String Set: Innovation Rockabilly - 140RB (Rock a Billy) at Gollihur Music - Double Bass, Upright Bass, String Bass Specialists

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Strings for Double Bass: String Sets

String Set: Innovation Rockabilly - 140RB (Rock a Billy)

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 Rockabilly Strings were the first offering in their "Slap" line of strings and have a distinctive black outer winding over a synthetic core. These strings, designed specifically for the needs of rockabilly bassists, provide warmer, darker tone with decent volume, making them a great string for players who play predominantly slap-style.

Their decidedly gut-like tone - and softness - makes them a great alternative to the expense and maintenance requirements of real gut strings.

Players report that the Rockabilly strings are a good synthetic slap-style string - and they have the side benefit that they actually sound quite good for jazz pizzicato playing; they provide the player with enough sustain and growl to cover a jazz gig without changing to a different string.

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