White Tapewound Upright Bass Strings

I was skeptical in purchasing these string and for a long time had done research on changing out my spiracore strings. I had many conversations with fellow professional musicians and had a million different opinions on what was the best. Everything from a different manufacturer for each string to spiracore on the E and A and gut or sythetic gut on the D and G etc... One of my touring buddies told me about these Eurosonic lights and said for the price, give it a try and see what you think. I have to say I was a little worried that for lights, they were a larger gauge then my spiracores. I was concerned I was going to have an issue with them and would need to set up my bass to accomodate them. I had no issues at all and I could not believe how they handled. I am very impressed with how short a time it took me to adapte to the tension and the feel of these strings. I am extremly pleased with these string and have no intension of ever going back to my spiracore sets. There is one unknown that only time will tell. I travel with a Chadwick folding bass and I don't know how the strings will hold up to constant changes in tension from day to day while I am touring. If I can get 6 months out of a set and have to replace them, the price is low enought to not be an issue. It does take about 5 minutes longer for these strings to settle in once the bass is strung up but that is not a problem at all. I have a realist pickup and we use it for our monitoring and a mic for the FOH. I have found that the strings sound very good through the pickup and usually the FOH engineer uses both the pickup and the mic for the shows. As you can see, at this point, I am very pleased with these strings and how they feel and sound. I had to find an alternative to using spiracore strings since I have issues with my left arm and hands and needed a new direction in order to keep performing and touring. My name is Les Thompson and I am the founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I am currently touring with fellow founding member John McEuen along with Danny Knicely and Bryan McDowel. Hope this reveiw helps someone make a decision on these string.. I highly recomend them for anyone who needs a low tension but great sounding string. Oh yes, I was worried that they would feel like rubber bands and they don't. They have less finger tension but it does not take long to adapte. I don't have to work as hard with these to get the same results. Les

Rich, booming, buttery sound. Yes! The mediums are loud. But it's Bluegrass Convention season, and now I'm armed for that darn 16 year old, 5 string banjo player with a year of lessons under his belt. "You won't ambush me this year, short stuff. I'm bringing everything I've got."

Five years ago I put these on my first bass. I just bought a second upright and got another set for it. They are smooth to the touch and sound great. Something that I feel is rather extraordinary is the price. Gollihur barely raised the price 10% in five years, and they were already a bargain!

When I bought my first set of Eurosonic strings, I didn't listen to advice and bought the Medium strings. I had to drill out the slots in the tailpiece because the strings are so thick. Then I bought the Light gauge strings and have been very happy with them. I've never played gut strings, but I really like the feel of the Eurosonic. People are always telling me how good my bass sounds and I get really good volume from the strings.

Using the Krivo bass pickup w/Realist Piezo, K&K Stereo preamp and Eurosonic light strings. All mounted on a 1940 Kay. Playing in a rockabilly Elvis tribute band. The Eurosonic are fantastic for the Bill Black Rockabilly style.