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Originally Posted by stan haskins
I'm planning a switch to Pirastro Permanents soon (mainly cause my teacher uses 'em, and I like how his bass sounds).
I was considering Flexicors or Bel Cantos, but my gut's telling me they'll both be too dark for my bass - I want it to project as well as possible.
ANyone have any good/bad experience with the Permanents? ANy other options I haven't considered?
Thanks.
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I have used both new and old Permanents. They are not the best in my opinion and I don't know what too dark is. It's a Bass and not a Banjo so I go for the deepest sound possible on all my Basses.
For Bowing I like Flexocors but just now testing the Eurosonics, my Bisiach sounds smoother than my Gilkes and that should not be so. The Gilkes with a set of Flexocor regulars and the Bisiach with Euros. I just like them better for some reason. maybe it's the Bass and how different strings react on different Basses. You have to go with what works and does not. maybe if you list what you have tried in the past on that Bass and the results along with what changes you want to go for you can be better answered but for my money, these Eurosonics have a steel and gut sound combined that also bow and pizz well and feel super smooth under my left hand as well.