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Strings for Double Bass:
Single Strings
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Single Strings: Thomastik Belcanto Upright Bass String |
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Manufactured by:
Thomastik
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Choices starting at $34.50
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From now until October 15, Thomastik Belcantos are ON SALE - Stock up now!
E strings $70.00 $57.50, A strings $65.50 $53.70
D strings $54.00 $44.30, G strings $42.00 $34.50
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 Thomastik Belcanto
Thomastik has been making these "rope core" (a style of winding, not what they're made of!) strings for a couple of years, and I must say that we're pretty high on them right now - they’re on Bob's Kay, and he's really loving them for both pizz and arco. They’ve been designed for bowed work, but they have a very musical, warm pizz sound with a very sweet sustain. Their bowed feel and quick response is wonderful. Now they're available in a new (Sept '09) Solo Gauge!
 String details from the manufacturer, Thomastik Infeld:
- Core: specially twisted steel rope core; settles in quickly, intonates extremely well; exceptional tuning stability
- Tone: dark and warm with excellent resonance; wide range of tone colors; easy to blend; pizzicato is open and free
- Sound: outstanding projection with moderate effort; sustains better than most other arco (bowing) string brands
- Playbility: quick response to the bow; soft under your fingers; fantanstic hybrid capability
Belcantos are for 3/4 size (and possibly some 7/8 or 4/4 depending on scale length) basses, with a scale length up to 110cm (43.3 inches). They have a steel rope core and are chromium wound.
Gauges G=.050 D=.063 A=.080 E=.105
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- sweet and warm
- nice, musical sustain
- exceptional bowable
- high quality
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Bob's STRING CHANGING INSTRUCTIONS are included with every string order!
Get a preview from my on line FAQ: CHANGING STRINGS ON YOUR UPRIGHT BASS
Due to manufacturer restrictions, strings are not guaranteed against breakage or unraveling once installed on an instrument. |
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Choices starting at $34.50
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FAQs Associated With This Product
STRINGS: Changing Strings on your Upright Bass
STRINGS: Solo gauge bass strings
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Strings: SOLO Gauge Strings, Solo Strings
Designed to be tuned one whole step higher than standard pitch, these strings are also often tuned normally for a lighter feel. Here are some solo string choices...
From $144.99
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Single Strings: D'Addario Helicore Orchestral Upright Bass String
D'Addario's Helicore strings - from the sustain and "growl" of the Pizzicato strings to the eminently bowable Orchestra strings (and in-between, with the Hybrids), there's something for everyone... Extended E, Low B available...
From $20.00
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String Set: Kolstein Heritage Upright Bass Strings
The Kolstein Heritage strings were designed by Kolstein Music, Inc. They are a synthetic string designed to offer the feel and tension of gut strings but deliver the sound of orchestral or jazz strings...
$135.00
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Single Strings: Lenzner Gut Upright Bass Single String
Lenzner Gut Strings are the absolute original signature sound - very organic and warm. Available as separates, with wound or unwound A and E strings... High C string available...
From $48.00
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Single Strings: Thomastik Spirocore Upright Bass String
The old favorite for jazz, Spirocores from Thomastik - available in Mittel(Medium), Weich (light) and Stark (heavy) Gauge, as well as 1/2 size... Low B, High C strings available...
From $32.00
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Here is what some of our customers think about this product:
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Just a quick note to say that my Thomastik Belcanto strings arrived yesterday and I strung them on my 2003 Michael Glass Double Bass today. These strings are giving me EXACTLY what I hoped they would!
I have never been entirely happy with any strings I have used previously...
My initial instinct was to try a gut combination set, but reading your comments about the Belcanto strings (which I have not even encountered yet here in the UK) I thought I'd give them a try.
Overall they make my 'young' bass sound very mature, round and warm with surprisingly good definition. I find good articulation easier and the bowed sound is very sweet indeed...
Many thanks
—Paul S
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