Contrabass E-4 Gut/Copper
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Contrabass E-4 Gut/Copper

Contrabass E-4 Gut/Copper-Wound

AcademieSKU: A4450
2 reviews
Gauge: Light
Price:
$199.18 USD

Description

Gamut Academie Gut Contrabass 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.

Contrabass E-4 Gut/Copper Gauges
Light 3.12mm
Light+ 3.18mm
Medium 3.22mm
Medium+ 3.28mm
Heavy 3.32mm
Heavy+ 3.36mm

 

This is a single-length (80", 200cm) beef gut (bovine serosa) contrabass (double bass) string with a copper wire wound onto the gut in tandem with a thin silk layer wound onto the core between the gut and wire. Because the wire is round, the surface of the wire is polished so that the string has a smooth, “half-wound” feel, helping the tone to be quick and bright.

The string comes with a stopping end washer by default.

Contrabass E-4 Gut/Copper-Wound wire and stocking lengths:

    • Knot to stocking - 54.5" (138cm)
    • Stocking length - 12" (30cm)
    • Total string length - 66.5" (169cm)

If your instrument requires additional wire or stocking length, please contact us.

Wound strings for the contrabass are warrantied for a period of six months from the date of shipping.

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

 

Customer Reviews

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Arthur Lee and Busby
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Scott C.
Beautiful sounding string

E-4 Light + Round wound polished copper wire over high-twist flexible gut core. Just the right amount of highs not twangy, and isn't either too clacky/ metallic or muted/ muffled sounding. Difficult for me to select "the correct gage" of wound-gut strings with the String Calculator because it's also about "feel" as well as sound production (after 4 weeks on the instrument). I need more tension; I'll either have to up-the-gage on the A, or try again with a Medium or Med +. This string will be put to good use with a particular setup (eventually :) Bows great, beautifully hand made!