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 | kp | PEG END | TAILPIECE END | ART.NO. |
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G1 | Steel 3 1/2 | 5.3 | ![]() |
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367120 | |
D2 | Gut 11 | 4.6 | ![]() |
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167220 | |
A3 | Gut 13 1/2 | 4.0 | ![]() |
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167320 | |
F4 | Gut/Aluminum 14 1/4 | 4.1 | ![]() |
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267420 | |
C5 | Gut/Silver Plated 15 1/4 | 3.2 | ![]() |
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267520 | |
G6 | Gut/Silver Plated 16 1/2 | 3.1 | ![]() |
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267620 | |
SET | Mittel | 267020 |