| Helicore Steel rope core string. Helicores are crafted with a multi-strand twisted steel core and wound with exotic metals like titanium (used here for the first time in bowed instrument strings). These innovative materials have enabled D'Addario to design strings with a very small diameter to provide extremely quick bow response. The application of damping resins under selected windings gives the Helicores a warm, rich sound, quite unlike steel strings of the past. The strings are subtle under the ear, yet carry great projection in large concert halls. Helicores stay in tune especially well due to their cores, and retain a long playing life.
The standard Helicore bass strings, introduced in 1994, have met with worldwide acclaim. These stranded steel core strings provide unprecedented ease of bowing and the warm, natural tone one would expect from a fine gut core string. In 1996, with help of the D'Addario Musician's Advisory Board members, D'Addario completed development of additional Helicore double bass string varieties. The new strings include the Pizzicato series, designed specifically for the bassist who plays without the bow, Hybrid series, for those who play a broad range of musical styles, and Solo series.
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D'Addario has produced strings in America since 1905 and is the largest string manufacturer in the world. The use of high-tech machinery like their Tension Control System guarantees consistency of each of the 300,000 strings produced daily. D'Addario uses recycled and recyclable materials in the packaging, and soy based ink in much of their product line.
