Sheep Gut (Academie Gold)

TL:DR: All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef gut unless they specifically say “sheep gut.” All pure gut Tricolore violin and viola strings are made with sheep gut; gut/metal-wound Tricolore and all Red Diamond strings are made with beef serosa.

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 color of the string ranges from clear to white and sometimes to transparent yellow.

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

    • Cello: a-1

    • Bass Viol: d-1, a-2

    • Tenor Viol: g-1, d-2

    • Treble Viol: d-1, a-2

    • Pardessus de Viole: g-1, d-2

    • 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:

    • Violin: D-3

    • Viola: d-2

    • Cello: d-2

    • Bass Viol: e-3, C-4

    • Tenor Viol: a-3, F-4

    • Treble Viol: d-1, a-2

    • Pardessus de Viole: a-3, D-4, F-4

    • Lute: Treble and mid-range courses, and octaves on bass courses

    • Harp: treble strings