String Set: Innovation Ultra Blacks - 140UB (UltraBlack) at Gollihur Music - Double Bass, Upright Bass, String Bass Specialists

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Strings for Double Bass: String Sets

String Set: Innovation Ultra Blacks - 140UB (UltraBlack)

Manufactured by: Innovation Strings

$149.00

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Innovation Double Bass Strings have a unique, non-metallic core which provide a gut-like tone without the cost or maintenance of gut upright bass strings. They hold their pitch well in climate and temperature changes, and most of their strings are equally suited for pizzicato (plucking) and arco (bowing).

Innovation UB (Ultra-Black) Double Bass Strings are named for their distinctive "Ultra Black" colored outer winding, and work well for a player seeking a fuller, darker-sounding string for traditional jazz and other styles. They are constructed using a flexible braided core with a black tape winding. Unlike most other "black" strings, they can be bowed successfully. UltraBlack strings have a darker tone, like most gut strings, but have the advantage of being a bit more distinct than gut. They offer a less "twangy" alternative to other popular jazz strings. The flexibility of the core (a nylon wound in a "rope" pattern) allows you to really "dig in" without having the string excessively modulate out of tune. Yet the outer wrapping has a hard enough surface to get a nice "growl" or "mwah" from fingerboard interaction. Despite it being marketed as a "Jazz" string for pizz players, the surface of the string reportedly is also equally bow-friendly.

The UltraBlacks fill the void between the traditional gut string sound and more modern steel strings; they have a solid fundamental and middling sustain. Players thereby find them appropriate for nearly all pizzicato work, whether it be jazz, bluegrass, folk, or traditional music.

Note: All of the Innovation strings do not contain any ferrous materials; they are not suitable for use with a magnetic pickup, like the Schaller we carry. They will work with all typical piezo-based pickups (like the Realist, Full Circle, and all the K&K pickups and systems).

Innovation designs these 3/4 size bass strings to fit on a standard 3/4 size bass. They may very well fit your bass if it is larger than 3/4. For your reference, the lengths of the string, as measured against the bass tailpiece to the nut is 53.5 inches, plus an additional 17 inches to handle stringing in the headstock.

String Lengths

Ball end to nut (Afterlength + Playing Length): 53.5 inches/136cm
Afterlength (Ball end to bridge): 5.5 inches/14cm
Wound top of string (pegbox): 17 inches/43cm

$149.00

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Here is what some of our customers think about this product:

Hi Mark, Bob: I wanted to take a moment to thank you guys for this very valuable service you're providing. Thanks to you (and your modest pricing) I've been able to try some varied types of strings on my upright, and the range of what you offer has been great. Recently I bought a set of Innovation Ultra Blacks and they have been a marvel: easily the best sounding strings for my Cleveland New Standard Bass (from Arnold Schnitzer) that I've ever tried. The point is that these are really hard strings to find--but not from you guys! Thanks so much...
—Mike Lee