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To all,
Chris, at Boston Catlines has been keeping my variety of instruments in
strings of all types for years. Excellent service.
Louis Aull
Phone: 770.978.1872
Dear all,
A quick question. Any experience with the New Nylgut NNG and NGE as basses on a
85cm theorbo? I'm just thinking of stinging the short neck all with Nylgut.
Currently I have Nylgut in the a-e-b-g and d (from the top), and I just wonder
if the NGE will work for the A and G as well. Othe
Hello lutenists,
As I played theorbo really a lot this months, I started to wonder about
the sound of the strings. In this moment I use some Nylon and carbon in
the high registers and some copper on the basses and it sounds really
good but the basses sounds too long and the tensio
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
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
