Velvet Animas

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

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.

[Eric Hochberg]

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.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Hochberg

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.

Playing the Bass is a tough enough Job as it is. You shouldn't have to work so hard putting strings on. When ever I put the Compas strings on in the past, I was too tired to play afterwards.

[Eric Hochberg]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Playing the Bass is a tough enough Job as it is. You shouldn't have to work so hard putting strings on. When ever I put the Compas strings on in the past, I was too tired to play afterwards.

I know, I remember being completely toasted after that, I think I went straight to bed...

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Yea, I wouldn't go through that hassle either. So I mentioned that I ran them through the tailpiece backwards? I decided to do it right and while I was at it, I had Garbo A and D's which I switched for the Animas. The whole process took me less than a half hour.
Aside from the round winding on the Garbo D, I like them even better.
FWIW, I find these no harder to put on than any other string.

[Joel Larsson]

Originally Posted by Greg Clinkingbeard

Minor embarrassment. I realized last night that I have them coming behind the tailpiece rather than over the front.

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.