i also have pirastro gold e i'm thinking of throwing it on there when my dominant e gets more worn out. good idea?
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my friend who used to play professionally told me to keep the G dominant but swap the E for gold E.
thanks lyndon and Bo, i think you guys are right! the only part on the G string is literally 5th and 6th position on the G string, in that case i'll swap my finger position around and play more in that area.
Plus Amazon is a bad place to buy strings, too much chance of getting counterfeits, they do nothing to police it.
ok so basically i just need to swap to gold e and i'm set. thank you all for all your advice so far.
i think i'm gonna order both dominant and tonica right now at johnson string since they are having a sale for backup.
I would recommend trying out other similar strings like the new D'addario Ascente, it claims to be another string similar to Dominant. You can save 20% if you sign up for Shar's email for Labor day.
I also recommend the Ambers. Warchal is my go-to. Pricey, but I love them.
I haven't seen that combination before -- indeed it was the first time I've ever seen a Tonica string in person. But I wonder if there is any appreciable number of people using a Dominant/Tonica combination to avoid the Dominant top string. I suppose there isn't much reason for it on violin given the price of Gold Label or Goldbrokat E strings...?
They also didn't seem to have the grittiness that Dominants do, which may be a plus to some.
But I don't think many soloists will be lining up to buy these anytime soon.
I personally have good result with Dom set with Red G. I use Goldbrokat E, though they tarnish easily but it’s cheap enough that I replace them often.
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