Presto Jazzicato Tungsten 3/4

j'utilise ces cordes pour jouer principalement en slap elle sont souple et permettent de monter l'action du chevalet afin de passer les doigts entre la touche et la corde tout en restant jouable.
le changement de sonorité est spectaculaire par rapport aux cordes d'origines sur ma contrebasse premier prix.
bien qu'elles ne soient pas faite pour ça je les joue parfois à l'archer et le son reste vraiment bien (encore plus j'imagine avec une contrebasse de qualité)
avec une utilisation intensive (une centaine de concert par ans ,plus les répétitions) le jeux me dure en moyenne deux ans.
vue le prix cela reste un investissement mais je trouve le rapport son / solidité reste intéressant

Its the second time I'm buying Jazzicato Tungsten. Had them a couple of years ago, and after some time with steel strings on I found some old recording of myself with Jazzicato and instantly started missing the tone.

The jazzicato tone reminds of old jazz recordings (like mr Paul Chambers) and I really love it - it's mellow, dark, feels a bit gluey. I especially like d and g strings without steel's brightness.

What is also nice is tension - they're low tension, easy on hands (what I like is I can have action pretty high without struggling. It makes Jazzicato great strings for walking lines).

Even though they have only metal core they work great with magnetic pickup (Schaller).
They are also bowable at basic level (enough for some basic bow practice)

Cons: volume is noticably lower than steel strings (well, it's not an obvious con, depends on person), life is shorter (yet the price is lower). The lowest notes seem maybe a bit blunt and it's a bit harder to make them sound present than on steel strings (but I guess it's subjective).

I'm pretty sure it's not the last set of jazzicatos I'm getting :)