I like the sound I get with Dominants. I have a Yamaha EV-204 and originally used the Yamaha Electric Violin strings and was mildly happy with how they sounded. I ended up putting a set of Dominants on it and found it to be a much mellower, less piercing tone. Especially on the E.
I've heard good things about Heliocores but I've never tried them. I plan on putting a set on the next time I need to change strings.
You say new new string sounds different but you don't say whether it sounds better or worse. Why not just try out a full set of Dominants and see how it goes?
I'm not really sure whether it's better or worse... All I know is that I'm not able to produce a decent tone on either the A string (which is the one that has a dominant string on it) or the E string (which still has the original that came the violin). :-( The lower strings are OK though.
I had been contemplating replacing the whole set with dominants, but I guess I'm reluctant because I'm not sure they'll be right, and it seems a waste of a perfectly good set of strings if they're not. I think I will give it a try though.
You can use pretty much any violin string that you want; which one is best will depend on what type of music you play. D'addario Helicores are a popular choice for electric violins, 'though some players find them a bit too bright. Their Zyex is also a nice string, Perlon-core so hand-feel and intonation is similar to Dominants, but they're a bit warmer and less strident.
I like Sensicore quite a lot, mostly because it's a good-sounding Perlon-core string with that's of consistent-quality across an incredible range, from an A above the violin E all the way down to the E-flat for an eight or nine-string violin. They also make octave sets and an octave C that allow you to string your violin like a baritone violin or 'cello.
Although I'm quite happy with the tone I can produce on the G and D strings, both the A (which I replaced with a Dominant string) and the E (which still has the original string which came with the violin) sound very thin and weedy.
It's interesting what you say about being able to alter the pitch of the G String by bow pressure alone -- I'd noticed that, but naively assumed that it was something about the violin rather than the strings.
I guess the first thing to try then is the full set of dominants, cause I have them handy, and then take it from there.
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I've heard good things about Heliocores but I've never tried them. I plan on putting a set on the next time I need to change strings.
What brand of string were you originally using?
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I had been contemplating replacing the whole set with dominants, but I guess I'm reluctant because I'm not sure they'll be right, and it seems a waste of a perfectly good set of strings if they're not. I think I will give it a try though.
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You can use pretty much any violin string that you want; which one is best will depend on what type of music you play. D'addario Helicores are a popular choice for electric violins, 'though some players find them a bit too bright. Their Zyex is also a nice string, Perlon-core so hand-feel and intonation is similar to Dominants, but they're a bit warmer and less strident.
I like Sensicore quite a lot, mostly because it's a good-sounding Perlon-core string with that's of consistent-quality across an incredible range, from an A above the violin E all the way down to the E-flat for an eight or nine-string violin. They also make octave sets and an octave C that allow you to string your violin like a baritone violin or 'cello.
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Although I'm quite happy with the tone I can produce on the G and D strings, both the A (which I replaced with a Dominant string) and the E (which still has the original string which came with the violin) sound very thin and weedy.
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It's interesting what you say about being able to alter the pitch of the G String by bow pressure alone -- I'd noticed that, but naively assumed that it was something about the violin rather than the strings.
I guess the first thing to try then is the full set of dominants, cause I have them handy, and then take it from there.
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