If Mimmo could sell loaded gut/nylgut bass strings ("Bass" fishing?) to the
fishing industry the availability could go up and the price would come down. 50
meters for 6 Euros anywhere on the planet is fine with me.
Dan
On May 9, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Luca Manassero wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using fishing nylon since now about 4 years with perfectly fine
> results. It's plain, cheap and sings pretty well. And you can easily
> buy more than 50 meters for about 6 Euros (at least in Italy).
> Of course, you have to carefully measure the string length of your new
> lute and use a string calculator to get the right thickness. There's an
> excellent free lute string calculator here:
> [1]http://calc.lauten.com/en/strcal_en.htm
> My case: I have two Renaissance lutes (6 and 8 course) tuned in "real"
> g (AD0Hz) with a string length of 63cm. They both use 0.45mm fishing
> nylon for the first course.
> Have fun,
> Luca
> [2][email protected] on 09/05/12 19.57 wrote:
>
> I bought a 7c ren lute strung in Nylgut. I love the Nygut, except for the
> chante
> relle, it just doesn't seem to feel or sing as strongly as I wish - it seems
> thi
> n. Do others have this problem? If so any suggestions, I've thought of going
> bac
> k to a nylon (which would be thicker?). Thanks in advance trj
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