On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM, Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Ones, > > I have heard from a few sources that Universale strings are much longer > lasting as trebles, compared to any brand of lamb or sheep gut. Some claim > that a treble lasts 4-6 months! I just made an inquiry on their web site, > in terms of availability of these strings. > > I am interested in trying 0.42 or 0.4 size. > > Does anyone have experience with these strings?
Yes, I do. > 1. Do they sound as good as sheep gut? If not, are they at least better > sounding than nylon or nylgut? I prefer the sound of Kathedrale, also _very_ long lasting, but some do disagree about here. Universale is _much_ better than nylon, it sounds like gut, feels like gut, tatstes like ... it is gut! > 2. Are they indeed much longer lasting than sheep gut? Much, much longer indeed. They make sheep's gut string too. It's not just cow's. I've recently ordered a sheep's set of 0.40. But the cow ones won't break, so no chance to test yet. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
