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Chris Wyse, lead singer and bassist of the band Owl, discusses the completion of their second album, set to release at the end of 2024. He highlights his experience with different types of strings, specifically praising the versatility of the helicore hybrids for upright bass. Wyse prefers the helicore strings, noting their balance between bowing and finger playing, making them ideal for various styles. The video showcases different bass techniques, including tapping and melodic playing, demonstrating the range of styles in Owl's music. A snippet of a track from the new album, "Perfect," is included, giving viewers a taste of the band's sound.

These sets also come in sizes from 3/4 down to 1/4

These strings can also be used on Electric Violins.

I hope we can extend the line with an octave Violin C String, Octave Viola Strings (including a High E String), and many other Helicore Strings which are Helicore versions of extended range instrument strings that super sensitive used to make

I bet he’s friends with Yngwie

Great playing! Love it! Wonderful sound too, from the fiddle itself... using D'Addario strings? I'm a violinist and guitar player, and rate D'Addario guitar strings as absolutely the best I've ever used, over the last 50+ years. Seriously. But never tried D'Addario strings for my violin. If they make such strings I'll purchase some ASAP!

Excellent portrayal of the violin sic fiddle capabilities. Had that been presented at age 9 when Mother sent me off to school toting the " family" 3/4 violin, it mave have pict my interest enough to pursue a serious pursuit of fiddle mastery.

Very warm orchestral sound. I do like!!! Lot of bang for buck with these. Better, in my opinion, than Pro Arte (which are still good and a good value).

Yes Suzuki Violin Book 3 Humersque by Dvorak

There are also Helicore Solo Bass Strings so a Low D extended F# String should be added (and for 5 String Double Basses a Low C# String).

Holy mouth sounds, brotha needs to drink more water bc he's DEHYDRATED

D'Addario J610-3/4M ... made where,,,, are these ball end for double bass,,,, what u gots for 5 string double bass 3/4 ,, 4/4

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can you put them on a viola?

If my violin is sounding fine, is it necessary for a luthier to check and adjust the sound post once a year?

Thank you!

Excelente vídeo!

Why does this feel like the intro to a porno?

I'm glad I found this video. I was originally under the impression that the Helicore Fourths Tuning set was E1/A1/D2/G2, but it is actually not bass tuning, it's guitar tuning, E2/A2/D3/G3, one octave higher. The reason this is important to me is that I actually use D'Addario Prelude 4/4 cello strings on my Warwick short scale fretless bass guitar, tuned to cello tuning, and I am considering moving (back) to fourths tuning, but I do not want guitar tuning, I want something lower, although probably not bass & bass guitar E Standard. I will probably go for A1/D2/G2/C3 tuning, like the top 4 strings of a six-string bass guitar, or C2/F2/Bb2/Eb3.

I've tried it out and it's fantastic for not whistling on tricky double-stopping passages. I can highly recommend it.

I’d love to hear more of that !

Fantastic

Make sure it doesn't scratch the top... *Scratches the top*

Больно смотреть) Есть ведь специальные Helicore Octave от дадарио, на октаву ниже. Это и цивильней, и скрипка останется жива😅

Ahhhh.....thank you and Daddario so much for sharing this famous and unique bass with the world. even a few notes are valuable

Thanks👌🏽

Awesome!

Thank you for your video(s) - I listen to both demonstrations of the Helicore and the Kaplan double bass orchestral strings. I have always heard good things about the Kaplan strings. As I listened to both videos, I realized how much better the Kaplans sound, especially the E and A strings!

Thank you for your video(s) - I listen to both demonstrations of the Helicore and the Kaplan double bass orchestral strings. I have always heard good things about the Kaplan strings. As I listened to both videos, I realized how much better the Kaplans sound, especially the E and A strings!

THANK YOU Ive had the same strings for six years because I was terrified of changing them. This helped me take the plunge and my instumentsounds so much better now

MS LINDSEY,I SAW U A WHILE BACK WHEN A CO WORKER SHOWED ME THE VIDEO. I WAS IN AW WITH YOURE GOD GIVEN TALENT! TRULY AMAZING😮

Ohmygosh thanks so much I'm in 6th grade and my parents just bought me a new cello. I was tuning it and the a string just came off! I had a panic attack what a relief.

0:51 they DO choke up a bit no matter how good/great one's technique is. They should be played and treated (in my opinion) like gut strings - for the best tone anyway. It's not really like anyone is going to play a whole concerto or sonata (with piano) or showpiece by Paganini, decently, using these strings because they just can't take the pressure. They aren't loud enough to project in a hall but are fine when recording in a studio. No nasty overtones, very pleasant. I actually like to play Baroque pieces on these strings and I tune all four strings down a semitone for a bit more resonance ... and also it gets rid of squeaking and/or any "choke-y" squeaks.

So beautiful I like it❤❤❤😢

I loved every bit of it

That's a really smart invention, in my day we used thin pieces of colored tape to indicate each note; not sure if this is serrendipitous artificial intelligence evolving for students or someone's ingenius invention~

Whoa. I did not expect Liz to have an OnlyFans... That girl can take the whole bow. 😮

I think it is time you corrected this video Whilst a lot of double bassists do use ‘sticky’ resin others, like myself (I play both as an amateur and professionally), use ‘powder’ resin in fact Artcraft No7. One of your products. I am a luthier and the fourth generation in my family as a dealer, restorer etc. The resin does not or more correctly SHOULD not work in the way described. Hair is not “smooth” although the grades of hair are described as smooth to coarse and in Germany by ‘Mustang’ and ‘stallion’. Hair has hexagonal platelets which stick up from , and along the hair stem. When hair has not been resined; these platelets are pushed almost flush with the hair stem and it is difficult to make the instrument sound. I have one customer, an international bass player who can play with no resin at all! When resin is applied in the correct quantity, it ‘sticks’ underneath these platelets preventing them from being pushed flush to the hair stem. The result is a little like a saw blade and that is what makes the sound. If too much resin is applied then it does cover the surface of the hair and you will get a white noise type of sound overlaying the fundamental note and overtones. This has other detrimental effects like resin accumulating on the strings and the front of the instrument as can be seen on the violin in the video. The gentleman is correct in saying you should clean the strings after playing but you should also clean the area around the bridge. Assuming you are playing for three hours a day my recommendation is to put two strokes on once a week or even two weeks. You should not resin every time you play. The initial resining should apply more and I suggest resining quite quickly to break t through the gloss of a new resin and new hair and only for three inches near the frog. Once the resin starts to take you will feel the resistance change and then you should work the resin higher up until you get to the head or tip of the bow. When the new hair on the bow is first resined, you will have too much on but within half an hour the excess should be ‘bowed’ off and then the two strokes a week regime can be implemented. One other point. Please do not try and clean the hair of the bow. Generally, hair will only need cleaning when an excess of resin has been applied over a period of time. Some methods I have seen implemented have been relatively benign but others have damaged the bow, occasionally splitting the head by water getting into the head wedge.

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As a violist, I had no idea that the process would be so different for the double bass and viola

You helped me out thank you

I love them. Thanks.

The notebook has changed. The area taken up by your logo in the bottom right corner is where lyrics could have been written. This is unnecessary waste of space. For some of the orchestral scoring - with many staves - the lines are too close together, in my opinion, to be usable.