{"id":2445,"date":"2014-08-12T15:50:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/blog\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2025-01-28T07:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:43:29","slug":"advantages-to-the-right-mix-of-string-types-and-materials-strings-by-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/advantages-to-the-right-mix-of-string-types-and-materials-strings-by-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Advantages to the Right Mix of String Types"},"content":{"rendered":"

Custom String Sets and Mixed Pre Packaged Sets<\/h2>\n

Finding the right mix of guitar string tensions and materials can dramatically change the sound and response of your instrument. Understanding these combinations is key to unlocking your sound and improving playing comfort.<\/p>\n

Some manufacturers offer a variety of bass guitar string types and treble guitar string types ready to purchase in a variety of combinations, but many players create their own mixes of guitar string types often from different manufacturers.<\/p>\n

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SBM C3 – Custom Customer Concoctions<\/p><\/div>\n

FULLY CUSTOM SETS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strings By mail C3, or custom customer concoctions, are ready to purchase custom guitar string sets or sets for other instruments, such OUD or ukulele string sets. These C3 sets are developed by SBM customers which often are especially fitting for specific instruments or styles of playing.\u00a0 The information on the product page for each of the C3 sets<\/a> can guide players to find a set to suit their own needs, or help them realize their own perfect custom guitar string set. The Majestic C3<\/a> is an example of an electric guitar string set that that mixes strings from 3 manufacturers that combine for advantages in touch, sustain, and tone, particularly on a solid body electric guitar using Dimarzio pickups, while the C3 ADD<\/a> is designed for use on a solid spruce archtop instrument.\u00a0 Each of the classical, acoustic, flamenco, and electric C3 guitar string categories contains options for many different guitars and for many different qualities. Choosing an existing C3 or establishing your own also allows the convenience of one click shopping for complex combinations and the ease of guiding others to try your particular combination for themselves.<\/p>\n

MANUFACTURER OFFERED COMBINATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Savarez guitar string line<\/a> offers an excellent example of offering a wide variety of options to mix different treble and bass materials in a pre-packed set in their combinations of Corum<\/a>, Cantiga<\/a>, & Classic<\/a> bass sets with either carbon or clear nylon treble sets.<\/p>\n

Savarez classic bass guitar strings are used in the 540 line of products and are known for a powerful punchy sound. As a stiffer material, they do require more effort to create vibrato. In contrast, the Corum bass guitar strings found in the 500 series sets are known for a softer touch allowing easier vibrato and exhibit more sustain and less punch than the Classic 540 bass strings. Carving out a character that combines qualities of these two sets are the Cantiga 510 series bass guitar strings. As the newest addition to the line they do combine a reasonable amount of power with a balanced amount of sustain, requiring a medium level of effort for vibrato.<\/p>\n

Cristal treble guitar strings are relatively soft modern clear treble guitar strings exhibiting significant sustain and ease of vibrato. Alliance treble guitar strings are a stiffer and more powerful carbon treble guitar string with a notable high volume punch to their attack and less ease of vibrato.<\/p>\n

While the intensity of a high power carbon treble set may fit a given guitar and player, the same guitar and player may not be best suited to the high power of Classic bass guitar strings. So the availability of carbon trebles with the softer Corum bass guitar strings, which is found with the 500 AJ & AR sets, provides an excellent option.\u00a0 To understand all the guitar string combinations offered, watch for the 500, 510, or 540 representing the three bass options and the letter \u201cA\u201d representing the use of Alliance treble guitar strings in a set. While the \u201cC\u201d represents the use of cristal nylon treble guitar strings in a set (exception 540 sets have alliance trebles unless the \u201cC\u201d is present). The letter \u201cJ\u201d indicates high tension and the letter \u201cR\u201d indicates low tension. For example 510 AJ is a high tension set with Alliance treble guitar strings and Cantiga bass guitar strings, while a set of 540CR is a low tension set with Classic bass guitar strings and cristal trebles guitar string. The presence of both an R and a \u201cJ\u201d indicates a mix of normal tension treble guitar strings with high tension bass guitar strings. The presence of an \u201cH\u201d indicates polished bass guitar strings.
\nYOUR CHOICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Players can usually make a reasonable estimate of which combination may be best, but the experience of trial and error is the path to certainty in choosing the best guitar strings for you and your instrument. With a staff that has tested many hundreds of sets of different guitar strings, Strings By Mail welcomes inquiries for advice by phone or email.\u00a0 Call 800-513-8271 or email info@stringsbymail.com for assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Custom String Sets and Mixed Pre Packaged Sets Finding the right mix of guitar string tensions and materials can dramatically change the sound and response of your instrument. Understanding these combinations is key to unlocking your sound and improving playing comfort. Some manufacturers offer a variety of bass guitar string types and treble guitar string […]<\/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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guitar-strings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445","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=2445"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3654,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions\/3654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringsbymail.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}