This made me think

[salcott]

I was asked recently if I thought it was OK for a vegan to use gut strings.

I said "I'll think about it" and went back to my rack of ribs. Still don't have an answer.

[MR PC]

Vegans.....gut strings......ribs.....

I dunno....do vegans lay on leather couches?

[fdeck]

How about basses held together with hide glue?

[MLysh]

Everyone draws their line in a different place when it comes to alleviating some measure of suffering in this world. Personally, after visiting the gamut website and reading the article on how gut strings are made, I'll never put them on a bass I own. And, no, no vegan would either.

[Marcus Johnson]

How did you think they were made?

[Ed Fuqua]

Sort of apropos, at one of the trade shows I attended recently someone was offering leather goods that had been made in India allegedly from cows that had died of natural causes...

[MLysh]

Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson

How did you think they were made?

Sorry, mis-leading sentence in my original post. I am quite aware of how they are made, but the detail and pictures on the Gamut site proved a powerful reminder of my own personal objections. I'm glad there's Spiros and Animas.