Nigel
The problem is that Mimmo Peruffo has not yet commercialised his new
loaded gut.
Nor has he commercialised his open-wound strings. Perhaps you could
try gimped strings, but if the tubbiness is tonal, you could try the
Venice equivalent by Aquila, they are definitely more rich in the
high frequency harmonic component (Venice are twin, most Pistoy are
tress). Indeed, my lowest gimped diapason on a Renaissance lute
sounded a little tubby, until I swapped a number of the middle ones
with Venice, and somehow it lightened up the sound even of this
lowest bass string. In fact this was to such an extent that a person
who plays my lute regularly thought I had changed the bass string too.
Regards
Anthony
Le 23 oct. 07 à 23:24, Nigel Solomon a écrit :
I have just put gut strings on the long basses on my theorbo (170
cm), they all sound great except the 13th and 14th courses which
sound a bit "tubby"
The diameter is 1.24 (14th) and 1.12 (13th) (4 kg per string) .
Perhaps they are a bit thick, should I use some sort of loaded gut
for the bottom 2?
Nigel
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