mine uses human gut.

This explains why gut-strings are so expensive. I had no idea the intensive labor and skill involved in creating these.

I was sitting there hoping the bird playing the violin was going to launch in to a searing rendition of "Baa baa black sheep"... \= |

only thing I could think of is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE queen's ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST !



another one bites the dust.
another one bites the dust
an another one gone
an another one gone....

TRIPE ! its whats for dinner,

God damnit videosift...stop posting things that are too disgusting NOT to watch!!!

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What an intricate process. Very interesting. Though I'm kind of glad to be all synthetic on the guitar.

*nature

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This is my 1000th vote (an upvote).
Does that mean I've watched something like 5000 videos?
Let's see, at ~2min a piece that's 10,000 min, or just about 1 week of nonstop, no sleep video viewing... sounds like fun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catgut

So in Mozart's time they used laser guided grinders? So much for authentic...

>> ^ryanbennitt:
So in Mozart's time they used laser guided grinders? So much for authentic...


I also found myself thinking this...

I had no idea about any of this. Great sift!

What about the little balls on the end, and the wrapped part at the peg? Do real gut string users have to tie them onto the tailpiece?