Hi Juan.
I would imagine flat wounds on a nylon string? Godin to be effective, as
so many are using the Godins to drive synth modules and patches, and
flats would probably track better. I'm a dinosaur, still using AXON and
hex-pickups for that, so I am totally unqualified to contribute anything
of experiential value to that conversation.
But the catgut strings sound great. If you have the Segovia EMI
recordings, you have him on catgut strings. After Segovia got the first
nylon strings from Augustine (designed by DuPont and marketed by La
Bella), all bets were off for catgut because of the war - the Germans
had the gut, and the Japanese had the silk (the basses were silk and
steel). Segovia instantly fell in love with the enhanced brightness and
longevity of nylon.
But the warmth of gut was remembered, and owners of old, very
collectable guitars wanted that back. The formulas and records were not
published and never kept, and so were lost. It wasn't until a few
decades ago that some began to try to reverse engineer the old gut
strings. The very nice folks at Aquila Strings were the most successful.
I spoke with them at the time, and they hadn't as yet solved the
problems of high cost and short string life. Maybe they have by now.
I lost interest, though, because Augustine finally cleaned up their act
with their basses, and I still love and use D'Addario trebles. While I
have my doubts about gut for use on a guitar which drives synth sounds,
they may well be worth? a try for you. Or perhaps their Nylgut strings
would fit the bill. If you're feeling 'gutsy' (pun intended), you can
find them here -
Anyway, I hope you're doing great also. I send you & yours all best wishes.
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