N64Lover

Thanks for your help everyone. I had it looked at by a guy here in Edinburgh and he said the bass is fine. I just need to have a think about the recommendations I have been given and pull the trigger on a set of strings!

Thanks for the offer, Dave. I'll have a think about it and if I decide on Blues I will get in touch. My bass really is quite quiet, other people have commented on it and in an acoustic setting with a small band it is almost inaudible.

It did get a proper set-up and bridge height adjusters installed when I bought it but that was 10 years ago now. I am going to tie in getting new strings with a proper set-up and a look over by someone who knows what they are doing.

I figured if these Helicores are high tension and quiet then the opposite must exist somewhere. I play double bass a fair amount but I can't say I know much about what makes one bass louder than the next. It could just be a characteristic of my particular bass (It is similar to this one: [url="http://www.contrabass.co.uk/2749.htm"]http://www.contrabass.co.uk/2749.htm[/url]). To be honest, I bought this bass almost 10 years ago and now that I have more experience I have come to realise that it is very quiet and generally not that pleasant to play. I think new strings can certainly help but maybe there are other factors I need to think about too. [quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1436180568' post='2815591'] As every bass is different, it's hard to know how a string will work until you try it. I've never played Helicores so can't comment on those. I had Evah weichs and found them higher in tension than Spiro weichs on my bass. Innovation Honeys were a good choice. I've had both Velvet Blues and Animas on the same bass and whilst the tension was very similar, the I much preferred the Animas, but they are pricey. Trying to find low tension and high volume might prove tricky. Good luck with the search. [/quote]

It's that time again, I need to find another set of bass strings. I am currently using D'addario Helicores but they have too high tension for me and sound very quiet. I play pizz 85% of the time and the two most important aspects for me in a new set will be low tension and high volume. I have narrowed my choice down to Evah Pirazzi weichs, Velvet Blues and Pisastro Obligatos although I am open to other suggestions. Does anyone have an opinion on these strings? I don't have a suitably sized wallet to experiment with upright strings so whatever I choose will likely remain on my bass for a over a year.

Yes it is. It doesn't look quite as good close up, but it was my first attempt at dovetail joints and really one of my first stabs at woodworking as well so any flaws just add character!

My freshly built pedal board. I have had a big chunk of raw oak laying around and I have been waiting to make this for a long time now. I'm super happy with it and it sounds great despite some minor phase issues with the x-blender. [attachment=157224:IMAG0467.jpg]

I bought the other Aguilar cab off Pete, it was really well packaged and arrived very quickly. Really great to deal with. Thanks again!