Natural Gut in hand, what next ?

[loathsome]

Hey guys,
I'm getting my MG prestige restrung, currently its strung with Prince syn gut multi 16G @ 57lbs,
Its the first time i am using a 18/20 racket, so not really sure of what to do next. Since a dense patterned racket wont chew up strings so fast.
Should i go for a full nat gut job at the same tension? or up the tension by a couple of lbs considering that nat gut are more powerful.
Btw should i request a 2 piece of 1 piece string job for all nat gut ?

Or should i hybrid it? The only experience with nat gut and poly hybrids are on 16/19 rackets (see sig), and most of the time, the poly cross will lose so much tension becomin unplayable, wasting the nat gut mains.

Any suggestions on a poly cross with better tension maintenance then Luxilion to go with the nat gut mains on the prestige?
( SPPP is the best so far, but i'm still open to suggestions )

I'm gonna make an order from TW soon, hope you guys can offer suggestions to help me decide on the strings.

 

[YULitle]

Heh, if I had someone else stringing my racquet with natural gut, I would want to stand there while he/she did it. I do all my full gut jobs two-piece for various reasons. So, I'd ask for that if it were me.

 

[Landshark]

Full gut job here. All I can add is that although the natural gut actually does change over time, it remains very nice for a long time.

If you string with VS, I would say that it is pretty powerful or springy. I would string it the same tension but then you might feel that is a waste of money if it is too powerful for you.

Calvin

 

[ericsson]

Full gut job here. All I can add is that although the natural gut actually does change over time, it remains very nice for a long time.

If you string with VS, I would say that it is pretty powerful or springy. I would string it the same tension but then you might feel that is a waste of money if it is too powerful for you.

Calvin

If you hit out flat and you string VS, you might consider string it up a couple Lbs, last night i strung a vs too low, balls flew out by the second, unless i put spin on the ball, higher tensions can provide this, after 10 min i cut the VS out, i know, a shame

 

[andreh]

My recommendation: String full gut if you never tried it before. It's quite a feeling going from synthetic to gut and it just has to be experienced.

String at the same tension. Only change one variable at a time.

True, gut is powerful, bu my experience when I went from syn to gut was more power but no loss of control. Although I strung mid to high already with synthetic in a Pro Staff 85.

 

[loathsome]

Thanks for the input guys, I'm leaning more towards a full nat gut setup, since i got the nat guts on the cheap and i have only tried it in hybrids before.
I don't hit many flat shots, but i'm no spin mister either, esp with a 18/20 string pattern, durability of the strings may benefit from this thou.

I got my wilson natural gut 17g at a good discounted price, I read somewhere on the forum that its basically the same strings as VS team.

ericsson If u dun mind telling, what racket are u using and your VS was strung at what tension ?

 

[andreh]

Also try stringing the mains 2-3 lbs higher than the crosses if you go with full gut. It will give you more control and spin at the same power level.

 

[ericsson]

ericsson If u dun mind telling, what racket are u using and your VS was strung at what tension ?

Volkl Tour 10mp gen I @ 54lbs (too powerful for me)

 

[bsandy]

IMO . . .

Crossing natural gut with something else, takes away more than half the reasons to use natural gut, in the first place.

I would only reccomend full natural gut, or using natural gut in the crosses to soften a stiffer string, in the mains.

Putting a poly in the crosses with natural gut mains, doesn't make any sense at all, if you're after tension mainenance.

Have you considered something like Prince Syethetic Gut w/Duraflex 18, for your 18x20 racquet. I really think it's the best feel/spin/tension maintenance string for a 18x20 racquet. (Don't use in in the crosses with NG, though)

. . . Bud

 

[loathsome]

your input is noted bud,
I should be using the natural gut at the same tension as before for the syn gut, play awhile and move on from there.

The main reason i use poly as cross to natural gut mains is that poly cross seems to lock the gut mains in place, not allowing them to move much.

It also help tame the power of natural gut, i don't wish to string too high a tension to tame it.

Thanks for everyone's help.