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Is natural gut worth the price?

By Jeff Cooper, About.com

Question: Is natural gut worth the price?
Answer: Natural gut used to be the most resilient string available, but synthetic gut has caught up to the point where testing indicates that advanced players who aren't told which they are using often can't tell the difference. Natural gut breaks faster and reacts badly to moisture and humidity, but it still has loyal users who can afford the expensive and frequent restringing.

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