Description
Gamut Academie 5ths Tuning Contrabass strings are designed for modern performance practice at a=440.
Contrabass C-4 Gut/Silverplate Gauges | |
Light | 4.10mm |
Medium | 4.20mm |
Heavy | 4.30mm |
This is a single-length (80", 200cm) beef serosa contrabass (double bass) string with a silver-plated copper wire wound onto the gut in tandem with a thin silk layer wound onto the core between the gut and wire. Because of the plating, the wire is left round so that you can feel the texture of the tops of the wire. The tone is quick and bright.
The end of the string that goes into the tailpiece is knotted and there is a loop of gut on the end. This knot will hold the string in most historical tailpieces, but will slip through a modern tailpiece. Modern tailpieces have a hole-and-slot arrangement for holding the string in place and most tailpieces today have slots cut into them that are so wide that the knot tied at the end of the gut string will slip through when tension is put on the string. To prevent this, we can install a leather washer on the string before it is wound. This washer is wide enough that it will prevent string ends from slipping through most tailpiece slots. There is an extra charge for this service.
Wound strings for the contrabass are warrantied for a period of six months from the date of shipping.
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