classical guitar strings

- CLASSICAL GUITAR SET -

All our strings are entirely hand-made

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BULK- NYLGUT STRINGS FOR GUITAR FACTORIES

(NOTICE: ORDERS MUST BE NOT LESS OF 2,000 STRINGS PER SINGLE ORDER)

INTRODUCTION

Until the mid-20th century the top three strings of the guitar were mounted exclusively in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines excellent promptness of attack with brilliance of timbre - very different, in other words, from modern nylon strings. And until recently the typical sound quality of gut has been a constant point of reference for lute-makers, composers and performers alike. A fundamental aim of our research has therefore been to make a new synthetic product having the same acoustic properties as gut - but without its typical defects - (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut® has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century masters; and guaranteeing, on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gut and nylon strings.

Please notice !
Just like gut, Nylgut® is liable to suffer from cutting edges. Before stringing the instrument do make sure the nut and bridge are free from sharp edges and the nut grooves not too deep and perfectly smooth.
You can get rid of sharp edges with very fine grit sandpaper (600, for example) or the finest steelwool (000).

-The best sound quality develops when the strings have completely set, which may ordinarily take sometime. To achieve a stable intonation in just a few minutes you can repeatedly pinch each string at midlength with your fingers, pull it decidedly sideways and tune it up again. Stop when the string does not pull out of tune anymore.

How to stretch Nylgut

How to put our wound strings

To learn more about Nylgut:
www.geocities.co.jp/HeartLand-Himawari/9169/genkonjaku3_E.html

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- CLASSICAL GUITAR SETS -

Tensions (Kg)

Note	Perla high	Perla norm	Alabastro norm	Alabastro high	Alchemia high	Alchemia norm
mi	8,3 Kg	7,8 Kg	8,0 Kg	8,6 Kg	8,6 Kg	8,0 Kg
si	6,2 Kg	5,9 Kg	6,8 Kg	7,2 Kg	7,2 Kg	6,8 Kg
sol	5,9 Kg	5,6 Kg	6.0 Kg	6,4 Kg	6,4 Kg	6.0 Kg
RE	7,8 Kg	7,4 Kg	7,4 Kg	7,8 Kg	7,8 Kg	7,4 Kg
LA	7,7 Kg	8,5 Kg	7,7 Kg	8,1 Kg	8,1 Kg	7,7 Kg
MI	7,2 Kg	6,6 Kg	6,9 Kg	7,5 Kg	7,5 Kg	6,9 Kg

- ALCHEMIA

Set with two degrees of tension. The first three strings use monofilaments of rounded, polished Nylgut® "synthetic gut". Its features include promptness of attack, acoustic projection, excellent timbre and a truly remarkable stability of intonation, not to mention an admirable evenness of tone with the overspun basses. The basses have a multifilament core in a material of new conception (Nylgut® multifilament), specially wound with pure silver, that boasts high resistance to tensile stress and stability under varying climatic conditions. Using pure silver ensures the highest possible response in terms of timbre and volume, lower interference from finger noise and durability above the norm. The overspun strings have also been designed according to the principle - again absolutely new - of progressively increasing the dynamic performance of the bass register to compensate for the human ear's natural tendency to perceive lower frequencies less audibly.

- ALCHEMIA SET (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

EUR 24.80 Eur 16.95 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

- ALCHEMIA BASSES (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

EUR 22.20 Eur 15.17 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

- ALCHEMIA TREBLES (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

EUR 5.50 Eur 3.76 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

- ALCHEMIA SINGLE STRINGS (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

1st 'e' EUR 1.80 Eur 1.23 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

2nd 'h' EUR 1.90 Eur 1.32 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

3rd 'g' EUR 2.20 Eur 1.48 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

4th 'D' EUR 6.50 Eur 4.44 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

5th 'A' EUR 6.90 Eur 5.66 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

6th 'E' EUR 7.10 Eur 4.84 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

+ IVA - VAT - TVA - (except for non-EU customers)

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- ALABASTRO

The basses, overspun with silver-plated copper, consist of a core of Nylgut® multifilament that ensures not only a high resistance to tensile stress but also a low absorption of both atmospheric humidity and sweat. This makes for rapid and stable intonation, as well as greater durability.

- ALABASTRO SET (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

EUR 12.50 Eur 8.55 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

- ALABASTRO BASSES (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

EUR 8.50 Eur 5.80 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

- ALABASTRO TREBLES (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

EUR 5.50 Eur 3.76 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

- ALABASTRO SINGLE STRINGS (NORMAL AND HIGH TENSION):

1st 'e' EUR 1.80 Eur 1.23 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

2nd 'h' EUR 1.90 Eur 1.30 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

3rd 'g' EUR 2.20 Eur 1.50 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

4th 'D' EUR 3.00 Eur 2.05 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

5th 'A' EUR 3.20 Eur 2.19 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

6th 'E' EUR 3.30 Eur 2.26 (for U. S. and Canadian customers only)

+ IVA - VAT - TVA - (except for non-EU customers)

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- PERLA

Traditional set with two degrees of tension presenting high overall levels of performance. The first three strings are made of perfectly rounded, smooth, gauged Nylon monofilament that also boasts excellent acoustic and mechanical properties. The basses, overspun with silver-plated copper, consist of a core of Nylgut® multifilament that ensures not only a high resistance to tensile stress but also a low absorption of both atmospheric humidity and sweat. This makes for rapid and stable intonation, as well as greater durability. Suitable for the highest quality guitars.