How to install the Aquila F-reds on a Bass viol (and all the gamba family members plus cello)

As you can see in the video, the string is held out of the nut's groove and lifts up from the bridge from time to time: this is of fundamental importance not only with F reds but also with gut strings, achieving the following advantages:
1) you have a perfect balance of tension upstream and downstream of the bridge and nut
2) friction points are almost eliminated, eliminating all causes of potential string breakage
3) the bridge is prevented from bending forward during tuning, dragged by the string
4) pre- and post-stretching are indispensable in order to have the string immediately ready and stable within seconds: perform it exactly as seen in the video
Mimmo Peruffo, Aquilastrings owner
Italiano:
Come si vede nel video, la corda si tiene fuori dal solco del capotasto e si solleva ogni tanto dal ponticello: questo è di fondamentale importanza non solo con le F reds ma anche con le corde di budello ottenendo i seguenti vantaggi:
1) si ha un perfetto bilanciamento della tensione a monte a valle del ponte e del capotasto
2) si eliminano i punti di frizione eliminando tutte le cause di potenziali rotture delle corde
3) si evita che il ponticello durante l'accordatura si pieghi in avanti trascinato dalla corda
4) le operazioni di pre e post stretching sono indispensabili al fine di avere la corda immediatamente pronta e stabile in pochi secondi: eseguirle esattamente come si vede nel video
Mimmo Peruffo, Aquilastrings owner

[@francoismuller9735]

Hello! I installed these strings on my 7 bass viola, and while the sound seems to me very convincing and gut-like (far more than other synth strings I tested, which sounded too mellow), the attack is really poor, like a major lack of grip, at the point to be unplayable. Would you know if some tips could make them playable?

[@AquilaStrings]

Thank you for the comment, you can write to our customer service at [e-mail]. They will help you with alla the tips and info you may need :)

[@AquilaStrings]

Just a question: when you bought the strings?

[@francoismuller9735]

@@AquilaStrings In the summer 2022!

[@AquilaStrings]

@@francoismuller9735 ok the very fist version . please mail me at [e-mail] : i’ve ant to send you the first 4 strings at no cost

[@francoismuller9735]

@@AquilaStrings Thank you very much! François