Pirastro-Evah Pirazzi, Weichs and Regulars

[Joel Larsson]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

I have that set saved and ready to go on the next Bass with a C-Extension that comes out of restoration needing a slightly lighter tensioned string.

Well, how long do we have to wait?

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

You guys following all this? Quiz on Monday!

Can we play in teams?? I sure lost track of all the string switching...

A friend of mine has a c:a 100 years old Czech bass, fairly good, but it got a bit tight down in the low end, so I told him to get a set of the Weichs. He said that downwards, this was what the instrument needed—he simply had more BASS than with Perms, which in their turn worked better for him than Orig Flex. He complained, though, not being all finished with his studies, that they didn't answer the way he wanted up in thumb positions. Apparently got a bit weak, he couldn't dig into the string for those loud solo passages. He admitted that if he paid extra attention to the bow placement, speed, and weight, he could work around the problem—but there was still a problem. Otherwise, he really liked them, as a genuinely good, all round string.
A couple of days ago, I sent him my one year old set of Bels to try. After a boiling they should work just fine; they had actually stood the test of time fairly well, I realised when I put on a new set. Sure, there's a difference, but not a huge one... maybe he'll send me his Evahs so I can make a proper comarison myself.