tension of natural gut

[Deleted member 6835]

durability of natural gut

hey all,
i might be trying some natural gut in a hyrbrid with either BB alu power or ace, and i was wondering, how do prolong the durability of gut as much as possible? because its really expensive and stuff to be restrining every like week or 2, but apparently it plays really awesome and softens up the stringbed. so is there any way of prolonging the life to maybe 2 months or so? even if it involves string savers or adding something else like that to the racket, im just wondering.

btw, i made a mistake on the title, supposed to say: durability** of natural gut 8)

 

[Rickson]

hey all,
i might be trying some natural gut in a hyrbrid with either BB alu power or ace, and i was wondering, how do prolong the durability of gut as much as possible? because its really expensive and stuff to be restrining every like week or 2, but apparently it plays really awesome and softens up the stringbed. so is there any way of prolonging the life to maybe 2 months or so? even if it involves string savers or adding something else like that to the racket, im just wondering.

You won't be restringing every week. You can get around 80 hours of play with natural gut so divide 2 hours a week by 80 and you get 40 weeks or 9 months of playing with gut.

 

[NoBadMojo]

It's impossible to say how many hours you will get out of gut. I get nowhere close to 80 hours out of gut....more like 20. Sounds like you are wanting to put the gut in the crosses to soften the stringbed and if that's the case, something like cheap Prince Synhetic Gut is all you need and the tension loss of the two components will be more matched..also most of the ball feel and response comes from the mains. If you are putting the gut in the mains that's another story, but know that you are going to have a very missmatched stringbed in a hurry by using a gut/poly hybrid because gut holds tension very well and poly's typically dont. the pros dont care as they just switch to a fresh string job with the change to new balls or every set or so. If you use the gut, installing a string saver as soon as you see a fray point helps quite a lot.

 

[Deleted member 6835]

You won't be restringing every week. You can get around 80 hours of play with natural gut so divide 2 hours a week by 80 and you get 40 weeks or 9 months of playing with gut.

k id have to divide 80 by 10, because im almost provincial (in canada), so i play about 10 hours a week. so it would last maybe 8 weeks? although thats not what nobadmojo thought.

It's impossible to say how many hours you will get out of gut. I get nowhere close to 80 hours out of gut....more like 20. Sounds like you are wanting to put the gut in the crosses to soften the stringbed and if that's the case, something like cheap Prince Synhetic Gut is all you need and the tension loss of the two components will be more matched..also most of the ball feel and response comes from the mains. If you are putting the gut in the mains that's another story, but know that you are going to have a very missmatched stringbed in a hurry by using a gut/poly hybrid because gut holds tension very well and poly's typically dont. the pros dont care as they just switch to a fresh string job with the change to new balls or every set or so. If you use the gut, installing a string saver as soon as you see a fray point helps quite a lot.

ya thats exactly what im gonna do, either with bb ace or alu power in the mains, it'll depend how i find the ace once i try it. now about the tension holding thing, i only use one main frame, and then a different racket for a backup, and i dont get my racket strung too often, like once every 2 or 3 months. now ive heard that some poly's can hold tension very well, whereas others cant. is that true?

btw, i probably wont start buying lots of rackets and using different rackets for every match or whatever until im at least top 20 provincial, i dont wanna go buy stuff and then end up wasting money (im only 15). Once i am, then i will definitely buy more rackets and stuff, then ill be able to get my rackets re-strung every week, but as of now, i cant.

 

[NoBadMojo]

tennis nerd i've given you the best advice i have. if you just want to soften the harsh hit of poly mains, i think it's a waste of money to spend all that money on nat gut for the x's since most of the playability comes from the m's. i'm not a poly expert, but i assume some poly's hold tension better than others, but it isnt the nature of poly to be good at tension holding..typically the strings become unplayable before breaking.

 

[Richie Rich]

i have found that gut cross will not fray as quickly as a multi (like babolat attraction) with alu in the mains. surprised me with the durability.

However, as Mojo stated, the poly mains lost a little tension and went dead WAY faster than the gut. when i cut out the strings the alu mains didn't snap but the gut still had lots of life in it. i hated cutting out perfectly good gut and swore i would never try that again.

 

[Rickson]

k id have to divide 80 by 10, because im almost provincial (in canada), so i play about 10 hours a week. so it would last maybe 8 weeks? although thats not what nobadmojo thought.

Get 2 racquets strung with all gut and alternate the racquets when you play. I have 3 NG strung racquets that haven't been restrung yet and they were strung in the summer. I rotate the 3 racquets and that's why none of them has extensive wear on the strings.

 

[Deleted member 6835]

so i guess what you guys are saying is you have to pick a poly thats has great playability but can hold tension, sounds like a plan 8) i think ill try something like that, probably a multi or poly (most likely yonex 850 pro spin or luxillon BB 5 star) and babolat gut crosses, after i tryout an all poly setup, just to see how good/bad my arm is for it, lol (i know that sounds stupid, but i just wanna see what arm problems like that feel like, so i can be aware of them completely)

thanks for all the help you guys

 

[ace of spades]

Lets get this straight before you go off on your string quest.
There is no such thing as a poly that has great playability AND holds tension well enough to keep it in your racket for a month or so. Save yourslef some money and go with either all gut and keep it in your racket until it breaks (about 50 hrs) or do a cheap poly/syn gut or multi setup to save yourself some money and get your racket strung every few weeks.
You should also consider getting at least 1 other identical racket with same strings in both if you are getting serious about your tennis (provincial).

 

[Deleted member 6835]

Lets get this straight before you go off on your string quest.
There is no such thing as a poly that has great playability AND holds tension well enough to keep it in your racket for a month or so. Save yourslef some money and go with either all gut and keep it in your racket until it breaks (about 50 hrs) or do a cheap poly/syn gut or multi setup to save yourself some money and get your racket strung every few weeks.
You should also consider getting at least 1 other identical racket with same strings in both if you are getting serious about your tennis (provincial).

ok, but then do you think trying a multi (for the mains) and gut (for the crosses) would be a good idea? or no

 

[AndyC]

what are u trying to achieve with multi mains? multi's often used as a lower price alternative to gut. if u're going to string such a hybrid, I'd just go for gut mains and synth crosses.

 

[Deleted member 6835]

oh ok, i was just wondering...

k, i think im just gonna get bab gut in the crosses and luxilon bb 5 star mains. im just not sure what tension to get them strung at. any suggestions? (im new to strings and stuff, so i just need advice) i know that the luxilon's lose tension pretty fast and then settle in, so id probably have to string them a bit higher than normal, right?

btw, if this helps, im gonna get those strings for a dunlop m-fil 300


thx in advance