Brian52555 Posted October 31, 2000 Report Share Posted October 31, 2000 Wow, I finally got my Eudoxas. I've tried them out for about 2 days. Although they are not yet fully broken in yet, I can safely say the are a LOT better than my old tonicas and stuff. I only hope that the tone of the strings will become more refined in the next week. After all, I've only been playing them for two days. The good thing is that they've mellowed out my violin a bit, something i was hoping they'd accomplish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted October 31, 2000 Report Share Posted October 31, 2000 Brian, Compared to the Tonicas, how quickly do the Eudoxas respond to bowing? Amount of pressure/speed required? If you've got the time, please make the comparison for each string. Thanks. Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian52555 Posted November 1, 2000 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 To my surprise, the Eudoxas respond MUCH quicker! I'm serious, the gut must really make a difference. Everytime I touch the string, the sound response is close to instantaneous. It's not a harsh explosive sound either. In fact, the strings have mellowed out my violin quite a bit. Nice, nice strings. Yes, you can vary the tonal quality a lot. They're a lot better than tonicas. I do like tonicas better than dominants. The eudoxas for me were just the next logical step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBviolinist Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 I actually tried Eudoxas and they almost drove me crazy...I felt like I had to tune all the time, and the G string would seemed to vibrate with the regular pitch and then as the sound decayed I could hear it almost vibrating a quarter step flat. They did get a very mellow tone, but one that proved to not have enough of an 'edge' for me. I just think I don't want to deal with gut strings again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydia Leong Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 That's interesting, Brian. My experience has been that Eudoxas take more effort to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted November 1, 2000 Report Share Posted November 1, 2000 I have an old very good quality German Maggini copy which sounds absolutely wonderful with Dominants. I decided to try Eudoxas just for the heck of it, and I was so sorely disappointed.... even after a 2-week break-in period. They had the slowest response across the G, D, and A, and the A actually whistled like a Goldstahl E. Perhaps it's me... or my violin just doesn't like them... but the impression I get is that gut strings are for very fine instruments played by very experienced violinists. I quite like the wound E that comes with the set I bought, however.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian52555 Posted November 3, 2000 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2000 Yeah, I've learned to be careful with them. It's really easy to get a harsh sound out of them. Still, I like them more than tonicas. In a sense, I feel more connected to my violin with eudoxas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian52555 Posted November 3, 2000 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2000 Another thing i like about the eudoxas is that I get a sort of sting attack that I really lilke. Yeah, it's kind of a... well I can't explain. They just work really well for me. Even though I have to be really careful with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K545 Posted November 3, 2000 Report Share Posted November 3, 2000 I used Eudoxas for a long time --years-- on both my fiddle and viola, and they still seem to me to be the benchmark string for sound under your ear. I finally abandoned them, with regret, but forever, because of their fragility and constant tuning. Ye Gods! The tuning, the tuning, the tuning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mijknahs Posted November 4, 2000 Report Share Posted November 4, 2000 K545, So if you abandoned your favorite sounding string (for synthetic I suppose), then what pleases your ear now? Dominants? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K545 Posted November 4, 2000 Report Share Posted November 4, 2000 No, to my ear Dominants have a kind of loose-boweled quality to the sound that I don't like, in addition, of course, to their notorious edginess. I have used Tonicas with pleasure, Zyex (my favorite), and I liked a set of Infelds that I tried recently on my fiddle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted November 4, 2000 Report Share Posted November 4, 2000 Please describe this "loose-boweled" quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbear Posted November 4, 2000 Report Share Posted November 4, 2000 Ludwig, are you sure ya wanna know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian52555 Posted November 5, 2000 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2000 Now that I've almost fully broken them in, i've noticed that they're not that bad when it comes to tuning. I only need to tune them when i pick up my violin, and they usually stay put for 1 or 2 hours. sometimes the G slips a little, I'm not sure why though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mijknahs Posted November 6, 2000 Report Share Posted November 6, 2000 Even with steel strings (Prims), I like to tune a little bit (with the fine tuners) every time I practice (to be perfectly in tune). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted November 6, 2000 Report Share Posted November 6, 2000 I'm still waitng for the "loose-bowel" explanation..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K545 Posted November 6, 2000 Report Share Posted November 6, 2000 Pas devant les enfants! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian52555 Posted November 10, 2000 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2000 Oh, and another thing. For a while, I noticed that the A and the E were not too responsive. Then, my teacher told me to take the plastic filters off of the bridge. Wow, this helped a lot. They sound better and respond better, but they are cutting into my bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fine Posted November 11, 2000 Report Share Posted November 11, 2000 Je ne suis pas sûr que je veux entendre l'explication l'un ou l'autre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ole Bull Posted November 11, 2000 Report Share Posted November 11, 2000 My trouble with Eudoxas (and gut in general) is with the A string - it always squeaks. So the issue then is to find a synthetic or steel string that matches. In the past I've used either Eudoxa chromcor or Aricore to go with gut G and D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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