Strings for Epiphone Viola

[chopper7]

I recently bought an Epiphone Viola bass and put a set of D'Addario flatwounds on it. It's lovely to play but during a gig last week I found it a lot harder when my fingers were sweaty - very hard to glide my fingers over the strings. Is there anything that would avoid this, perhaps nylonwound?

Thanks.

[markdavid]

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I recently bought an Epiphone Viola bass and put a set of D'Addario flatwounds on it. It's lovely to play but during a gig last week I found it a lot harder when my fingers were sweaty - very hard to glide my fingers over the strings. Is there anything that would avoid this, perhaps nylonwound?

Thanks.
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Its gonna be a case of trial and error with this one, Daddario flatwounds are a little more textured (less smooth) than most other flatwounds so they can seem a little more grabby, this may be what you are experiencing.
Maybe try some Labellas or GHS flatwounds, Nylon tapewound will be smoother also but will sound different to flatwounds, with the Labella and GHS maybe stick with the lighter guages as the heavier ones can be quite stiff

[chopper7]

Thanks for the advice, I'll try some different flatwounds first.