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Red Diamond Bass String Set

Red Diamond

12 reviews Write a Review
SKU:
DIAMOND
$399.00
Red Diamond Bass String Set
Width:
10.00 (in)
Height:
10.00 (in)
Depth:
1.00 (in)
Shipping:
Calculated at Checkout
$399.00

Description

Table of Red Diamond Gauges and Tensions
  Gauge Approximate Tension
g-1 Gut/Nylon 2.50mm (.098") (50PM) 23kg (52.9lb)
d-2 Gut/Nylon 3.34mm (.131") (67PM) 22kg (48.5.lb)
A-3 Gut/Copper 2.60mm (.102") (52PM) 20kg (44lb)
E-4 Gut/Copper 3.10mm (.122") (62PM) 18kg (39.6lb)

 

The Red Diamond g-1 and d-2 strings are made of the finest beef serosa (gut), twisted in our famous Lyon gut style, then wrapped with nylon to protect the string from adverse environmental conditions. The nylon is polished smooth for slick playing action and long life. The A-3 and E-4 strings have high twist gut cores for flexibility and long sustain, seasoned carefully and then wound with copper wire for a rich, low register. Red Diamond string gauges are based on the popular Medium range from our Academie line of bass strings.

Red Diamond strings are designed to satisfy the needs of active, professional musicians who need that real gut sound for jazz, bluegrass, blues, rockabilly, and other musical forms that require a strong bottom end to the sound and the stylistic stage presence of an upright bass. Red Diamond strings are the solution for worry-free durability whatever the conditions of the performance situation.

We are confident that you will find these strings affordable, reliable, and durable.

Red Diamond wound strings are warrantied for a period of six months from the date of shipping.

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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 directly: support@gamutmusic.com.

Extra Information

Brand:
Red Diamond
Width:
10.00 (in)
Height:
10.00 (in)
Depth:
1.00 (in)

    12 Reviews

  • Posted by Jeff on Feb 23rd 2018

    4

    Very nice strings

    So far very nice. Like the diameter. Nice feel. G a little more tension then I’d like, but sound great arco. Thanks

  • Posted by Karl on Dec 11th 2017

    5

    Really even across all strings and super comfortable tension

    I've knew the name gamut gut for a while now but only bought them recently when la Bella discontinued my string of choice, the golden tone, after ten years of using them. I tried all sorts of other strings but I love the feel and sound of wound gut. I've avoided gamut in the past because I was told they're really great strings, but expensive. I finally checked out their website and found the red diamond set. Not expensive at all. 280 a set is a fantastic price. I've had them on for about 6 months now. The strings feel fantastic. Big warm sound which is what I'm after. It took a little while to get used to the slightly higher tension on the G and D compared to the golden tone. I have an old set of golden tones on my other bass and have tried them compared to the red diamonds and far prefer the gamut. The G broke recently but the weather here in Australia is up and down. Just coming into a very hot summer with lots of air conditioned rooms. I'm not upset or surprised. I'll be buying gamuts from now on.

  • Posted by Kevin Tardevet on May 17th 2017

    5

    Gorgeous Sound

    This is my first time in playing gut string. I've been playing synthetic or steel strings for years. I have to say that those string really have the best and loudly sound i've ever heard before. I've set it up on my new 4/4 German Mittenwald Bass from the '50 and it's really Huge !!! It's also bow easily. But for those who wants to really practice and improve their sound intonation on bow (classical player) those strings are not adapted (the gauge is too big). As a Jazz Bassist these strings are perfect. Thanks for the quality.