Viennese Bass E-5 Gut/Copper
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Viennese Bass E-5 Gut/Copper

Viennese Bass E-5 Gut/Copper-Wound

AcademieSKU: A455_V0
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Gauge: Light
Price:
$199.18 USD

Description

Gamut Academie Gut Viennese Bass 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.

Viennese Bass E-5 Gut/Copper Gauges
Light 3.12mm
Light+ 3.18mm
Medium 3.22mm
Medium+ 3.28mm
Heavy 3.32mm
Heavy+ 3.36mm

 

This is an extra heavy single-length (80", 200cm) Lyon-style beef gut (bovine serosa) string with a copper wire wound onto the gut with a thin silk layer wound onto the core between the gut and wire. It is intended for use on a standard length contrabass which needs to be tuned lower than the standard E-4.

The string comes with a stopping end washer by default.

Viennese Bass E-5 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 Viennese Bass 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.