Beware if you use shrinking tube when applying a lighter... the heat may fuse the core of synthetic strings; apply little heat several times until the tube shrinks to fit.... I ruined one (expensive) string like that.
2008/4/11 Arle Lommel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You are of course correct that they aren't the same although it's > inconsequential for this particular point: real gut or synthetic gut are > both flexible and won't break when going over the ear. The contrast is > against a metal core, which can break in this manner. > > I actually use both, depending on the particular string, for the same > reason. > > -Arle > > > On Apr 11, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Simon Wascher wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Am 11.04.2008 um 04:56 schrieb Arle Lommel: > > > > > I switch to a wound synthetic gut string > > > > > > > Am 11.04.2008 um 13:11 schrieb Arle Lommel: > > > > > On the other hand, using a gut core also prevents the problem. > > > > > > > I think it would be helpfull to distinguish between the synthetic > > strings that are used as replacement for gut and real gut. Otherwise the > > wrong imression may occure to the unexperienced reader that it is gut, as in > > real gut. > > > > Simon > > >
