> to my ear Nylgut is out of tune above > the 4th fret, but some find it acceptable.
That probably has more to do with your fret placement than the string material. One probably does need some fret placement adjustment to match string material - I would thing a very small adjustment between the materials used for lute strings. -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
