{"id":2286,"date":"2014-07-01T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T20:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/blog\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2020-08-31T07:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T12:31:14","slug":"what-is-the-story-on-carbon-strings-strings-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/what-is-the-story-on-carbon-strings-strings-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Story on Carbon Strings? – Strings By Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is the Story on Carbon Strings?<\/h2>\n

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Carbon guitar strings and carbon strings for other instruments are favored by many players for their loud bright sound. They are made of harder and generally more durable materials than those used in the formulations for traditional nylon guitar strings. Using a material such as Kevlar, which is also utilized for uses such as body armor, does make a marked difference in both the sound and playability of a guitar string, ukulele string, or strings for any other instrument.<\/p>\n

The generally narrower diameter and stiffer consistency of a carbon guitar string makes it harder to attain vibrato and results in less sustain when compared to nylon guitar strings. As a result, they are not considered to be as \u201cexpressive\u201d as nylon guitar strings. However, the more forceful attack they provide gives them the reputation of being louder and considered more \u201cpowerful\u201d.<\/p>\n

As with any category of guitar strings, carbon guitar strings vary in characteristics – but as a category, provide a brighter tone color than the category of nylon guitars strings. And as with any guitar string, the only way to know what is best for you and your guitar is to experience them on your own instrument.<\/p>\n

While most instrument strings manufacturers offer carbon strings, here are a few popular options:<\/p>\n

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Carbon Strings for Guitar\/Lute\/Early Period Instruments:<\/h5>\n
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\"D'Addario<\/a>D’Addario EJ45FF Carbon – Normal Tension<\/a> – *BRAND NEW<\/span>*<\/strong><\/div>\n
\"D'Addario<\/a>D’Addario EJ46FF Carbon – Hard Tension <\/a> – *BRAND NEW<\/span>*<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dogal Diamante <\/a>– (These Dogal Diamante strings are a specialized mix of carbon and nylon: The addition of carbon fibers to the traditional nylon in the monocore trebles and the addition of kevlar and carbon fibers to the traditional nylon in the multi-strand core of the basses.)<\/p>\n

Galli Genius Carbon<\/a><\/p>\n

Hannabach Carbon Trebles<\/a> and Hannabach Goldin Super Carbon Trebles<\/a><\/p>\n

Hense 150 Series Carbon<\/a> and Hense 550 Series Carbon<\/a><\/p>\n

Knobloch Actives Carbon<\/a> and Knobloch Actives Sterling Silver<\/a><\/p>\n

Luthier Super Carbon 101 Trebles<\/a> in Hard Tension<\/a>, Medium Tension<\/a> and Medium\/Hard Tension<\/a><\/p>\n

Oasis GPX+ Carbon<\/a><\/p>\n

Pyramid Double Silver Carbon<\/a> and Pyramid Sterling Silver Carbon<\/a><\/p>\n

Royal Classics CB30 Carbon Trebles<\/a> and Royal Classics DC10 JG Dynamic Carbon – Full Set<\/a><\/p>\n

Savarez Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n

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Carbon Strings for Ukuleles:<\/h5>\n

Martin Fluorocarbon Ukulele Strings<\/a><\/p>\n

Oasis Flouroocarbon Ukulele Strings<\/a><\/p>\n

Worth Brown Fluoro-Carbon<\/a> and Worth Clear Fluoro-Carbon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the Story on Carbon Strings?   Carbon guitar strings and carbon strings for other instruments are favored by many players for their loud bright sound. They are made of harder and generally more durable materials than those used in the formulations for traditional nylon guitar strings. Using a material such as Kevlar, which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classical-guitar-strings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2286"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3166,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2286\/revisions\/3166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}