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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' …

Upright basses are peculiar things; they're seemingly simple instruments, but there are deceptive complexities in making yours sound and play its very best. Often, seemingly minor changes can pay off with surprising improvements to its tone. Something as simple and inexpensive as a new tailpiece cable may energize the sound of your bass. And there are countless threads on "no cost" changes you can make -- quite a few folks advocate swapping the E and A string on the tuning machines, for ins …