Rabbie Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) Set of used Spiro Mittels. I really have no idea how old they are but judging by the growl thee are less than a year. I found them on my Chadwick folding bass which was pre-owned and refurbished so I don't really have any info on the strings. The windings are pretty frayed as you can imagine given the regular winding/unwinding a folding bass requires. Yet, a growly set of the ever popular Spiros at less than half price which will last another million years or thereabouts... £45 posted Edited October 7, 2013 by Rabbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) I was recently reading on a forum (maybe TalkBass) that the silk windings are actually of no relevance for the ability of a DB string to cling on to the winding pegs, they are principally for identification/looks. Thus the famous fragility of the silk windings on Spiros has no relevance to string life or integrity. Yet we all discount our used Spiros heavily as the silks are always in various states of frayed (same applied to the Danny Thompson Spiro-esque strings I have). The moral being, this looks like an exceptionally good price for a usable set of top quality strings (THE jazz standards) even if they don't (based on Rabbie's description) appear fresh out of the packet. To put in context, new they are £125 inc postage from Thomann [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomastik_spirocore_02.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...pirocore_02.htm[/url] Edited October 4, 2013 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Clarky, you are a gentleman, a legend AND you speak the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Can I take them Rabbie? C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Of course sir, pm me your address and they'll be on your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 (edited) Now sold Edited October 7, 2013 by Rabbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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