Recent content by Bas Kisjes

Thanks for all the help guys. btw, i found this: String Matrix - Hervé Jeanne This guy put a lot of work into making strings comparable. Olé for him. I decided to stop being afraid and go for real gut. I seem to like how the D and G of the Efrano darm plain gut sound. Plus they’re not so...

I guess I forgot to mention before that so far, the real gut strings I´ve tried, although being punchy as hell.. they all lacked a "singing" quality (you know, what metal strings are so good at). The Velvet Garbe sang for me. I don´t know why. so maybe the better question is: which gut or fake...

Hi. my name is Bas (I know…) i’m new here, but after searching through old posts I could’d find an answer to my question. I’ve been playing Velvet Garbo D and G strings for many years now (playing jazz), and I was always very happy with them. Maybe not so much with the D, but definitely the...