Most people use some metal in the gut basses, such as loaded or gimped strings. I do not think Sofracob makes those kind of strings.
One player, Toyohiko Satoh, uses plain gut, even to the 13th course. But, Toyohiko uses smaller diameter strings, as he uses a very low tension indeed. I use gimped basses, and I am very happy with them. ed At 01:02 PM 2/7/2007 +0100, Stephan Olbertz wrote: >Dear all, > >the bridge of my baroque lute came off recently (ouch), but it has been >fixed and I would like to take the "opportunity" to put new strings on and >maybe switch to gut. Dan Larsons strings would sum up to about 360 $ (ouch >again), Aquila is about the same. Does anyone know what Sofracob charges >for a (13c) set? I couldn't find any information on the web... > >Regards, > >Stephan > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
