them last night. Mine seem almost perfectly flatwound on E-D with the rougher G.
I have played on others with halfwound (ground) lower strings that felt weird. This bass has worn Mittels, Hybrids, Corellis, Superflexibles and Obligatos. It works best with lower tension strings and these Animas are the best of all. The bass is very easy to get a good tone out of, both pizz and arco. I know these things were the rage before Evahs and Obligatos. Maybe the were the flavor of the month 3-4 months ago :rolleyes:, but some people have stuck with them. Maybe they are a love/hate string. Anyway, experiences? |
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I think the new Evah Weichs are the answer for a similar tensioned string but without the stringing problem (these can go around the tuners) and without the slow bowing response. Regular Evahs are good as well with the medium-light tension they feel like to me. Tonally, I might like these weichs better than the regulars but have only had the regulars on one bass so far. Flex 92s or Evahs work best for me with some Belcantos if I need smoother bowing. I don't have that much time for fiddling and testing strings out so the styles above are what works for me. On my newly restored old English Gamba bass the Evah weichs work great for both orchestra and jazz. Maybe its just a really good bass.. lol Animas or Velvets? Sorry, not for me.. |
I hear ya' Ken. I may try the Evah Weich set at some point, but want to run with these for a long while.
Tying the ends? The loop goes through the tailpiece end and the textile other end goes through the tuner. The KC Strings tuners have two holes bored through the barrels. I sent the string through one hole, around the barrel and through the other. No tying at all. I like the way they fit in the pegbox; very efficient and tidy. This bass needs a low tension string. Maybe that's why they bow well. Dunno. Minor embarrassment. :o I realized last night that I have them coming behind the tailpiece rather than over the front. I should have just pushed the loop through the tailpiece from front to back and run the string through. Mounted the way they are, I guess they will have slightly more tension, but I doubt any problems. |
I just took off a set of Compas 180 Suites. With these you have to tie, or wrap around both ends of the strings. There are no loops. Yes, it is a pain, especially on the E string as the wound section is so short, you have to center it exactly which is tough to do when trying to tie the correct length top and bottom, and then the string starts stretching while you tune it up, the wound part approaches the tuner, and you have to start all over. Confused yet? The first time I put them on it took me 2.5 hours.
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Yea, I wouldn't go through that hassle either. So I mentioned that I ran them through the tailpiece backwards? I decided to do it right and while I was at it, I had Garbo A and D's which I switched for the Animas. The whole process took me less than a half hour.
Aside from the round winding on the Garbo D, I like them even better. FWIW, I find these no harder to put on than any other string. |
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