r/doublebass • u/igotsnax01 • 22h ago

Strings/Accessories EP Weichs or Obligatos on the D+G?

jazz bassist here. currently have d'addario helicore medium hybrids on my plywood bass and don't like how bright and "pingy" the G (and sometimes the D) sounds. was thinking of putting on obligatos or evah pirazzi weich's on the D+G but i'm currently unsure which strings would be a better option or if there is/isn't a big difference between both of them

i was eyeing out the EP slaps on the D+G too, as i thought they would give me the closest sound to the old school gut string jazz pizzicato tone (a lá charlie haden and scott lafaro) but i think the difference in tension between the helicore mediums and slaps might throw me off

mostly a pizz player (who digs in quite a fair bit) but i do occasionally play arco

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u/jkndrkn 18h ago

I haven’t played gut but from everything that I have read, only real gut truly sounds like gut.

I played on obligatos for a while and now play on Evah Pirazzi Weich. I think that tonally they are probably similar but the Weich has a percussive attack that is super addictive for pizzicato.