I've just installed a set of EP weichs on my Christopher carved flatback. Right out of the pack, I like them. They are pretty loud pizz, perhaps not as much as Spiro weichs, but I think that's as much to do with their voicing -- a bit less of the middy cut and growl and the long sustain that make Spiros what they are, and what I like about them. The EPs have a bit more "thud" about them without being dead, but still have a clear attack that makes them more articulate to my ear than the Corellis the bass was strung with before (the nickels, that is; the tungsten-wrap TX-gauge Corellis are probably a little closer to Spiros). They are definitely louder than the Corellis.
I don't think I have much of an ear for bowing (yet, I'm trying to work on it), but I can draw pretty clean notes without too much effort.
Lots of breaking in to do, but I think I'm going to enjoy doing it. Hopefully the tuning will be more or less stable by tomorrow's gig ...
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