In my opinion, nylon. Keep in mind, that I am primarily a gut user. ed
At 02:05 AM 6/9/2007 -0300, Bruno Correia wrote: >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 ><<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[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>http://www.cs.dar > tmouth.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: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >voice: (218) 7... > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/840 - Release Date: 6/8/2007 >3:15 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
