Passione vs Belcantos
First off, let me say my intention is not to battle between these two very fine strings of which I use both of them.
My Hart as of this morning had a set of Belcantos on it. They were put on over a year ago but they went on the Martini for awhile and then I started testing some other strings so they were on and off 4x between the 2 basses by the time they were back on the Hart.
My Mittenwald/Neuner bass also as of a few hours ago had a fairly new set of Passione's on it.
I was curious how the Passione's would sound and feel on the Hart but because I was happy with the Bel's as they were the best string tried on that bass yet, I left well enough alone.
Today after lunch I came in to the shop and first swapped out just the G-strings. Both basses sounded better under the bow and at least as good if not better for Pizz as well. The Hart was a little smoother and softer to play and the Neuner was more focused and powerful as well. The Neuner has a higher arch Top as compared to the flatter arched Hart so probably, tension on the belly has something to do with this as well.
After swapping the rest of the strings from both basses it feels like I now have a better string on them. That is, in my opinion for my playing.
So, you never really know until you try it, at least in this case. Both basses played and sounded good before but now, each bass I think is slightly better.
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