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Old 06-13-2012, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric Hochberg View Post
Speaking with my luthier today, who works on many of the basses in the Chicago Symphony, I was told that the strings of choice for many years in the orchestra were EA Spiro Red and DG Flexocores. This is what Joe Guastafeste preferred and the other bassists followed suit.
I have heard of and seen that string combo used. But, it's only 2 of the 4 strings in the set. Do they still use that set over there?
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