Tricolore Violin a-2 Gut

Best a string on the market, very projecting and bright but not to harsh, fits my instrument very well and with the wound D and G it makes the instrument into a gradient of deep to bright from G to E. I got rid of one star because they seem to fray easily and the top get flattened by the bow even with good rosin made for gut (Gustave Bernadel)

This is my absolute favorite a string. It is stable, bright and powerful. It is far more stable than any wound string, got or synthetic. If you love gut strings but you get frustrated with the a string going flat, give this one a try. Also try the full TRICOLOR set.

After playing on Vision Titaniums for awhile I've gone back to Gamut Tricolores. Used my old wound G and D but needed a new A, and I can't believe how easy it is to get it to speak. And it makes my not-great old fiddle sound its very best.

One of the best g guy string

I studied Baroque violin in college and always used Academie strings, but post-college I'm back playing in modern orchestras. I've been using synthetics (of course, it's what I was raised on) but I was never satisfied with my tone, color palette, and bow response of synthetics. I changed the A string to this bare gut A (heavy gauge) and even my partner's eyes widened. I'm not sure what the commotion around gut string's supposed lack of stability, but this string honestly settled more quickly than most synthetic A strings I've used (Obligato, Dominant, Evah Pirazzi, Evah Pirazzi Gold, Tonica, Zyex, Larsen Il Cannone, and PI all didn't settle or respond as quickly). I think the conversation should rather be based around the quality of gut, and evidently the highest quality of gut string as produced by Dan Larson is better than these gut strings that won't stay in tune - that's a reflection of poor manufacturing rather than an innate downside of gut in my opinion. Furthermore, suggestions of "sluggish bow response" I find false. I personally feel that gut strings are by far the most sensitive, the issue is rather that of less refined bow technique, but once you negotiate the string's response you'll find anything else feels stiff, one-dimensional, and that a technique is just a technique, not expression. In conclusion, I don't know if I could bear using any other strings. I'm messing around with the whole set to figure out the combination of gauge and winding (or lack thereof) and will be happy to review once I've found my setup with comments about different combinations and how they responded on my instrument.

good quality

wonderful strings so glad they keep on making them

This is my first experience with a plain gut string and I’m enjoying it. At first I was put off by the slightly scratchy sound but as it played in it sounds clear, full and responsive. There is still a very slight “swishing” sound every time I play a note on this string but I actually enjoy it. I bought this in conjunction with the Tricolore e, heavy wound gut d and heavy wound gut g. I like it enough that I’ll likely try the heavy plain gut d next.

I am an exclusive user of Gamut strings NOT because I'm retro----but because they are the best sounding strings on the market-----perlon or other artificial strings go dead after two weeks they should be--- together with shoulder rests thrown in the garbage