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Oh @BillyG ... We have to talk.
i typing on my phone... I can't keep up with my thoughts. I was talking with violin parter today about this. So much to say. Soooo much.
Nutshell.... Well when I got my soloist... I loved the sounds... But it was so much harder to get my violin to produce.. There was such a curve... But that was hard for me to take because I played my other friends 1907 Czech violin and it was so easy to get sound... So I thought upgrading would give me a better sound... But it did not immediately... Ask me now ... Oh yes... She sings and rings .. "When I do what I am supposed to do."
matter of fact... Even tonight I had to test out the theory with violins... Even tested 59 dollar pink violin.... Omg... Now I did not test the EV... I love the EV. But I was keeping it out of the equation.. Much to learn and new strings needed for Miss Rosie.
Anyway... I am looking to upgrade my violin.. Just a bit... Not so much in hopes that I will sound better... But I am at a cusp of having to advance and learn some technique and I am hoping as I transition with a lot of hard work and practice that the upgrade will help me and I will enjoy it... As I am not 25 any more.. I know with some of the new shifting things.. And vibrato and skills I have to push to acquire.... Well I just thought it would be nice to settle into a bit better violin.....
So much more to talk about here.. I do look forward to hearing your Larsen strings...yay... I mean I really wanted to use what Hilary Uses.. But damn.. It was a mixed bag of tricks and I don't have a late 1800 violin... Or a spit molecules worth of her takent.. Or the cash to mix up strings like That.
So glad we are talking about this... Basically I spent the money on new strings so I can compare them on my violin and and upgrade.... Shhhhhh I am not talking about this yet.. Lol...
And at the end of the day .. It's what sounds good to us..right and the joy we get from
making music...... I just got off a classical site and the thread unread was pretty much how "Hilary Hahns playing "leaves them cold.." ". So ya know.... It's all about personal flavor and what sounds good to us.
I love talking about all this... Catch up soon. Cheers!
Vibrato Desperato.... Desperately seeking vibrato

@dionysia
I'm dead sure we "stringaholics" or whatever are worse than wine endorsers. But the aspect of trying and trying and trying could be the worse thing. And as with wine, if you try a lot, you get drunk and lost. And then you return to where you started.
At least this happens to me, and the green evahs. I so much want to change them with something cheaper -just for financial purposes- that both me and my violin like more, but all the time I (we) end up throwing money away and strings in a dark locket.
Or you combine strings and wine like what @Barry said and it's aaaall good.
@coolpinkone, as far as I know, Ms Hahn uses dominants with a gold label E. (sorry it's the stringaholic in me ) so it's not an expensive option, it's pretty close to the zyex or the larsen I guess. And the positive thing is that I hear many people say that the larsens lack the initial tennis ball effect or metallic harshness of the dominants
Upgrade you said? (and we could all be possible upgradeholics hoho) Tell us what you think...And this is the one side of myself. The other side keeps telling me that the Soloist itself could be a great instrument that could upgraded by a set up once a while like all fine instruments
P.S. @BillyG "What a fantastic journey of discovery.... I just love every moment of it, even the "WTF is happening NOW" moments... LOL All good..." I so much liked this
P.S no2 Back to the string stuff etc. Today, Vision Titanium Solo, busted . I am know convinced that trying to find something cheaper and quite as enjoyable to me and mr violin as the evahs gets more expensive in the end, with this vast majority of options we've got. This whole thing gets annoying, and I am seriously thinking the option of going gut with no turning back. lol

I have came across some interviews etc of mr Rosand where he seems to be in favour of light gauge synthetics now in general and that he encourages people to try the least tension possible. And I have also seen photos of him and students of him performing in Dominants, light. These yellow silkings on the pegs caught my eye.
in an interview found on thestrad.com he mentions using a 13¾-gauge Damian Dlugoleck A string (gut) along with low tension synthetics like those mentioned above, which he found more stable than wound gut like Eudoxa during touring in Asia.

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@Jim Dunleavy I put Dominant strings set with a Gold Label for the E on Berty. They lasted 2 years!! I only changed them out because the A was starting to unravel. I put on the new strings in April.
Just yesterday I discovered that over night the G string broke!! I immediately called the music store I bought the strings from - not our FiddlerMan shop. They could have cared less. The butteads!! They have lost me as a customer for sure. I started with them back when my Suzuki Teach sent me to them.
I emailed the company and have already received a response, a promise for a new string and a request that if I had saved the string could they have it to send it to their lab to see what is wrong with it.
Violinist start date - May 2013
Fiddler start date - May 2014
FIDDLE- Gift from a dear friend. A 1930-40 german copy, of a french copy of a Stradivarius. BOW - $50 carbon fiber. Strings - Dominants with E Pirastro Gold string.

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On Jane are Operas. On Rose are Preludes. On Vanessa are ProArtes. On Maggie are Dominants. I swap e strings using Jargar, Kaplan, Warchal Amber, or gold label. All are easy to play except Vanessa. After 30 minutes of practice on Vanessa my finger tips are sore. Anyone else have that problem with proartes?

Anyone else have that problem with proartes?
Yup @mryikes
About a year ago I had strung a new cheap (but loud) chinese violin I used as a spare with pro artes to tone it down a bit. Playing double stops was not really like fun, because they were at the same moment tense, not the most polished ones in terms of feel and a little quiet on this instrument (did not test them on others) so I without realising had to press hard in both hands making the whole situation uncomfortable.
The situation on this particular violin radically improved when I swapped them for one of the following (from mellower to brightest) 1. Pirastro Violino, 2. Dominants with Gold Label E, Vision Titanium Orchestras with a Gold Label or Eudoxa plain steel E
One of these could also do the trick for both you and Vanessa. They are all affordable. She may be in favour of lower tension
I have been playing for almost 2 months. Yes- it's called practicing. I am about to receive a bunch of strings through the underground mail system in place here. They are EXACTLY the same strings I am using now.
My actual question is--- Today during practice, I noticed notes weren't sounding clear so much. could be user issues- BUT ! are there early warning signs of when to actually change strings ??
Like I said, I got a whole bunch, so will be changing them anyways, but……...
:)))
(I still can't believe I'm getting all the math questions right)
I swear- someday I will be playing as well as my imagination
Fiddlerman said
Sorry Leana, math until you pass 99 posts.
Dead or not as vibrant sound is a great indication.
What kind of strings are you using?
I'm still kinda new, so dead string sound, huh ? LOL
I know I have a lot of math to go-- I am using the same strings that came with the violin- ALICE !
they appear all steel, but I could never know for sure…………….
I swear- someday I will be playing as well as my imagination
Fiddlerman said
Where are you located. The underground reference made me curious. LOL
LOL- Belize- it's not as backwards as I make it sound- but almost LOL
is your cruise coming here ? we are a part of the Carribean now-- but I noticed the price !! (would LOVE TO GO !!!!)
I swear- someday I will be playing as well as my imagination
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