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Following a recommendation from luthier Jan Tulacek, I’ve installed Schlosser gut strings for the top 3. The 4th to 8th strings are D’Addario EJ27s - budget student strings. They’re straightforward and don’t compete for attention.
I can see the attraction of gut strings. They get to pitch quite quickly and when they’ve stretched a little they have an amazing soft flex to them, which seems to contribute to the sound. In fact, the strings seem to particularly enjoy echoing sympathetic resonances, giving a shine to chords.
One change before that was Aquila Ambra 800, equal-tensioned Nylgut strings following Carulli’s instructions and designed for the contemporary early guitarist for use on music from 1790 to 1880. These were oddly pleasing, revealing a nice ‘chunk’ to the lower midrange of the guitar once they’d settled in (after a day). The Nylgut-silverwound basses smoothened out a bit quickly, exhibiting a gamely zing to its growing tubbiness after 4 weeks.
The trebles that came with the guitar were apparently fluorocarbon fishing lines and they sounded great; very open and clear. Gauge recommendations from earlyromanticguitar.com’s string page.
Next on review: Aquila Silk and Gut 800 and Savarez’s flurocarbon-and-copperwound-bass set