Spirocore 3/4 Mittel (medium) * SOLD * £70

[Clarky]

My spare set of Spirocore mediums in good but not perfect condition (the fragile peg-end silks that is, mainly the D which is a little frayed; the playing area is still in fab condition). Years of life in these jazz standard strings

[s]£70[/s] £60 posted

Best new price I can see is about £125 posted from Thomann [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomastik_spirocore_02.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...pirocore_02.htm[/url]

Edited November 22, 2013 by Clarky

[Clarky]

Actually seeing the price of another set on BassChat I will knock down the price on these to £60 posted - which is under half new price

Here they are (the slightly tattier D is on the left - it seems unavoidable with these strings as the silks are ridiculously fragile and the D string passes over the G tuning peg, so always gets more wear than the others)

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Edited November 3, 2013 by Clarky

[smaz]

Would these suit an EUB?

Cheers

[Clarky]

Hey there! I would say these are a bit high tension for an EUB. In my experience, people with EUBs tend to prefer low tension strings (eg Spiro Weich if wanting steel strings, Innovation Silver Slaps if wanting a gut-alike) and these are medium tension. Wouldn't want you to buy them and then find they are a slightly too much like hard work

[smaz]

Ok, cheers for the info - it's a Stagg EUB with the stock strings, which are pretty high tension so I may consider going for them anyway - anything will be an improvement on what it's already got! I'll have a think...

[Clarky]

If its a Stagg, I would drop Stingray Pete a PM to check which strings fit. I vaguely recall he had some issues swapping strings on his Stagg regarding the silk lengths at the bridge end , but I could be mistaken. Worth being on the safe side before you shell out hard-earned readies!

[Mr Bassman]

With some strings one can shave an inch or two of silk away as long as a dab of glue or nail varnish is applied to prevent further unravelling.

[Clarky]

[quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1383697365' post='2267988']
With some strings one can shave an inch or two of silk away as long as a dab of glue or nail varnish is applied to prevent further unravelling.
[/quote]good point, Keith! Many thanks

[Clarky]

ah, here's the thread from StingrayPete1977 in which he points out Spiros are too short for a Stagg unless you get into modification. I'd say its too much hassle for you, Gareth/smaz

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/196792-spiros-too-short-l130-wasted/page__hl__stingraypete1977"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/196792-spiros-too-short-l130-wasted/page__hl__stingraypete1977[/url]

[smaz]

Ah, thanks for that - guess I'll have to wait for something more suitable then!

Cheers

[ubassman]

[quote name='smaz' timestamp='1383658811' post='2267145']
Ok, cheers for the info - it's a Stagg EUB with the stock strings, which are pretty high tension so I may consider going for them anyway - anything will be an improvement on what it's already got! I'll have a think...
[/quote]

Staggs use 4/4 length strings - part of the design as there is no tailpiece. Just means that you have to order your strings direct from Stagg or Thomanns ( or buy specifcally a 4/4 string length of around 110cm ). Just means that as far as a Stagg is concerned the vast majority of strings out there will be about 2 inches too short!

[Clarky]

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