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Your cart is empty.set / Classical Guitar 1880-1946 performancesTrebles: NYLGUTBasses: NYLGUT multifilament core/ silver-plated woundAMBRA 900 - Historical Guitar set (suitable for A-435 Hz pitch). Synthetic Version of the Gut and Silk 900 string set (1880-1956 musical performances). The strings best re-create, by means of modern synthetic materials, the sound of Llobet and Trrega. This set was conceived for one grade of tension and consists of rectified Nylgut - true synthetic gut, - for the trebles, adopting the representative mean diameters as indicated by Pujol in his "Escuela Razonada de la Guitarra" from 1934 (less scaling tension than the modern guitar trebles), while for the basses (silvered copper wires wound on Nylgut multifilament core) to find the right balance between wire and core, which would recreate exactly the typical sound of the wound silk strings of the time. Up to the middle of the 20th century, the only available strings for guitar were plain gut for the trebles and wound on silk core for the basses: their acoustical performance was quite different from that of modern stringings. The salient characteristics were: a marked timbric presence, response and brightness typical of the gut strings (certainly superior to plain nylon and in some respects closer to PVDF or carbon) while the basses, on the other hand, possessed an exquisitely vocal quality, i.e. not so bright as, and with less sustain than, modern wound on nylon strings and more fundamental heavy. The AMBRA set was developed keeping in mind this historical fact.The new synthetic materialNylgut("synthetic gut") has the same acoustic properties as gut - but without its typical defects - (high cost, limited duration and high instability under varying climatic). Nylgut has precisely these qualities: allowing one, on the one hand, to rediscover the sonorities familiar to the great 19th and 20th century masters; and guaranteeing, on the other, a stability of tuning higher even than that of the best gu
Stephen Hall
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 13, 2024
Just about to settle down, about three hours, when the high e snapped. Not at the nut or the saddle. Not even on a fret. Had just put the guitar down when ping.Shame as I thought they sounded pretty good and liked the feel.
Giulio
Reviewed in Italy on October 1, 2024
La ricerca di Peruffo sulle corde di nylgut è molto interessante e stimolante anche dal punto di vista musicale. Direi che queste corde esprimono al meglio la ricerca, almeno sulla chitarra classica.
Cliente
Reviewed in Spain on December 26, 2023
Me sorprendió el sonido en guitarra flamenca, sí duran...ya sería la caña.
Baffle
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023
The high strings sound amazing but they squeak like hell. The low strings rusted within the first week. Ive been using Aquila for years. This was the first time trying these string because of the price. Pass.
MA
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2022
Aquila AmbraI really like the sound of these strings. The trebles in particular have a very nice, warm tone, and more sustain than other strings I have tried. The basses are balanced, not overpowering; not very bright, which I like, but might not suit you if you like very present and bright basses. The only drawback of this set is their squeak-ness. When freshly installed it was near unbearable. With usage it got better, now inthe third week is acceptable, but still there are more squeaks than with -for example- D'Addario Pro-Arté, that I used just before these ones. I also like the grip on the strings; they feel slightly rough, but again this will not suit everyone (and might it be responsible for the squeaks?.)Overall, as much as I love the sound, the noise is an issue. I will try Aquila again, but a different set; they claim their sugar are squeakless...
eds
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2021
Bought the Aquila strings after using them on a baritone Uke.I have a 60 year old classical guitar that seemed to be having neck problems (no truss rod).with the current version of mid tension nylon strings (tried several manufacturers).Tried the Aquila 55C AMBRA 900's . After allowing the neck to "relax" for several months with no string tension, I installed the Aquila strings. The neck problems seem to have improved, and the sound isgood as I remember it from when the guitar was new.I'm a very happy customer!
Michael D. Sweeney
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
I got these for my Roosebeck lute-back baritone ukulele. I've re-tuned it to "top four" (guitar), which I am ashamed to say most of my ukes are currently tuned to as well.It had a bright but slightly "nylon" sound to it, like the small-body acoustic guitar it is. With these, there's somehow a little more of a body to the sound. You'd never mistake it for a lute, but I find it a very useable and pleasant sound that feels quite appropriate to the look of the instrument. I am very happy with these.
ISAAC A. BULAY
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2020
I like these strings a lot. I just think that it has a beautiful tone. Little more distinct than others I’ve used I.e, savarez etc.
jose martinez
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2019
Good
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