Evah Pirazzi Weichs (also good for jazz)

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Spiro weichs are light strings too. I would have some of the same problems with them on the tension if they were too loose for the bass they are on. Tighter strings have a quicker response. Lighter strings need to be played lighter or otherwise, you will be over playing them and waiting for the string to bounce back for the next note in pizz. This kind of overplaying is not good for the fingers, or the music!

Very true.
That said, I think the pizz response is better that the spiro weichs, by a bit, for quick playing and much better than the BCs (yes, I know they're a bowing string). I actually like bowing the EP weichs more than the BCs.

[Bin Hire]

At the moment I'm sold on these strings too.
As we say back home اللي مايطول العنب ,حامض عنه يقول - "When someone doesn’t reach the grapes, that person says that they are sour".
In my humble opinion these are a very good and versatile string.

[Terry McDougal]

I liked that quote Bin.

[Bin Hire]

Thanks Terry.

[Richard Prowse]

I still love the EP weichs.

[Terry McDougal]

Hey, they're a good string! I've got them on right now.

[Dave Whitla]

What the heck, I may as well chime in. I've had EP weichs on my Upton for about a year and a half; before that EP regular (mittel?). Used them for full on arco gigs, including recording with a very good chamber orchestra, and totally pizz stuff. Just put an old Olive G on to try, and I'm not sure it's an improvement. The balance on the EP weichs is really good. Never have any problems with amplification (Upton rev solo pickup and Acoustic Image Coda amp), or anything else for that matter. Not quite as dark as the regular EPs, on this bass, which is a good thing. I'll probably stick with them.

They're probably not my choice for my old French bass, though. Still in a state of flux there. Maybe the regular EPs... or Kaplan...