Gut strings tend to get damaged by our looks at them.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "alexander" <[email protected]>
To: "William Samson" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Martyn Hodgson" <[email protected]>; "Lute Dmth"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:04 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tightening frets - was: Tempered fretting - take your
pick - OOPS!
Nylon frets also produce very different quality of sound, and damage gut
strings, due to nylon's hardness. Defeats the misery. In case the strings
are of a harder material, they still receive more crimping from nylon, and
the higher strings may even develop inharmonics due to the string becoming
misshapen over the frets.
alexander r.
On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:32:48 +0000 (GMT)
William Samson <[email protected]> wrote:
Indeed, Martyn. I normally use double frets myself, but am surprised
at how few people do. Gut miserliness maybe?
I also (horror of horrors) often use nylon for the frets (I'm a
different kind of miser) - I suspect these frets will outlive me! The
only downside I've found with nylon frets is that the knot tends to
dig
grooves in the neck if it's not veneered with some very hard wood.
Bill
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