Nemo Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 I love guts (on a good day) but it looks like the humitiy in south Louisiana is killing me. I'm currently playing with Olives. The variation of how these play is to eratic for me. So I am looking into going with an Obligato G & D with a Larsen A & E combination. My question is I have read that the Obligato Welch size is more simular in feel to guts, it that true and would I need to consider a match for the Larsens. My experience with Olbigatos are with mediums and I never liked the E string and heard alot of good on the Larsen E and A strings. Any comments out there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmaj Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 If you like Olivs, I suggest Warchal Brilliants as a good match in synthetic core. See www.warchal.com. Here's a list of US retailers. Also check e-bay as at least one person is auctioning Warchal strings. EASTMAN ACCESSORIES, INC. 8637 GROVEMONT CIRCLE GAITHERSBURG, MD 20877 240-631-1955 800-930-1955 INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN CO. LTD. 1421 CLARKVIEW RD. SUITE 118 BALTIMORE, MD 21209 800-542-2538 STRINGS & OTHER THINGS 1995 BROADWAY, FLOOR 6 NEW YORK, NY 10023 212-362-0857 GIANNA VIOLIN 10091 UNITIA RD FRIENDSVILLE, TN 37737 866-884-6546 JOHNSON MUSIC 340 PLEASANT STREET DRACUT, MA 01826 978-454-0055 FRITZ REUTER & SONS INC. 3917 WEST TOUHY AVE LINCOLNWOOD, IL 60712 847-677-7255 GREGOIRE'S VIOLIN SHOP 10 HUTCHINS CIRCLE BARRE, VT 05641 802-476-7798 EVERYJOY MUSIC INC. 63 PETERS CANYON RD IRVINE, CA 92606 714-730-1688 BROBST VIOLIN SHOP 5584 GRENERAL WASHINGTON DR. ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22312 703-256-0566 GEORGE ROBINSON VIOLIN 3602 SLIDE RD. #B-11 LUBBOCK, TX 79414-2532 806-792-9752 ST. LOUIS MUSIC INC. 1400 FERGUSON AVE. ST. LOUIS, MO 63133 800-727-4512 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Go0bur Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 I dont know about the A, I tend to use the set A although I have considered trying a steel A (not very seriously) with gut/synthetics. I like the Jargar medium E. The forte one is good too. They work well with gut and synthetics. I remember that on my cheap violin, I could not tell a difference between Obligatos and Eudoxas. however, on my new violin there was a huge difference between gut and every other non-gut string, including obligatos. But I was using a very very old set of obligatos to compare and so that might not have been a fair test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 If you like the feel of gut - try Zyex from D'Addario - and the price is good too. I said this often enough now, I know, but not changing my opinion. I'm on to my 6th or 7th set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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