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[Calvin Marks]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

Yeah, if I had had the luxury of owning two proper instruments, I'd definitely string one of them with wrapped gut. Nice, loud orchestral sound. For a while there I tried the steel GD/gut AE mix but it's less troublesome with the Bel's all over. You should try to get a gig in Berlin someday, though. Sonore makes wrapped gut that works perfectly all over...

Are people actually using Sonores? I contacted the maker for information and he sent me a pair of strings with a bill. I didn't even ask for strings, nor could I afford $800.00 so I sent them back.

I've heard a few people here use them and they sound like Dominants to my ear. Not a very warm, typical gut sound. Many overtones when playing off the string, and fairly scratchy...which I dislike.