Dear Edward, I agree entirely with you, carbon fiber strings are loud, durable, very stable and not to forget the great sustain. Unfortunately, the first courses have to be very thin, which provides an extremely bright sound. In your opinion which option would be better: To use 1 and 2nd in Nylgut or nylon?
2007/6/9, Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Bruno, > > I used these strings years ago. They are durable, and have a loud sound, > and are very stable in pitch. That is the good part. > > For the bad part, they do not "feel" good to the fingers, and have, in my > opinion, a very nasty sound. If I were to use carbon now, I would start > at > the 4th course, as the trebles are too bright & strident, in my opinion. > > ed > > > > > At 10:48 PM 6/8/2007 -0300, Bruno Correia wrote: > >Does anybody in the list use carbon strings? I changed my nylgut set for > >carbon but I'm experiencing some troubles with the second course. > Sometimes > >when I play, both strings get too close on the fingerboard, resulting in > a > >bad tone. The first and second courses are very thin, 0.37 and > >0.41respectively, my lute has 59 cm of string lenght. Is it OK for the > >first > >course to be a little over 4 kg? Is there anything to help to get a > better > >grip on the string since carbon has a very smooth surface? > > > >Regards. > > > >-- > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.11/838 - Release Date: 6/7/2007 > >2:21 PM > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice: (218) 7... > > > --
