Key Features
- Handmade and finely wound gut core
- Wound with metal to get the best performance out of each string
- Warm and complex gut sound
- Extra strings for 5-string basses are available
Pirastro Oliv 3/4 Double Bass C String, Ball End Overview
Pirastro Oliv strings are finely wound gut strings wound with chrome steel for extra projection and tonal complexity. Oliv strings are designed to withstand a heavier bow arm as the gut requires more energy for a string to speak properly. The timbre of the strings is dark and powerful, thanks to the gut core and metal winding. These strings sound very attractive when you're playing pizzicato with a dark and growly plucked sound. A large tonal volume is achievable, again this is thanks to the metal winding.
Product Ref: 88861
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Oliv bass strings are only available in medium tension, however, there are both a low B string for five-string basses and a high C string. This provides you access to gut string regardless of your bass type.
About Pirastro
Pirastro was founded in 1798 as "Giorgio Pirazzi and Sons". It all started with Giorgio Pirazzi who learned the craft of string making across Italy and then moved to Offenbach, Germany and began his company. Nearly a century later, Pirazzi's grandson invited his friend, Theodore Strobel, to join him as a business partner. They combined the beginnings of their names to create Pirastro. Today Pirastro is still run by the Pirazzi family and makes high-quality strings that are used by musicians all over the world and at the very highest standards of performance.
What's at Gear4music?
- Set: Orchestral strings (GDAE)
- Individual strings
Specifications
- Note: C
- Size: 3/4
- Core: Gut
- Winding/plating: Aluminium
- Tension: 27.6kg
- End type: Ball end
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