For sale Gamut Gut SOLO Strings

For sale - Gamut Solo set (E,B,E,A) of new gut strings.
Copper-wound E and B stings w/ plain gut E and A.


I bought these fine strings from an esteemed TB-er in January of this year. I was hoping that I could make them work tuned down to orchestra pitch, but they didn't really suit the two basses upon which I tried them. I suspect that if I had an old pedigreed bass that really loved lower-tension strings that I'd be singing a different tune right about now, but all I have is a room full of battleaxes.
These are in excellent condition. They were near-mint when I got them and they've been on two of my basses tuned up to (lowered) pitch for a total of about 4 days, with minimal playing time. The plain gut high E and A strings have been varnished and include a washer on the tailpiece end.

Dan Larson is making the finest gut strings in the land. These beauties deserve to be heard! I must reiterate that I was attempting to use these at a lower pitch/tension than they were designed for, and the results of my l'il experiment should in no way suggest anything negative about the quality of these strings.

The previous owner described these better than I could (thanks Jason!) so I've copied and pasted his words here. Link below to the original thread contains more photos as well.

"Exceedingly rare Gamut Solo set (E,B,E,A) of new gut strings. I put them on the bass and they are exquisite, truly works of art. I am taking on the Bach cello suites for my pandemic homework assignment and I thought it might be fascinating to try them on guts. While I find them gorgeous to play and the sound warm and captivating, I am having trouble with the extremely high harmonics (above the high g). I find I rely on these high harmonics more than I realized. I've actually been quite torn about it because every other aspect of the strings I prefer to the steels. I love the feel and the breadth of sound, the ease under the fingers, the flexibility . I can do things with these guts that I cannot possibly do on steels. The pizz sound is also to die for. But, in the interest of plowing through these suites I have to keep my focus and return to steels for the time being. I paid $553 a few days ago for these so I lose a hundred dollars for the experiment. The strings are varnished Lyon on the A and E, and wound copper on the B and E. They are all medium gauge which I find to be very pleasing and easy to play. The copper wound is smoother than silver windings and easy to slide over, very comfortable. These are the finest gut strings on the market."

The original post here: SOLD - Glorious Gamut Gut SOLO Strings (new)

These were purchased new from Gamut for $533 in January of this year. See invoice on the original post.

Not interested in trades at this time.

$420 shipped CONUS. Venmo or PayPal.

If you want just the truly solo-pitched strings (B-E-A) i can do $300.
(You can get a new copper-wound F# from Gamut for about $165.)

Thanks for looking!