Pirastro Eudoxa and Oliv - Gut Double Bass Strings - Comparison

[@wilbogantz5654]

You have done the world a service with these very well-constructed and presented comparison videos. God bless you sir!

[@RootsBassCanada]

Thanks for the comparison. I think I prefer the Eudoxa.

[@felixsnow5563]

You’re the GOAT my guy .... THANK YOU 🙏🏻

[@bernardporter4589]

Thankyou Hervé for all your work.

[@carloszagal1934]

I never thought you would do a comparison of the Eudoxas, there is almost no way to hear how they sound on youtube. Thank you good sir! Great content and you are a fantastic musician

[@GTHbass]

Great demonstration I think the singing comparison showed me the best example of the 2 strings, The Eudoxa had a nice sustaining round sound to it while the Olivs had a percussive sound to it which some players may prefer. Thanks for making this comparison.

[@Asscobra916]

I have to say I prefer the Olives. I prefer a very old school gut sound and am not looking for much sustain, so the thump and punch of the olives appeals to my taste. thanks for the videos.

[@felixsnow5563]

Knowing this is like a $1400 test ... 🤠🤠

[@mingusdingus3310]

Thanks for this great comparison, I'm looking forward to your review of the combination of Pirazzo Olive G and D with Evah Pirazzi A and E. I play this combination on my bass since 4 years and I'm very happy with it. And it may be interesting, that the Olive-strings on my bass sound more like the Eudoxas in your video, with more growl and sustain. It seems as you will get different results with different basses.

[@marcobojorquez9467]

I just recently purchased a Eudoxa G to go with my Spiro mittels. I felt the Eudoxa G was very stiff in comparison to the Spiros. I was expecting the opposite. With that said, the Eudoxa sounded amazing. Bright, punchy, clear and I felt it made my bass just sound better overall. It's an excellent string. I'll give the Oliv G another shot.

[@lordemed1]

Excellent presentation. Oliv's definitely punchier pizzicato, but both strings surprisingly similar arco...the individual instrument is so important.

[@FrancoGrimoldi]

Great as always, thanks for sharing!

Great video! Thanks

[@felixsnow5563]

I agree .... something about those OLIVs!!!!!!

[@ibassnote]

I think the Eudoxas are more articulate and clear and sound best all the way up to the D on the G string, but above that I prefer the Oliv.

[@mateuszszewczyk6897]

Keep up the good work! :)

[@patrickmanet6152]

Je trouve le son des Eudoxa assez proche des Obligato. Merci pour tous ces tests, passionnant !

[@stringmatrix]

Ah vraiment ? Je trouve qu'il y a quand même beaucoup de différence. En fait je trouve qu'Eudoxa c'est une corde en boyau qui essaye de sonner un peu comme une corde en métal, et c'est peut être ça aussi qui fait qu'elle ne me convainc pas vraiment.

[@patrickmanet6152]

@@stringmatrix Oui il y a des différences de sustain notamment mais je trouve quelque chose de commun dans le timbre sur la corde de sol. Peut-être parce que Obligato est une corde métal qui cherche à sonner comme du boyau :-)))

[@joshmcdzz6925]

Can you review the Lenzner gut strings please? How does it compare to the EP Oliv, Slap, chordas, Efranos?

[@jackhanan2872]

Was totally thinking I'd try the Oliv's but the bowing is quite scratchy, especially on the G string.

[@stringmatrix]

But don't take my bowing as a reference, I am really not an experienced bow player!

[@bassface84]

playing next to them or in a section with these strings is somethin else. you almost feel them more than hear them. especially the open "e"...

[@michaelblaney4461]

I would probably us the eudoxa E with a olive a d and g As a set I would use the Oliv.

[@Diegoyoutube24]

May I take them both? 😊 Great vid! 🙏

[@stringmatrix]

Just get two basses!

[@derrick-siyu-zhang]

Thanks for doing it, saving me thousands of bucks! I was wondering how would you compare E/A of Oliv to that of Chorda in terms of pizza sound! They are sounds quite similar to me, both dull and punchy

[@stringmatrix]

Great, thank you! For pizz I think the Chorda are better. The round winding make them less dull than the Olivs, you will get a clearer, punchier sound with Chorda.

[@abhinavkhokhar362]

Sir! If you had to choose an A string to go with the olive D and G, would it be the Eudoxa A or an Olive A? The Eudoxa A seems closers to the Olive D than the Olive A (seems quite dull)

[@stringmatrix]

Well the brightness of the eudoxa matches better. But in terms of thump, maybe the oliv matches better. But yes, it is quite dull and short.

[@wolfgangohn]

This is a very informative video on gut strings covered with flatwound silver (Eudoxa) or flatwound chrome steel (Oliv). Up to now I thought the silver is roundwound on the Eudoxa strings (like the Efrano E and A strings). I would like to hear the difference between plain gut, roundwound and flatwound, espacial in case of the A-string and the E-String. My opinion: With the bow the roundwounds A and E mix better with plain gut D and G-strings. Do you think this is true?

[@stringmatrix]

Thank you for your feedback Wolfgang! For the comparisons I think the String matrix on my website (hervejeanne.de) can be helpful for you. Concerning the lower strings when you have plain gut on g/d: I guess you are right since sets like chorda (with roundwound a/e) are being used for baroque music, so I would think such a combination matches well. But I must admit that I am not a specialist for arco so it's more a guess...

[@Opus766]

Wow I've never heard so much decay on an E string! That thing is dead

[@stringmatrix]

Yes, the E Oliv is not really for pizz players...

[@abhinavkhokhar362]

Sir! If you had to choose an A string to go with the olive D and G, would it be the Eudoxa A or an Olive A? The Eudoxa A seems closers to the Olive D than the Olive A (seems quite dull)

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Stringmatrix Gut Strings are rather fragile & they tend to snap easily, so Helicore Strings would work better. Helicore Solo Strings tuned down a Step would work too.

[@森岩光]

#tension olve =about、107kgf

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

This is how strings for Bowed instruments used to all be made, they were all Gut Strings.