>> That line of judgment leads, of course, to no synthetic strings. And that would mean no really usable bass strings beyond 6 course.
<< Completely off-topic, but there are still, or better: again lute players among us who use plain gut for their strings, including basses. No steroid additions, not lifeless plastics. Just Plain Gut. It seems to be getting our of fashion these days, to try and play lute like Ye Old Ones ... David - taking cover -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html