A question for those of you who have tried, used, and been satisfied
with the Savarez KF (originally for harp) bass strings- the gut like one
starting at .90 or .95 mm thickness (losing memory here) and have also
tried Mimmo Peruffo's new basses- How do they compare? I am mostly quite
happy with the Savarez KF- VERY satisfied with the long single basses on
my archlute- but on my 10 course & 13 course bass rider style Baroque
lute the very lowest courses could use a little help; but if I change
them I would want to go all the way to the 6th course.
One draw back to the KF is the stiffness, they can be very annoying to
wrestle through and around the bridge holes, worse as they get thicker.
I have heard that Peruffo's strings were actually too flexible at first
and that he had to "dial them back" a bit so that they would not fret
flat going up the fingerboard. Very counter intuitive to me after years
of thick basses fretting sharp!
Thanks for any information. Dan
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