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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 , but some people have stuck with them. Maybe they are a love/hate string. Anyway, experiences? |
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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.. |
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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. 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. |
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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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lol..
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Ha!
I know, I remember being completely toasted after that, I think I went straight to bed...
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I've done ALL sorts of cheap mistakes... put even regular ball ends in the wrong way, started tuning the string while I still hadn't pulled them through the tailpiece, tuning them the wrong way, things like that. And of course, making a complete mess in the pegbox with strings crossing or going over the wrong barrels and whatnot. Thing is, I HATE changing strings, and want to get it over with asap. This mentality probably costs me more in loss of time than a more focused approach would, but I can't help it. Worst case scenario is you have two basses with one set on each, and you need the other set for the first bass, so you have to change on two basses simultaneously... besides taking a lot of time, I also use to mix up the strings, i.e. I take off the two A strings, and then put them back again, BUT ON THE SAME BASS. Aaaargh. Jag thinking about it is about to ruin my day.
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