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Double Bass New Gamut Red Diamond Gut Strings
- Thread starter Earl
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Oh my god no!!! I just said I would stick to spirocores!!!! I gotta try them. Any idea when the D and G will be available separately?
They sometimes do sales around Black Friday, keep an eye on their newsletter and website for that. I'm planning on getting a set before year's end.
Why go to all the effort to make a nice gut D and G and then just cover them with plastic????? If I wanted a plastic string I could buy weed whacker's and save $200......
Golden Spirals and Goldentones, that's why. No hairs, no need to oil, and they're pretty stable. iME the sound is a touch boingy but not bad. I like the concept. Worst that can happen is the wrap fails, and then you have a plain gut string of exceptional quality.
The description of the E and A says that the copper wire wrapping is left "round." Does that mean like a round wound BG string?
Hopefully these will be available as singles at some point. I was ready to order a Golden Tone G a week or two ago only to find that they'd been discontinued. I only use gut on my G string, but I think its a big part of the sound a feel I go for. That said, my sweat is acidic and I always seem to "spring up hairs" so I've dreamed of a nylon wrapped string for durability and reduced maintenance. I'd love a review if someone pulls the trigger!
I'll have a set by the end of the year. I've already decided so I'll let y'all know when I pull the trigger.
Larson says, ".....real gut sound for jazz, bluegrass, blues, rockabilly.....", which tells me pretty clearly these are not meant to be arco strings.
Usually E and A are wound with a silver tape as they call it. I had some NuTone guts that were like round wound E and A. I slap and it did a number on the fingerboard. I hope they are not like that.
Traditional E & A were roundwound, and bowable. A plain A was also common. Yes, the roundwounds may wear the FB more then flatwounds or plain gut.
For arco, it's the polished smooth nylon wrap on the D & G that would worry me.
PS: in the unlikely case that the nylon wrap fails, you're left with a gut core, which will be quite undertensioned at the original tuning.
For arco, it's the polished smooth nylon wrap on the D & G that would worry me.
PS: in the unlikely case that the nylon wrap fails, you're left with a gut core, which will be quite undertensioned at the original tuning.
You CAN bow plain gut wrapped in Tynex or similar monofilament, but I wouldn't want to.
Roundwound lower strings bow just fine.
Roundwound lower strings bow just fine.
At least nylon wrapped Pirastro Pizzicatos bow with black hair and lots of Nyman`s rosin. Seems that the Gamut set offers a monster gauge D string, similar to Pizzicatos. It`s propably stiff and loud as hell, as is the Pirastro counterpart.
