Product Description
Table of Contrabass Gauges | ||||||
Light | Light+ | Medium | Medium+ | Heavy | Heavy+ | |
g-1 Lyon | 2.00mm | 2.06mm | 2.10mm | 2.16mm | 2.20mm | 2.26mm |
This is a single length (203cm, 80"), single twist, Lyon-style string made with beef serosa available with either a natural or varnish finish.
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. There is an additional charge for varnished strings.
This type of gut is named after the town in France which was famous for a particular type of flexible gut string. From the 16th century these strings were recommended as being some of the best strings for basses. Our reproduction of this string is made from gut specially processed in our workshop to be soft and responsive. The gut is twisted in one direction to a high twist for the optimum combination of durability and flexibility. The Lyon should be preferred when a little extra stiffness is required under the bow or finger. This type of string is characterized by a tight and visible twist. The color tends toward opaque light to medium yellow. The Lyon-style of gut string is a high twist, single spin construction that offers a tone that is full and warm with a powerful fundamental and complex, pleasing upper partials.
Academie strings are manufactured in the USA by Gamut Music, a leader in the revival of early music strings and instruments. Gut strings are not intended to be used with fine tuners or string adjusters and those devices should be removed before installing the gut string on the instrument.
A new option of nylon winding has been added to the contrabass Lyon strings. Due to the popularity of the Red Diamond wound g-1 and d-2 strings, we have decided to add this option to the regular Academie line of bass strings. This nylon makes the strings more durable, especially if you live in a high humidity environment or have an acidic perspiration. The nylon covering creates a protective layer that stops the gut fibers from becoming loose, causing the gut to break down and become false, thereby adding life to the string.
Please note: The nylon adds about .30mm to the diameter of the string, resulting in effectively adding about .09mm of gut weight to the string, resulting in an amount of about one gauge size. So, if you specifically wanted the tension of the medium gauged string with the nylon wrapping, you should order the light+ gauge with the nylon option. This will give you the tension of the plain gut, medium gauged string.
Contrabass are warrantied for a period of six months from the date of shipping.
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Lyon G/D Med+ w/ Nylon wrap
The Lyon G/D strings are the absolute best strings I've used. They have great sustain and a beautiful signing tone. Gamut has the best quality gut and the strings are extremely well made.
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Best gut strings currently available, beautiful sound and workmanship
Great!
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Wonderful
Wonderful quality, sound and service. The Lyon G and Pistoy D together are a stunning combo. Thank you very much.
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CONTRA BASS G-1 LYON
Amazing wound gut G! It matches perfectly with the rest of my set and really brings a lot of warmth to the bass. Thanks for the help selecting the right gauge and for the fantastic string!
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The bomb for that authentic gut bass sound
Best gut string I ever owned
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Beautiful string!
I've gone through a few of these, but this time I opted for the nylon-wrap, which I love! Just like the old Golden Spirals! Hopefully it will last longer also.
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Sound s amazing
Sound s amazing, extremely precise and also comfortable string. Top level, my favorite.
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Great strings
I bought the light+ string in March 2016 After a few weeks it holds tune very good and sounds fantastic. Measuring the installed string it measures m2.3 in size, it's quite a bit larger than the m2.06 a light+ but this is not an issue because the string is fabulous. Now I want a gut A string.
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this is one of the best gut string.
sound's great!