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Custom Gauged Strings?
We frequently receive inquiries about string gauges that extend beyond our standard Light, Light+, Medium, Medium+, Heavy, and Heavy+ offerings. To address this our Custom Gauged Strings section provides a comprehensive list of every string type and gauge available in our repertoire.
Should you desire a Violin a-2 Gut string with a weight surpassing that of our Heavy+ gauge, explore our Treble Gut string section, where gauges range from 0.38mm to 0.98mm. If your preference leans towards a thicker gauge, our Lyon Gut and Pistoy Gut string section offers options spanning from 0.80mm to 2.80mm.
It's noteworthy that both our instrument strings and their custom gauged counterparts are priced similarly. This pricing consistency extends to our string sets, allowing you the flexibility to mix and match strings according to your preferences.
Our full offering of Gamut Music custom gauged strings include:
Beef Treble Gut Strings and Sheep Gut Strings
Custom Gauged Violin G-4 Gut/Silver-Wound Strings
Custom Gauged Viola G-3 and C-4 Gut/Silver-Wound Strings
Custom Gauged Cello G-3 and C-4 Gut/Silver-Wound Strings
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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.