Fundamentally even today it is still possible to use plain gut strings for the lowest strings of the gamba, however the stiffness and thickness of the mono-filament of the gut string is a considerable impairment to playability of the deeper notes.
It is only since 1660 that spinning with copper has evolved. However, the most popular winding is silver-plated copper wire, which has the advantage of the silver coating combined with the sound quality of the copper string.
TONE | ITEM DESCRIPTION | SIZE | kg | PEG END | TAILPIECE END | ART.NO. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G1 | Steel 3 1/2 | 5.3 | 367120 | |||
D2 | Gut 11 | 4.6 | 167220 | |||
A3 | Gut 13 1/2 | 4.0 | 167320 | |||
F4 | Gut/Aluminum 14 1/4 | 4.1 | 267420 | |||
C5 | Gut/Silver Plated 15 1/4 | 3.2 | 267520 | |||
G6 | Gut/Silver Plated 16 1/2 | 3.1 | 267620 | |||
SET | Mittel | 267020 |