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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D1 | Gut 31 | 19.3 | 159120 | |||
A2 | Gut/Aluminum 36 | 19.0 | 259220 | |||
E3 | Gut/Silver Plated 34 | 19.2 | 259320 | |||
C4 | Gut/Silver Plated 38 1/2 | 18.3 | 259420 | |||
G5 | Gut/Silver Plated 48 1/2 | 17.7 | 259520 | |||
D6 | Gut/Silver Plated 60 1/2 | 17.8 | 259620 | |||
SET | Mittel | 259020 |