Help identifying this Gut string..

[bassdogEmer]

Hey All,
I did a rehersal on bass yesterday that had a G gut string. It had a Ball end and voilet or purple wrapping on the tail peice end and brown on the pegbox end. It felt great and I am still looking for a G gut string I really like since Kaplans aren''t made anymore
any ideas who made this paticular string??? Dlugolecki maybe??? Francois..... giveit up...what string is this??

[Holly Wright]

Pirastro Flex Original Bass G


http://www.quinnviolins.com/stringidfier.htm

[bassdogEmer]

Hey Holly! thanks but the search didnt turn up anything. Regarding you writing Pirastro flex- this was pure GUT string I played...not metal at all
thanks!

[ctxbass]

Pirastro Eudoxa if the purple end had a white spiral on it. Pirastro Gs are brown on top.

[Bobby King]

It had a Ball end and voilet or purple wrapping on the tail peice end and brown on the pegbox end. It felt great and I am still looking for a G gut string I really like since Kaplans aren''t made anymore

this was pure GUT string I played...not metal at all
thanks!

Are you saying this was a plain gut string with a ball end and wrappings on either end? I've never seen a string like this. It may have been a Pirastro string like Olive or Eudoxa with the metal windings removed.

[bassdogEmer]

I know Olives and Eudoxas - this was PLAIN GUT

[Bobby King]

Originally Posted by bassdogEmer

I know Olives and Eudoxas - this was PLAIN GUT

Plain gut with a ball end and wrappings? !

[Kevinlee]

I've never heard of or seen a plain gut string with a ball end and wrapping either. Can you take a picture of it?

Kevinlee

[Francois Blais]

Originally Posted by Kevinlee

I've never heard of or seen a plain gut string with a ball end and wrapping either. Can you take a picture of it?

Kevinlee

Ditto!
Maybe an Eudoxa G with the silver wrap removed?

[bassdogEmer]

Plain gut - I seqr and def. NOT a eudoxa or olive. no silver wrapping ever on the string - plain think gut string - it might have been tynex wound like the kaplan golden spirals used to be...

[ctxbass]

Originally Posted by bassdogEmer

Plain gut - I seqr and def. NOT a eudoxa or olive. no silver wrapping ever on the string - plain think gut string - it might have been tynex wound like the kaplan golden spirals used to be...

Could be a Pirastro Pizzicato nylon wound gut. The one I have (early sample) has a black wrap at the tail end though.