Gamut Academie Gold Sheep Gut is a standard-length (48"/120cm) treble gut string made with sheep gut.
Academie Gold Sheep Gut strings have slightly different properties than beef gut. It broad terms, they have a warm and rich sonority that is preferred by discerning players. The texture supports plucking or bowing very well, and the sound carries well in a room.
The string comes with plain, unknotted ends. Instructions on how to tie a string knot are on the back of each package.
Plain gut strings are available with a natural or varnish finish. Natural strings are hand-rubbed with a light oil. Varnished strings have three coats of finish before being hand-polished with the oil.
Sheep gut (ovine serosa) has fibers and collagen that bond very well, making a tight structure with a lovely transparency. If you feel you need a tone with more warmth and clarity than you are getting now, then sheep gut might be a good choice.
Sheep gut is the classical material that has for centuries been used to make music strings. One of our clients with a poetic flair describes sheep gut as having a "golden" tone and beef gut having a "silver" tone.
Sheep gut in diameters less than 1.00mm has a lower twist of about 15 degrees to increase its strength and is an ideal string for:
- Violin: e-1, a-2
- Viola: a-1
- Bass Viol: d-1
- Tenor Viol: g-1
- Treble Viol: d-1
- Lute: g-1, d-2, a-3, and octaves on bass courses
- Harp: Treble strings
Diameters larger than 1.00mm are twisted more to make them more flexible and suited to:
- Bass Viol: C-4
- Tenor Viol: F-4
- Treble Viol: C-4
- Violin: D-3
- Viola: d-2
- Cello: d-2
- Lute: Treble and mid-range courses, and octaves on bass courses
- Harp strings
Use our String Calculators to find the correct strings for your instrument. You can find Specific String Tensions here.
