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Aquila Corde Armoniche
Italy
Registrace 21. 03. 2015
Aquila Corde Armoniche stands out for the production of strings for historical and modern performances, according to the traditional criteria handed down by the Italian string makers tradition. Aquila runs its own extrusion plants for monofilaments, complete of laser control devices that allow a high-quality production standard of synthetic monofilament for musical use. Aquila is known worldwide for its constant innovation and discovery of new materials: Nylgut®, Bionylon®, Sugar®, Red Series, Silkgut®, Biocarbon®. The company is still one of the few companies in Italy to continue the century long tradition of Italian gut string making.
How to install in the proper way, on a Violin/Viola da braccio, the Aquila F-reds
As you can see in the video, the string is held out of the nut's groove and lifts up from the bridge from time to time: this is of fundamental importance not only with F reds but also with gut strings, achieving the following advantages:
1) you have a perfect balance of tension upstream and downstream of the bridge and nut
2) friction points are almost eliminated, eliminating all causes of potential string breakage
3) the bridge is prevented from bending forward during tuning, dragged by the string
4) pre- and post-stretching are indispensable in order to have the string immediately ready and stable within seconds: perform it exactly as seen in the video.
Mimmo Peruffo, Aquilastrings owner
Italiano:
Come si vede nel video, la corda si tiene fuori dal solco del capotasto e si solleva ogni tanto dal ponticello: questo è di fondamentale importanza non solo con le F reds ma anche con le corde di budello ottenendo i seguenti vantaggi:
1) si ha un perfetto bilanciamento della tensione a monte a valle del ponte e del capotasto
2) si eliminano i punti di frizione (solco del capotasto; solco del ponte) eliminando tutte le cause di potenziali rotture delle corde e scarsa stabilità di intonazione
3) si evita che il ponticello durante l'accordatura si pieghi in avanti trascinato dalla corda
4) le operazioni di pre e post stretching sono indispensabili al fine di avere la corda immediatamente pronta e stabile in pochi secondi: eseguirle esattamente come si vede nel video
Mimmo Peruffo, Aquilastrings owner
1) you have a perfect balance of tension upstream and downstream of the bridge and nut
2) friction points are almost eliminated, eliminating all causes of potential string breakage
3) the bridge is prevented from bending forward during tuning, dragged by the string
4) pre- and post-stretching are indispensable in order to have the string immediately ready and stable within seconds: perform it exactly as seen in the video.
Mimmo Peruffo, Aquilastrings owner
Italiano:
Come si vede nel video, la corda si tiene fuori dal solco del capotasto e si solleva ogni tanto dal ponticello: questo è di fondamentale importanza non solo con le F reds ma anche con le corde di budello ottenendo i seguenti vantaggi:
1) si ha un perfetto bilanciamento della tensione a monte a valle del ponte e del capotasto
2) si eliminano i punti di frizione (solco del capotasto; solco del ponte) eliminando tutte le cause di potenziali rotture delle corde e scarsa stabilità di intonazione
3) si evita che il ponticello durante l'accordatura si pieghi in avanti trascinato dalla corda
4) le operazioni di pre e post stretching sono indispensabili al fine di avere la corda immediatamente pronta e stabile in pochi secondi: eseguirle esattamente come si vede nel video
Mimmo Peruffo, Aquilastrings owner
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Video
How to install the Aquila F-reds on a Bass viol (and all the gamba family members plus cello)
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As you can see in the video, the string is held out of the nut's groove and lifts up from the bridge from time to time: this is of fundamental importance not only with F reds but also with gut strings, achieving the following advantages: 1) you have a perfect balance of tension upstream and downstream of the bridge and nut 2) friction points are almost eliminated, eliminating all causes of pote...
Aquila Round Spirals DEMO
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Magnus Sjöquist presents Aquila Round Spirals for UBass, short-scale bass, and acoustic bass. This set features a unique construction, utilizing a special multifilament core instead of common nylon. Varnished round pure copper is employed; which is hypoallergenic and produces less noise when touched. Pure copper is better than the stiffer Steel, Nickel or phosphor bronze: all they has a lower w...
Aquila Flat Spirals DEMO
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Magnus Sjöquist presents Aquila Flat Spirals for UBass, short-scale bass, and acoustic bass. These strings are truly innovative for at least two reasons. Firstly, they do not use metals like steel or nickel, that are stiff, but instead they use copper that is softer and has higher density and result in richer acoustic performance. In fact higher the density, better the sound. Secondly, these st...
Presentazione Basskid® di Aquilastrings/The Aquila Bass kid's presentation
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-Che cosa è il Basskid? Il Basskid è un basso acustico a scala molto corta; precisamente come quella di un ukulele baritono (53 cm circa) -Da dove deriva il suo nome? Il nome deriva dall’unione del termine ‘bass’ e ‘kid’; in altre parole il nome stesso stà a significare che è un basso adatto ai ragazzi. -Perché è stata fatta la scelta di averlo di queste dimensioni? Vi è un motivo molto importa...
How to install in the right way the Aquila Round and Flat Spirals strings
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1) The most important thing to do is to run your hand over the section of the string that will go around the roller in order to soften it. 2) Once the string is assembled and brought to the final note, pull it to the middle repeatedly until the tuning is stable. 3) Keep the string out of the nut's groove while you are tuning the string 4) the acoustic performance improves over the following days
How to install in the right way the Aquila F- reds
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1) Once the string has been attached to the tailpiece and peg, make the first few turns of the peg while holding the string up over the bridge. Proceeding in this way avoids dragging the bridge forward too much while at the same time limiting the surface of the string being abraded by the bridge as much as possible 2) Once step 1) has been performed, leave the string out of the nut's groove and...
How to install in the proper way the Aquila Ukulele Red Series strings
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Procedure for correctly installing Aquila Red Series strings The main purpose of when installing strings is to prevent them from being damaged by sharp edges over the nut, especially if it is not well done. The main work to be done is to follow the way how the strings is fitted into the peg hole and the fact that the string is keeping off form the nut's slot while you tune it up. Only after pul...
How to install in the proper way the Aquila Ukulele unwound Low G strings
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Procedure for correctly installing Aquila unwound Low G strings The main purpose of when installing strings is to prevent them from being damaged by sharp edges over the nut, especially if it is not well done. The main work to be done is to follow the way how the strings is fitted into the peg hole and the fact that the string is keeping off form the nut's slot while you tune it up to G Only af...
How to install the G string of Thundergut; Thundereds; Thunderblack and Thunderbrown sets
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These strings are made using an elastomer. An elastomer behaves exactly like a rubber band: under tension it stretches a lot. At the same time, being a rubber, it does not slip on the nut (which is precisely why rubber is used in shoe soles): when tuning, keep it out of the nut's groove and only put it back in at the end of the procedure. Below we present two different procedures explaining how...
How to install the E string of Thundergut; Thundereds; Thunderblack and Thunderbrown sets
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These strings are made using an elastomer. An elastomer behaves exactly like a rubber band: under tension it stretches a lot. At the same time, being a rubber, it does not slip on the nut (which is precisely why rubber is used in shoe soles): when tuning, keep it out of the nut's groove and only put it back in at the end of the procedure. Below we present two different procedures explaining how...
How to install the Aquila Gut Strings on a classical guitar
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Installing gut strings in a classical guitar is not as easy as one might think: gut strings are very soft, tend to flatten over the nut (and are also expensive). The rules are as follows: 1) if possible, change the type of nut: most current ones do not fit and cut the string 2) when tuning, place it outside the groove/slot of the nut: this way, not only is the tension upstream and downstream pe...
How to install G and D strings from Gold Springs Vintage, Gold Springs Synthetics; Red Springs
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Procedure for correctly installing our G and D strings from Gold Springs Vintage, Gold Springs Synthetics; Red Springs The G and D strings of the sets listed here are made by covering a core of genuine gut or synthetic cores with flat Nylon thread. The main purpose of when installing these delicate strings is to prevent them from being damaged by the abrasion they suffer over the nut, especiall...
How to install correctly the Aquila CD and CDL lute strings
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The CD and CDL strings are made using a special synthetic rubber charged with thin copper powder. In order to install them properly, one should remember that a rubber always sticks on the nut and behaves in different way than a wound, a KF or plain gut string, that are stiffer and slippery (not for nothing do they make shoe soles out of rubber). The right procedure is to tune the string out of ...
Aquila Flat Spirals sets for bass ukulele; medium size basses, acoustic bass guitar - introduction
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Aquila Flat Spirals sets for bass ukulele; medium size basses, acoustic bass guitar - introduction
First test on the experimental Aquilastrings flat wound strings for acoustic bass guitar
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First test on the experimental Aquilastrings flat wound strings for acoustic bass guitar
Aquilastings experimental set for acoustic bass guitar
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Aquilastings experimental set for acoustic bass guitar
Not professional demo of the new Aquila 'Flat Spirals' for bass ukulele
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Not professional demo of the new Aquila 'Flat Spirals' for bass ukulele
First test with the new Sipario strings: the Biokristal. No more Fluorcarbon on harps
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First test with the new Sipario strings: the Biokristal. No more Fluorcarbon on harps
Test on the synthetic Aquila Cello Da Spalla Strings _ Sergey Malov
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Test on the synthetic Aquila Cello Da Spalla Strings _ Sergey Malov
Alfonsina y el Mar_Alejandro Ataucusi plays Aquila Hatun Charango Strings
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Alfonsina y el Mar_Alejandro Ataucusi plays Aquila Hatun Charango Strings
Synthetic replica of a historical banjo set found in a 1892 method.
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Synthetic replica of a historical banjo set found in a 1892 method.
Replica of a historical banjo set found in a 1892 method. Gut strings 1;2;5; 4 th silk wound.
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Replica of a historical banjo set found in a 1892 method. Gut strings 1;2;5; 4 th silk wound.
How to install the Guitalele/ Aquila Microguitar and Aquila Guitarkid 1st Red Series string.
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How to install the Guitalele/ Aquila Microguitar and Aquila Guitarkid 1st Red Series string.
Furio Di Castri plays Aquila Strings (G and D: Gold Springs synthetics; A and E: 16 Series)
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Furio Di Castri plays Aquila Strings (G and D: Gold Springs synthetics; A and E: 16 Series)
Aquila Sugar Slaps - Francesca Alinovi's review
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Aquila Sugar Slaps - Francesca Alinovi's review
Aquila Owner Mimmo Peruffo introducing the 2022 Double Bass Strings Project
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Aquila Owner Mimmo Peruffo introducing the 2022 Double Bass Strings Project
Aquila Corde founder Mimmo Peruffo introduces 2022 Double Bass Strings Project
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Aquila Corde founder Mimmo Peruffo introduces 2022 Double Bass Strings Project
Le montature storiche per mandolini a 4, 5, 6 ordini e 4,6 corde semplici
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Le montature storiche per mandolini a 4, 5, 6 ordini e 4,6 corde semplici
Experimental double bass strings at the Fankfurt music messe 2018
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Experimental double bass strings at the Fankfurt music messe 2018
Para afinar en E en un guitalele que cuerdas me recomiendas? Gracias
Que marca de guitalele es?
Es modo?
The strings sound better amplified than they do acoustically. How do they sound acoustically on an acoustic fretted bass? Please share a demo. By the way, I currently use tapewound strings on my Takamine acoustic bass. I don't love them. They do sound better than the acoustic bronze strings. Too much finger noise with the bronze strings.
We don’t manage to get the B string tuned, it keeps going down almost immediately. Anybody any idea why?
give it time and stretch it.
Looking for written advice for installation. I have watched the Flat Spirals video numerous times but haven’t understood what is trying to be accomplished. Customer Service has graciously provided me with replacement string. But I am afraid that without additional information I am likely to commit the same mistake again, again, again, Please anyone who has successfully completed stringing please add to comments. My E and A sound fantastic but no luck with the D and G. 🤙🏽🎶.
If your instrument carries Aquilas... it will bite!!! (in the absolute best sense of the word). From Baroque Guitars to UBasses, Aquila, to use a Baseball colloquialism, "has the bases covered". Not just great strings... great strings made with devotion!!! Grazie, Aquila!!! Bartolomé Díaz Sahagún Head of the Cultural Office and Artistic Director of the elite chamber music ensamble MUSICUM Universidad Metropolitana UNIMET, Caracas, Venezuela
No matter what, you can't make a bass like this sound like an authentic double bass. It just isn't possible
Really cool! But I wonder why he keeps smelling the guitalele's neck as he plays.
😂
I always lubricate the bridge & nut w/ pencil graphite to help them slide more smoothly.
Could you please post a link to these ?
sorry I do not understand: one link in which place? thanks
@AquilaStrings I want to order these strings but can't find them on your website. 😊
@@jan.baginski You can write to our customer service at aquila@aquilacorde.com for all the info!
Your hands hide how your tying these on the tuner. The previous one you did 11 years ago can easily see how to tie them on.
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I wish you channel blew up❤
Hello! I installed these strings on my 7 bass viola, and while the sound seems to me very convincing and gut-like (far more than other synth strings I tested, which sounded too mellow), the attack is really poor, like a major lack of grip, at the point to be unplayable. Would you know if some tips could make them playable?
Thank you for the comment, you can write to our customer service at aquila@aquilacorde.com. They will help you with alla the tips and info you may need :)
Just a question: when you bought the strings?
@@AquilaStrings In the summer 2022!
@@francoismuller9735 ok the very fist version . please mail me at aquila@aquilacorde.com : i’ve ant to send you the first 4 strings at no cost
@@AquilaStrings Thank you very much! François
That lovely hug at the end made my decision 🤗
This video makes no sense to me. "The most important thing to do is to run your hand over the section of the string that will go around the roller in order to soften it". None of the wound portion of the string is going around the tuner roller in this demo. And even if a small portion of it does eventually do to future tuning, no way will it be as much as was "softened" as you have softened down to like the fifth fret. Just a bad demo or am I missing something? Wouldn't you want to treat the whole string the same?
Thank you for the comment, you can contact our customer service for a reply and more info about the installation process: aquila@aquialcorde.com
There is a high deman of gut string in Pakistan. I want to be a distributor of Aquila here. Need your support.
please send a mail: aquila@aquilacorde.com
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Is this a Yamaha GL 1 guitar?
yes!
I appreciate the warning about sharp edges, but...I know how to ensure my nut and bridge have no such edges, but how do I ensure the tiny hole in the tuner does not? Any suggestions on how to sand the edges of such a tiny hole, or even to feel what kind of edge it has? (Some of them are tinier than others, like some planetary tuners.)
Thank you for the comment, for suggestion and specific consultancy please write to our customer service at aquila@aquilacorde.com
@@AquilaStrings Thanks, but I think I managed it. I wrapped some sandpaper around the tip of an awl and think I managed to soften the corners of the holes. This was fiddly, and took some time, but it worked.
May I know the string brand number? Thx.
This are Sugar Strings, there is not a brand number :)
I absolutely LOVE the sound and feel of these strings on my Kala U-Bass!
Are these with the gut G and D strings or the metal? I am looking at getting the metal(love the pizz tone) but worried about bowing tone
They are the Metal one! Red Springs Metal
NOT A TENOR VIOLA
YOU'RE RIGHT! IT IS BETTER ! ITS A TENOR VIOLA DA GAMBA !
Grazie, interessatissimo ed istruttivo.
I don't think you meant to say "bridge" in the two images of suitable and unsuitable nuts at the end.
Thank you for the report!
Chiedo un informazione: i bassi sono rivestiti come le altre cordiere o sono lisci come i cantini? Grazie.
I bassi sono rivestiti in rame argentato, con anima in multifilamento.
@@AquilaStrings la ringrazio. Anni fa un amico montava tutte le corde lisce in nylon ma non le ho mai trovate. Lei ne ha notizia, per caso?
@@francescocarbone8466 abbiamo provato negli anni a sperimentare corde non rivestite per i bassi, ma non siamo ancora arrivati ad una combinazione di suono che sia soddisfacente.
@@AquilaStrings grazie. Non mollate!
Just discovered this. Awesome development!!
Thank you!
@@AquilaStrings Could you do an acoustic volume comparison sometime soon? How do these compare to kala-galli round wound / flatwound strings? Or regular guitar strings for that matter. Thomastik Superlona Classic N flatwound are the loudest I've tried. Would be really nice if I could combine these. For baritone tunings on regular or 3/4 size guitars.
@@ibendiben Thank you for the suggestion, we will think about a comparison video!
@@AquilaStrings That'd be great.
How can I get a set of these for Treble Viol in Japan?
for any commercial info please write to aquila@aquilacorde.com
All the hand gestures with no words and the scissors thing…not clear or helpful at all.
Thank you for the comment, wi are considering implement some subtitles
Hi you’re a genius! Love your stings for my cbass! Thanks a lot
ah! actually I am a normal man. just a lot of passion. Mille grazie!
Provate e trovate veramente stupende. Morbidissime , sonore , equilibrate. Le consiglio a tutti, in particolare modo a chi ha problemi con le corde “dure” a forte tensione. Le vostre mani vi ringrazieranno!
Grazie :)
Which ones for a 27” scale bass?
here you will find the corresponding page on our website: aquilacorde.com/en/flat-spirals-bass-strings/ . for special requests write to aquila@aquilacorde.com
Ciao. Ma quindi sono adatte anche per scale, per manici di acustiche e non sono per ukulele basso
@@fabriziocastelli946 Gentile Fabrizio se intende per chitarre, no, queste corde sono pensate per basso acustico nelle scale che vede indicate nel nostro sito. Comunque se ha dubbi o necessità di consulenze può scrivere a aquila@aquilacorde.com
È necessario cambiare il capotasto per installare le corde di metallo? La tensione delle corde di metallo non è eccessiva per il manico? Riguardo ai prezzi un ukulele basso economico (Thomann)costa esattamente quanto il basskid ed è anche amplificato.
Grazie per il commento, per ogni informazione tecnica può scrivere ad aquila@aquilacorde.com e un nostro tecnico le risponderà per chiarire ogni dubbio.
scusi il ritardo.. preferico rispondere già qui senza che mandi una mail. Allora: . non è necessario cambiare il capotasto: le corde round sono fabbricate da noi; la tensione non è affatto alta, giusto un poco di più delle corde in elastomero. In altre parole: al manico non succede nulla. per la questione dei prezzi: la mia indagine era stata fatta nel 2023; avevo trovato che il prezzo minimo cinese era di 210 euro (ma i cinesi mutano spesso le condizioni di prezzo e fanno spesso batch a prezzi ribassati) . Con il basskid voreei orientarmi verso i 130 euro se possibile. però vie è un però: questo strumento nostro non necessita l'amplificazione mentre quello cinese si; significa che si deve aggiungere obbligatoriamente il sistema di amplificazione il quale ha un certo costo. Il pregio di questo strumento (e lo si sente nel video) è espressamente che suona potente senza amplificazione. Il cinese o gli altri no. L'utilizzo per cui è stato progettato è l'educazione nelle classi. Un saluto cordiale Mimmo Peruffo
Am I correctly understand 1st string has to be tuned up to E5? 1st string broke while tuning and now I upset
For any information or suggestion baout the set, or for replacement, pease write to aquila@aquilacorde.com
Professori, I'm your new fan. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Love your renditions and arrangements.
I've just replaced my original Aquila Super Nylgut strings (factory installed) which sounded loud but honky on my KA-S (laminate mahogany), with your Red Series Set featured above. The old set sounded better for strumming but the Red Series is a marked improvement for fingerstyle plucking. Love the feel and crispness of the sound.
Thank you for the comment!
dove potrei acquistare questo tipo di corde?
Sul nostro sito : www.aquilacorde.com , sezione chitarra! O dai nostri distributi, in Italia da Algam Eko!
Lubricating the bridge & nut w/ pencil graphite helps
I see the flat spirals but what about the round spirals they're not on the website yet.
Tou can find them in our website: aquilacorde.com/round-spirals-bass-strings/
@@AquilaStrings Yes & they nice thing is that they hold tune better. It would be great to also add on Low B & High C Strings for the extended Range Basses
@@RockStarOscarStern634 Thank you for the suggestion!
Bravo. Che differenza c'è tra le Sugar, le Alabastro e le Zaffiro?
La differenza è nei materiali con cui sono fabbricati e di conseguenza nel suono che producono. Sugar sono le più brillanti della nostra gamma, Zaffiro sempre brillanti (ed entrambe di origine vegetale), le Alabastro sono fatte di Nylgut e hanno un suono caldo e pastoso. Trova tutte le info sul nostro sito: aquilacorde.com/musica-moderna/corde-chitarra-classica/
Grazie per la spiegazione @@AquilaStrings
im having trouble finding these strings in the uk, anyone got any ideas?
You can contact our official distributor in UK, Sutherland Trading www.sutherlandtrading.com/
Doublebass solo is always divine , the problem is live , with drums and sax , there is almost nothing left and with pick-up its not the same!
Why don't you just talk? It would be so much easier to understand if you add closeups and explain what you are doing. Grr
Hello, thank you for the suggestion. We will think about it for the next videos
Small guitar ,good high notes and good Bass notes too .Very impressive .
Beautiful! I just purchased 153C because of this video. Can I ask the name of the song, please?
Somewhere over the rainbow!
unfortunately it is doesnt work with 2 lower (tiny) strings =(
If you need more info about the procedure, please write to aquila@aquilacorde.com
Oh thank you! I totally rekt by trying making a knot on this strings 😁