String Set: Innovation GoldenSlaps - 140GLP (Golden Slap) at Gollihur Music - Double Bass, Upright Bass, String Bass Specialists

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Strings for Double Bass: String Sets

String Set: Innovation GoldenSlaps - 140GLP (Golden Slap)

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).

The Silver and Golden Slap strings were designed to be an alternative to gut for players who slap; they have the lower tension and gut-like sound that traditional slappers prefer, with a more affordable price point and easier maintenance. They sound great amplified.

Players report that these strings are "closest to gut" in playability and feel.

The SilverSlaps and GoldenSlaps are essentially the same, with the exception of the color of the inner windings (which shows through the translucent outer wrap).

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 Diameters

G String: .086
D String: .095
A String: .107
E String: .128

(Measurements taken from a representative set of strings, using an electronic caliper)

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 folks, as you can see from what I've bought from you in the past I have tried a few string sets... I've stopped string hunting... Innovation Golden Slaps are the go! I play in a rocknroll outfit, most of the night I'm playin a fast bluesey pizz,bringing in slap to add drive in lead breaks, mixed with a few full on rockabilly numbers...great sound, easy to play and no finger tips that look like they had a argument with a meat grinder...What more can I say? But to thoroughly recommend them.
—David W