Synthetic String Help!

ERIC A · #1 04-16-2008, 08:43 AM

[b]I was wondering if anybody could give me his or her opinion on what synthetic (Obligato, Dominant, Kolstein Heritage, Super Sensitive Sensicore etc.) have the softest gut-like feel.

Thanks!!![/B]

AndreasH · #2 04-16-2008, 03:57 PM

Velvet Garbo are pretty gut-like. Soft tension and fatty gauge

martinc · #3 04-17-2008, 02:04 AM

Sensicore has the softest feel of all the strings you mentioned. Still does not feel like gut though.

Barcza · #4 07-12-2008, 04:23 AM

I use the Obligatos, they feel more steel like than gut, but sounds very good and more growly like than most gut strings with a nice gut like color. Fantastic strings!

jschall84 · #5 07-12-2008, 09:04 PM

innovation!

Bobby King · #6 07-13-2008, 01:51 PM

That depends on if you need a string that can be bowed. Labella's Supernil is pretty darn soft and gut-like. Also Innovation's Super and Silver Slaps. But arco? No can do. These are probably more suited to country, blues and slap than to jazz

Velvet Anima and Garbo are both soft and gutty. Anima is somewhat bowable. It's a great pizz string for many styles of music.

Obligato and Evah Pirazzi are both softer and more gut-like than most steel strings. Less so than Anima however. Obligatos are probably more flexible than EPs, also more brighter and more sustaining. Both are excellent for pizz and arco, EPs best for arco of the two.

Dominants have fairly high tension for a synthetic, but many use the solos tuned to regular pitch.

Not familiar with the others.

Gearhead43 · #7 07-13-2008, 10:17 PM

Why not just play guts?

anonymous12251111 · #8 07-13-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Gearhead43

Why not just play guts?

Ya seriously, they do stabilize quite quickly. Just man it up and buy the real thing, nothing will really sound like gut except gut

**Adrian Cho** · #9 07-13-2008, 10:39 PM

I'm not sure if Velvets actually qualify as synthetic since the core material is silk - a natural fibre!

Eli_Upright12 · #10 07-13-2008, 11:09 PM

Evahs are in no way soft, they are thick, high tension and a little extra work for both hands. That said if your willing to do the extra work they're an awesome string, I love them, they do everything very well.

anonymous12251111 · #11 07-13-2008, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Eli_Upright12

Evahs are in no way soft, they are thick, high tension and a little extra work for both hands. That said if your willing to do the extra work they're an awesome string, I love them, they do everything very well.

Evahs sound and feel nothing like real unwound gut. Seems like Pirastro keeps claiming that they've got these gut like strings...they're not even close in feel or sound. Velvet Garbo's are nice, probably one of the closest things to real gut, but still no cigar.

**Adrian Cho** · #12 07-14-2008, 01:59 AM

Everyone claims their synthetic strings are like gut just like everyone claims their pickups sound like microphones. It's all BS.

anonymous12251111 · #13 07-14-2008, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Cho

Everyone claims their synthetic strings are like gut just like everyone claims their pickups sound like microphones. It's all BS.

Just shows ya...if you want the real thing, you gotta buy the real thing. On the Velvet website they go as far as saying that you cannot tell the difference in sound between their strings and natural gut...complete bs. I suggest the forum starter buys a used pair of Dlugolecki's to see what guts actually sound like.