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Pirastro's Perpetual Bass Strings - Do I want Stark, Medium, or some combination?
I just spent the time writing this up to post in a thread at Talkbass, so I figured I'd also share it here for our customers. A player posted that he had tried a full Pirastro Perpetual "Stark" set on his instructor's bass, and really liked them. So he's considering getting a set for his own bass, and he's wondering whether he should get the whole stark set, or a mixed set. What's the diff?
For what it's worth, the "Stark" Perpetuals are not just "added windings" onto the regular strings - they'
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Nov 12th 2025