Presto Balance Hybrid 3/4L Strings

Wonderful. Easy on my hands. As Loud as all the more expensive strings I've purchased. Great with pizza and Arco.
I will buy more when I need them but I think they'll last at least another year.
I'm an intermediate player , I play jazz mostly but also play classical with a local orchestra in northern England. Sometime we get 5 seasons of weather in one day and these string never notice.

All of us double bass players often struggle to find strings that suit our different needs: good response to bow, nice pizzicato tone, sustain, brightness, fat bottom... I decided to give Presto Balance Hybrids a try, and I must say they are a pleasant surprise.
First of all, the name "Hybrid" is well choses: these strings represent a good compromise between bowing, pizzicato, they follow you into more complex bowing articulation but they still deliver a full tone when you must do a walking bass line or just improvise in other styles of music.
Another good side is the price: they come SENSIBLY cheaper than Obligatos or Spirocores, so even if they would not be your or mine first choice, they still represent a fantastic back up in case you have to change strings and you are out of your favorites, or in the unlikely event of breaking a string during a gig (very odd, but it CAN happen).
The cons: maybe a little too thin for my taste, mostly on the G string, but tension is comfortable and sound is nice. E string doesn't have the punch of a Spirocore. On the other side, D and G strings when bowed don't have the scratchy quality of a new Spiro, which is good, but they don't have the same sustain when played pizzicato.
Conclusion: a string set you should try if you can, the price is concurrential and every bass responds differently on different strings, so they are definitely worth a try.

Ich bin zwar Neuling am Kontrabass möchte aber hier trotzdem meine Meinung zu den Presto-Saiten abgeben. Ich spiele fast ausschließlich pizzicato und benutze nur bei ganz wenigen Liedern den Bogen. Mein Instrument ist ein Thomann 111E Kontrabass.
!. Die Saiten hielten direkt nach dem aufziehen die Stimmung.
2. Gestrichen sind diese Saiten mit dem Nyman-Bass-Kolophon ein wahrer Traum; kein Kratzen oder Heulen mehr.
3. Auch verstärkt über meinen Shadow SH 951 klingen diese Saiten fetter.
4. Je nach Fingerstellung sind sehr unterschiedliche Sounds beim anzupfen machbar.

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