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Double Bass GUTS ARE SO MUCH FUN!!!

#541
Hah! Man, I take it a step further.... Dan Larson invited me to stop by and watch him make Gamut strings when I head back home, and it's something that I want to do, even though Duluth is a pretty good drive from my parents' home in Northern Wisconsin. I'm officially a gut geek.

But don't do what I do...... I was lucky, I found the sound, after a lot of messing around and trying strings. That sound and feel definitely won't work for a lot of people. If you want all gut strings, though... the Gamuts will not disappoint. Not by a long shot!

-Love, Biggus
 
#542
engedi1 said:
@El Mon. Is it a struggle to adapt to such low tension strings? Animas are at 25 kgs, and if your set is at 18 that must require some big technique changes with your plucking hand? The super low tension has always kept me tentative to try guts.
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Not that much, but only because I had previous experience with an even-more-low-tension set of guts (Lenzer) on my now-gone 52' Kay M1. I got used to the feel/tone of those strings so much that I could never go back to all-steel. The Animas were the best compromise I came across IME, but both sets can't even come close to these Gamuts. When I play the Low B string chromatically up to the E I actually hear notes! And the upper register is just a thing of beauty. So full sounding yet clear and singing.

I know I'm in the proverbial honeymoon phase right now, but I only see my love deepening!
 
#543
I'll bet that B will be earth shaking in a couple of weeks. I've love to get a bow into that thing! That clarity on the lower Gamuts is one of the best features, I think. You can actually play them horizontally, which has not been my experience on other gut strings. A lot of them don't speak very well above the bottom few notes, and the E strings (or the B, in your case) are often weak in comparison to the other strings.
 
#546
fingers said:
Sorry. I'm sure it has been posted before but I laugh so hard I cry everytime I see this. I own it on DVD.

YouTube - Biggus Dickus

Oh, and gut rocks!
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LOVE that flick!!!


Marcus Johnson said:
I'll bet that B will be earth shaking in a couple of weeks. I've love to get a bow into that thing! That clarity on the lower Gamuts is one of the best features, I think. You can actually play them horizontally, which has not been my experience on other gut strings. A lot of them don't speak very well above the bottom few notes, and the E strings (or the B, in your case) are often weak in comparison to the other strings.
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Definitely. Though my bowing skills are certainly subpar, it is indeed massive sounding. Best $600 bucks I've EVER spent!!!
 
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#554
I had the plain A and paid the full $225 for it. Plain gut bottoms are not for me, but this thing was pretty fantastic for what it was. If I was a strait-ahead bluegrass guy, I would have married the thing. Great tension and volume; it actually felt pretty stiff on my bass, even in the "light" gauge I bought.
 
#556
The Olives convinced me gut is the way to go for what I want. Spiros mitts are back on now and even the Stark E is not as exciting as it once was. It may sound thuddy when the guts were on but once they're off you really know what you're missing out on. "Where'd the sound go?"

Tuning issues? Meh. I live in California where the temps and weather are relatively constant. ;)
 
#560
No way I'd describe Gamuts as "thuddy", if anything
they are WAY more sonorous than the Animas I just
left.

The wound E and A are awesome, and they really are
no larger than the Anima, that surprised me also.

The only thing I noticed is they did 'catch' and slow
me down just a bit (on the D and G I think), but I'm
sure this is just a matter of adjustment.
 

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