Helicore orchestra heavy

[Thomas Erickson]

Helicores (orchestra, anyway) come in three gauges; light, medium and heavy - they have the same color silks top and bottom, but there's a ring at the top to distinguish between them. Yellow ring is light, blue is medium and red is heavy.

I put this set on a new bass that is perfectly healthy and seems to be stoutly constructed - I can't imagine the heavy strings doing any harm.

As for the balance from string to string - I agree that in some sets the E tends to be on the weak side - so far these seem to match pretty well though. That could change as the bass settles in, and the strings as well. I'll be playing this bass in a few different settings over the next couple of weeks, and probably making some adjustments too - I'll post back later...