Academie Banjo String Set
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Academie Banjo String Set

Academie Banjo String Set

AcademieSKU: BAN6
5 reviews
Price:
$126.60 USD

Description

Academie banjo strings are designed for modern performance practice at a=440.

Gamut Music is pleased to offer natural gut banjo strings (48", 120cm) with the same type of twist and gauge as those used in the late 19th century. The banjo first and second strings are made from our finest beef serosa treble gut. The third string is a single twist Lyon-style gut, and the fourth is treble gut wound with silver-plated copper wire. The fifth banjo string is made of treble gut.

Banjos were very popular in the United States in the late 1800s, and consequently there are lots of strings that survive for us to measure and replicate. From the ones in the Gamut Academie string archive, it is evident that violin strings were repurposed and relabeled as banjo strings for the first, second, third, and fifth positions, with a guitar fourth string used for the banjo fourth.

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.

Hand-made in the USA by Gamut Music, Inc., 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.

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 serosa.

Gamut gut string gauges are approximate (≈) diameter. Meaning, that while a ≈0.60mm string is polished in the workshop to a diameter of 0.60mm, changes in ambient humidity, temperature, shipping, and storage conditions can cause to string to expand or contract slightly.

Gimped gut strings and custom gauged equal tension strings are gauged with the equivalent-gauge (=) system. This means that the gauge listed, such as =1.50mm, indicates that the string is approximately equal in weight to a plain gut string of that diameter. Of course, because the wire is much heavier than gut, the string will be much thinner than a plain gut string.

More information about Gamut gut strings, string types, gauges, and string tensions can be found on our FAQ/Articles page. Not finding an answer to your question? Please contact us.

 

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Joey
ACADEMIE BANJO STRING SET

These strings are great and work well on my fretless mountain banjo!

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Joey
ACADEMIE BANJO STRING SET

These are great strings that work well on my fretless mountain banjo!

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william
banjo strings.

I have the gut banjo strings on a fretless gourd banjo . I have used every known string (that i know) and these strings have the by far and away best tone , if you like traditional (before steel strings) sounding banjos .

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Richie Alexander
Academie Banjo Strings

These strings are super rich and punchy, they required a little modification to my bridge and nut but after that they’ve got my banjo singing.

Will definitely purchase again, love these strings.

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Kyle Wood
Gut strings

Really cool sounding strings only thing I’m bummed out about is the fifth string is just not long enough for me to tie a knot on both ends. I don’t know why a couple more inches could not be added to the fifth string, given the cost of these things