Spirocore Red's, Orchestral ??

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Mark Stefaniw

I'm about to try a S42 weich set with extended-E (yikes). I've been trending towards lower tension (Flex/92, Permanent, EP reg, EP weich, Obligato, and now Superflexible). Connoly claimed that TI does not make a SF extended-E, so I put on my old spiro mittle extended-E. But I see the extended-E in the TI PDF chart posted here earlier.

Overall the SF A/D/G sound the best on my bass, but the spiro mittle extended-E seems choked a bit.

Is my thinking correct? Maybe weichen all the way across might be the ticket? Also, my mensure is 41 3/4 with the back of the bridge feet bisecting the line between the inner f-hole nicks. So I'm thinking S42 is my string right?

Bass: 2003 Romanian carved flatback by Baranyai Gyorgi, Budapest I got from Robertson's in NM.

I have used the SF Ex some time ago on my Storioni. It was on the bass when I first bought it so they did at least make it back then. It was an orchestra gauge, not solo.