Real gut strings look a lot like steel strings. You wind them onto string instruments the same either way. You would notice a big difference in the sound/feel if you played a steel-stringed violin and gut-stringed violin comparatively. I own two violins... my nicer one has gut strings and has a softer feel on the fingers, as well as a different acoustic sound quality... less tinny, I guess you could say. Oh, also the e string on the violin is always a steel string. I don't really know why though. Maybe it's not possible to create a gut string in that high pitch range... I dunno!

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Issy, do real gut strings not have the little balls at the end and the wrapped part on the other? Do real gut string users have to tie them onto the tailpiece?

In reply to this comment by Issykitty:
This explains why gut-strings are so expensive. I had no idea the intensive labor and skill involved in creating these.

Thanks, schmawy. Pretty cool video. You got into riding this year?

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*quality

Thought you might enjoy that. Thanks, eh!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Hell yeah *quality.

big spoon...with sugar and spearmint on the rocks with some straight bourbon....calll!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Aw baby, you know I still love you. Thanks for the promote. Now, do you want to be the big spoon or the little spoon?

xxxooo

In reply to this comment by choggie:
we never snuggle anymore....

Get out of my subconscious, flea bag!

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Because *quality would have felt weird.

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
*promote

yay someone likes me.

Sometimes I'll come back a day after and read what i've said and I will shake my head....

then a Mobius strip it is.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
We gotta get you an avatar. The bluehead just doesn't suit you.

thanks, schmawy

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*quality vandalizm

I do so love the Cheeze

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Oh! You're a survivor of the Great Cheese Debacle, eh? Yes there will be a day when we see a Big Hair riot some day

love the Portishead, too.

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*downunder
Ah Missed that channel, thanks
have to make sure I list my 80s cheeze better lol

I'm battling a nasty cold at the moment, but otherwise I'm doing great. I head back to the great white north in April which is fast approaching! I'm definitely going to miss Denmark, but I know I'll be back eventually. I'm already bracing myself for the inevitable culture shock I'm going to go through when I return.

Nova Scotia, huh? Sounds like it'll be a great trip. You been before? The maritimes are beautiful in the summer. I went to Lunenburg a few years back and had a fantastic time. Halifax is a great city too - had lots of fun there.

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
Good, good! And yourself? When are you coming back to North America, Jesse? I'm sailing from Connecticut up to Nova Scotia in June, I can't wait.

In reply to this comment by JesseoftheNorth:
Glad to hear it. It is a cinematic gem. How ya been, Schmawy, my man?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
101 Reykjavik, great flick. Watched it last night.

Glad to hear it. It is a cinematic gem. How ya been, Schmawy, my man?

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
101 Reykjavik, great flick. Watched it last night.

we never snuggle anymore....

Avoid operating heavy machinery for the next 4 to 6 hours:

http://fletchowns.net/what.html

ThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouuuuu! I thought it was a goner

In reply to this comment by schmawy:
*promote

May I interest you in this, flower?

http://www.videosift.com/video/Jamie-T-Salvador