estebanana -> RE: Any experiences with gut-strings? (May 22 2010 14:27:38)
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I've used gut strings on the vihuelas I've built and on lutes I've done repair work on. I also used to have my cello set up as a baroque cello with gut strings. The archlute you played may have been in a tuning which would be two D minor triads and then chromatically descending basses, that is Baroque lute tuning. How anyone could play bulerias on that is wacky... Nylgut strings feel strange, we always joke that they feel like stretched condoms, but then we are a perverse lot.... Modern flamenco guitars which are industrial strength made for nylon strings may not respond to guy strings as well as the lighter built guitars of the Torres thru Santos era. Newer, beasty and unsubtle guitars will not give you the most performance with gut strings. If you have a lightly built guitar with a light top you'll probably have more fun. Gut strings are warm and lively, but you have to buy extras and get a micrometer to sort through diameters and false strings. The companies making gut stings now have pretty good quality control, but still plan on over buying to cover breakage and fret wear. If you do a search on gut lute strings you find several companies which make them. Aquila, Boston Catlines, Daniel Larson, La Bella all make strings I've used at one time or another.
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