Gut strings...a week ago, I figured that they were best left to the past and forgotten due to issues with intonation, humidity and weather changes etc. HOWEVER, these are all things that you deal with when playing an ancient banjo uke (with a natural tonehead), and that is just the skin. After adjusting the 20 or so brackets to play the thing, and setting the bridge where it needs to be, and fussing over the tailpiece...seems the strings are the least of your worries, and after seeing John's video using them, well, the sweetness of this sound is not something you can get out of a banjo uke easily. Granted, I am certain that John has a lot more expertise setting one up than I do, but the tonal quality these strings are putting out is unbelievable for a banjo Uke...sweet and well rounded.
I wonder if John left out the video for a reason, hopefully he will forgive me for posting it if so-
I think all Banjo-ukers will benefit from hearing what these sounded like 70 years ago.
As an aside, I have about 15 packets of OLD gut strings that came with my Martin. I would be happy to donate them to a museum or a public display (Tiki King?, DaSilva?) if they are wanted. They are all in really cool old packages and can be seen in my pictures.
OK- off to order some guts for my Maybell to see if I can get that sound. If not, me and May-bell are flying across the country John