Thank you all for answering so fastly! If I want to use fret gut I think, that I don?t have a realy fine adjustment of the gauge of the string., so that the tension from one string to the other will change. Do I think wrong? And how could I calculate what gauge should I use? What would be a good tension for a Chitarrone. Regards Daniel Mathias Rösel schrieb: >> I just built a chittarone/theorbo myself with strings lenth of 88/160 cm. I >> took Aqula nylgut wherever possible, especially throughout for the bass >> strings ( 7th - 14th course) after trying two gut strings I found in my >> "stock". Gut bass strings are very expensive >> > > You might want to try fret gut. It's not as expensive but just as good. > Another thought: Open basses last for eternity, perhaps that's worth the > price. > > >> Given a string length of 78 cm you certainly have to use overspun strings >> for other courses as well, at least for the 5th course. >> > > Not necessarily. I for one should _not_ use metal wound strings over the > fretboard. Rings just too much and too long. Nylgut can do the trick > very well. >
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