VS Gut

Construction: Natural gut has been regarded as the premiere tennis string since the early 1800's. Contrary to urban legend it is NOT made of cat or sheep gut. While cats and sheep can take a collective sigh of relief with this news, our friends the cows need be concerned. Natural gut is made out of a part of the cow intestine called the serosa. While natural gut strings were indeed initially constructed from the intestines of sheep, the tensile strength simply wasn't strong enough for the higher technology laden racquets. Cow guts, the serosa in particular, are used exclusively in the production of high quality natural gut tennis string, except perhaps for some of those off brands seen on ebay! The ebay strings may indeed be composed of sheep or even cat gut based on the reported durability. It takes approximately 3 cows to produce one set of string, thus providing insight as to why natural gut strings have such a high price tag.

Advantage: Superior playability. Explosive power. Incredible control. It is simply the best. Thermogut technology increases durability and string life 25% over uncoated natural gut strings and increases resistance to humidity (which is like kryptonite to natural gut!) by 60%. Percentages provided by Babolat.

Gauges: 16 (1.30mm) 17 (1.27mm)
Length: 40
Colors: Natural

Why we carry this string: Because it is clearly the cream of the crop in terms of tennis strings. We also strive to provide great alternatives for each of our customers. Toward that end it is important that we carry a range of strings, including natural gut. Also our name sort of implies we have a few sets of this stuff on hand, so why not carry the best?