The Aquila 97C is the light tension Alabastro set: Super Nylgut trebles and Alabastro silver-plated copper basses on a Nylgut core, at the easiest tension in the line. Super Nylgut gives the warm, singing, gut-like tone Aquila is known for, and the lighter tension makes the set gentle on the fingers and on the instrument. It suits students, players with hand strain, smaller or more lightly built guitars, and historical instruments that should not be strung heavily.
Aquila is a family-run string maker in Vicenza, Italy, best known for inventing Nylgut, a synthetic material that reproduces the density, feel, and sound of real gut strings without gut's cost, fragility, or sensitivity to humidity. For more volume, the 19C normal tension is the next step. Nylgut trebles are slightly thicker than nylon at the same pitch, so some guitars may need a minor nut-slot adjustment.
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