Velvet Compas 180 Suit has a metal winding on a natural fiber core. Campas 180 Suit can be tuned to (G,D,A,E) Orchestra tuning. They can also be tuned to (A,E,B,F#) which is Solo Tuning. This makes them much more versatile.
Velvet Garbo Gut Core Bass Strings have a protective polymide wrap that protects the gut core. They produce a balanced, warm, very solid gut sound . Our Best Selling Velvet String.
AnimaŽ consists of the best sounding and longest-lasting gut material. Exhaustive, computer-optimized design means a dream balance with gut characteristics, and yet rapid and light response, paired with long and deep sustain.
All strings are metal-wound - the precision-finished round wire winding results in a clear, open and yet velvet-warm harmonic range.
Velvet Compas 180 upright bass strings are higher tension than the older Compās 360Ž. Compas 180 is designed to be a string for orchestral instruments only. Tuning G,D,A,E, ONLY. All four strings are round metal wound over a natural fiber core.
Velvet Compas 180 upright bass strings are higher tension than the older Compās 360Ž. Compas 180 is designed to be a string for arco play only. Tuning (G,D,A, Extension E ) for orchestral tuning. All four strings are round wound metal over a natural fiber core.
Velvet Compas 180 now comes in 5th Tuning. Same construction as Velvet Garbo Fifth Tuning, but with lighter tension - 2 kgs less - 23 kgs per string instead of 25. They are suitable for players with basses with long string lengths that want to have a lower tension, slappers who need low tension, or just players who like a softer string.
Velvet Compas Blue - Metal winding on Synthetic Core- Mainly a jazz string, it can be bowed like the Animas- Great articulation, big volume and sustain, equal tension on all 4 strings.
