Treble Gut (Beef Gut; Academie Strings)

TL;DR: All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef serosa 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 gut.

Gamut Academie strings are designed for Baroque instruments by those musicians playing historical performance practice at a=415, and are perfectly suitable for modern a=440 practice, but the result will be a little bit more tension at a=440.

These are gut strings made of beef gut (bovine serosa) from the green fields of Ireland and have a higher tensile strength than does sheep gut. This type of string is characterized by a low twist angle of about 15º that is sometimes not even visible, and this construction gives it the strength and resistance it needs to stand the strain in the treble register. The color of the string ranges from clear to white.

Beef gut strings are a good choice for instruments with a long string length, or higher tension situations, and are useful for instruments that require extra durability. If your instrument has a longer string length which puts it beyond the comfortable range for sheep gut strings, the beef gut would be a good choice for string selection as it will stand the strain a little better.

Treble gut strings are best used 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

Custom gauge treble gut strings are available in millimeter gauges from .38mm to .98mm in increments of .02mm.