Fundamentally even today it is still possible to use plain gut strings for the lowest strings of the gamba, however the stiffness and thickness of the mono-filament of the gut string is a considerable impairment to playability of the deeper notes.
It is only since 1660 that spinning with copper has evolved. However, the most popular winding is silver-plated copper wire, which has the advantage of the silver coating combined with the sound quality of the copper string.
TONE | ITEM DESCRIPTION | SIZE | kg | PEG END | TAILPIECE END | ART.NO. |
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G1 | Gut 12 1/4 | 6.6 | 155120 | |||
G1 | Gut 13 | 7.4 | 155130 | |||
D2 | Gut 15 3/4 | 6.3 | 155220 | |||
D2 | Gut 16 1/2 | 6.9 | 155230 | |||
A3 | Gut 20 1/4 | 5.9 | 155320 | |||
A3 | Gut 21 1/4 | 6.5 | 155330 | |||
F4 | Gut/Aluminum 20 1/2 | 5.4 | 255420 | |||
F4 | Gut/Aluminum 21 3/4 | 6.0 | 255430 | |||
C5 | Gut/Silver Plated 21 1/2 | 5.2 | 255520 | |||
C5 | Gut/Silver Plated 22 3/4 | 5.8 | 255530 | |||
G6 | Gut/Silver Plated 23 1/2 | 4.5 | 255620 | |||
G6 | Gut/Silver Plated 25 | 5.0 | 255630 | |||
SET | Mittel | 255020 | ||||
A3 | Gut/Aluminum 17 1/2 | 5.8 | 256320 | |||
A3 | Gut/Aluminum 18 1/2 | 6.5 | 256330 | |||
F4 | Gut/Copper-Aluminum 19 | 5.7 | 256420 | |||
F4 | Gut/Copper-Aluminum 20 1/4 | 6.3 | 256430 |