Academie Gut Baroque Guitar Strings
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Academie Gut Baroque Guitar Strings

Baroque Guitar Gut String Set

AcademieSKU: CS700
2 reviews
Gauge: Light
String Varnish: No Varnish
Price:
$219.48 USD

Description

Baroque Guitar Gut
String Set Gauges
Baroque Guitar e-1 Gut
Light 0.48mm
Medium 0.50mm
Heavy 0.52mm
Baroque Guitar b-2 Gut
Light 0.56mm
Medium 0.58mm
Heavy 0.60mm
Baroque Guitar g-3 Gut
Light 0.70mm
Medium 0.72mm
Heavy 0.74mm
Baroque Guitar D-4 Lyon
Light 0.88mm
Medium 0.90mm
Heavy 0.92mm
Baroque Guitar d-4 Octave Gut
Light 0.44mm
Medium 0.46mm
Heavy 0.48mm
Baroque Guitar A-5 Lyon
Light 1.18mm
Medium 1.20mm
Heavy 1.22mm
Baroque Guitar a-5 Octave Gut
Light 0.58mm
Medium 0.60mm
Heavy 0.62mm

 

    • Baroque Guitar e-1: Treble Gut / 2 Strings - Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • Baroque Guitar b-2: Treble Gut / 2 Strings - Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • Baroque Guitar g-3: Treble Gut / 2 Strings - Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • Baroque Guitar D-4: Lyon Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • Baroque Guitar d-4 Octave: Treble Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • Baroque Guitar A-5: Lyon Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • Baroque Guitar a-5 Octave: Treble Gut / Single-Length, 48"/120cm

    • String Material: Beef Gut

    • String Options: Varnish

    • Tuning Designation: a=415

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.

Gamut Music

Tuning Considerations
Gamut Academie Gut Baroque Guitar 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.

Technical Considerations
Treble Gut is processed to be a little harder than the other kinds of gut. The string also has a lower twist of about 15 degrees. This construction gives it the strength and resistance it needs to stand the strain in the treble register. The color ranges from clear white to opaque 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. The color tends towards opaque light to medium yellow.

These are our standard recommended gauges for this instrument. For gauges outside of this range, see our Custom Gauged Strings section.

All Gamut string set prices are based off of the individual string prices; there is no penalty for ordering strings à la carte.

Further Reading
Guitar (Baroque, Classical) / Vihuela
Early Music / Historically Informed Performance
Historical String-Making
Care and Cleaning of Gut Strings
String Calculator

See full details on Gamut Music's Return Policy, String Warranty, and Shipping Information.


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 Gamut Music recommends removing those devices before installing the gut string on the instrument.

All Gamut Academie strings (pure gut and gut/metal-wound) are made with beef gut (bovine serosa) unless they specifically say "sheep gut." All pure gut Tricolore violin and viola strings are made with sheep gut; Dependable Coated Violin Strings, gut/metal-wound Tricolore, and all Red Diamond strings are made with beef gut.

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 the string to expand or contract slightly.

Gimped gut strings and gut/metal-wound 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 the care and cleaning of gut strings, Gamut Music string types, and string gauges and tensions can be found on our FAQ/Articles page. Not finding an answer to your question? Please contact us.