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These strings are usually used on Baroque instruments by those musicians playing historical performance practice. Consequently, the gauges are set to the pitch of a=415. The tone is full and warm with a powerful fundamental and complex, pleasing upper partials.
This is a double-length (48", 120cm) treble gut string made with beef serosa. This gut string is available only in the natural color which varies from white to a pale straw hue.
The string comes with plain, unknotted ends. Instructions on how to tie a string knot are on the back of each package.
Beef serosa has a higher tensile strength than does sheep gut, so this string is useful for instruments that require extra durability. If your instrument has a longer string length which puts it beyond the comfortable range for sheep gut strings, the beef gut would be a good choice for string selection as it will stand the strain a little better. Treble gut is processed to be a little harder than other kinds of gut, and it also has a lower twist of about 15 degrees to increase the strength.
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Hand-made in the USA by Gamut Music, Inc., a leader in the revival of early music strings and instruments. Gut strings are not intended to be used with fine tuners or string adjusters, and those devices should be removed before installing the gut string on the instrument.
All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef serosa unless they specifically say "Sheep Gut." All pure gut Tricolore violin and viola strings are made with sheep gut; gut/metal-wound Tricolore and all Red Diamond strings are made with beef serosa.
Gamut gut string gauges are approximate (≈) diameter. Meaning, that while a ≈0.60mm string is polished in the workshop to a diameter of 0.60mm, changes in ambient humidity, temperature, shipping, and storage conditions can cause to string to expand or contract slightly.
Mare3
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2025
Long lasting. Hard to go back to steel E after playing on one of these. They do eventually break, as expected. At a distance, most typical listeners can't tell much of a difference in sound, but as a player, gut strings are sublime. Keeping a light coat of olive oil does seem to make them last longer. Fingernails are forbidden.
John Schneider
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2020
I used it for my German weather house and it did activate accurately the rotation of the man and women to tell the weather
JHW
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2019
Friends had recommended Gamut's medium gauge strings for playing baroque music. I have been very happy with the responsiveness and tone of the string.
William F Stewart
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2016
Can never have too many e strings.
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