Helicore orchestra heavy

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Eddue Johnson

What about a Helicore, hybrid or pizz, heavy of course. I'm guessing that they might be brighter and have more presence. Tonewise, should be a good match for the rest of the set.

Good idea; a hybrid might have a little more bite with a similar feel. I've never tried the heavy hybrids or pizz before since I don't even like the medium version of either, but I'll see if I can come up with one to try.

[Thomas Erickson]

Turned out that these strings were too much for this new bass - while they sounded very good and seemed to pull a lot of sound from the rather "closed" sounding instrument, as it "opened up" over a month or so of constant playing the bass became very wolfy and uneven in its response. Switching to Original Flexocors helped, and ultimately Flexocor 92s gave more volume, slightly less overall tone produced but greatly reduced wolfiness and more even response.

I'll be interested to try these strings on some other basses now and see where they work well...