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  • Year2014
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Thames
    Instrument ModelCustom
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerAnonymous
    Strings Comment
    I like the balance of richness and brightness that they deliver and they last.
  • Year2015
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Tulloch
    Instrument ModelC-1
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerGerald Osterman
    Strings Comment
    I like the warm sound I'm getting with the Classic Reds better than any other strings I've tried.
  • Year1980
    Instrument typeElectric
    Builder / ManufacturerMighty Mite
    Instrument ModelStrat shape with a neck-through design
    Top woodAsh
    Side woodAsh
    Back woodAsh
    PlayerRuss Mallory
    Strings Comment
    I have stainless steel frets, which are murder on strings: I have found that, of the treated strings available, the Cleartones last the longest (Elixirs last even longer, but they feel weird, and sound too dull for this guitar, which is pretty dark to begin with) while sounding closest to an untreated string.
  • Year1975
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMiguel Rodriguez
    Instrument Modelna
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodCypress
    Back woodCypress
    PlayerPatrick Kerber
    Strings Comment
    I teach at Southeastern Louisiana University. I am a former student of Pepe's. I have done my best to maintain the strong right hand technique I learned from Pepe - These?strings do the technique justice in my opinion. Latest example; I recently successfully?performed the Canzonetta Aria in the New Orleans Opera production of Mozart's opera,?Don?Giovanni?on stage - All were quite surprised that I did not need a pickup or microphone on the big stage at the sold out 2,200 seat Mahalia Jackson Theater in New Orleans.
  • Year1973
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMiguel Rodriquez
    Instrument ModelLa Wonderful
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerPepe Romero Sr.
    Strings Comment
    I prefer the Hard Tension Rectified Set for these guitars as stage instruments. This set of strings gives me the most robust bass response and crisp penetrating trebles that carry in a concert hall. I feel that I can get the most tonal color out of these guitars with the Rectified Set Hard Tension.
  • Year2012
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMikhail Robert
    Instrument ModelAnniversary Model
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerKoh Kazama
    Strings Comment
    Bass strings last long, trebles have a thick sound.
  • Year1988
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMusima
    Instrument ModelClassical
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodSpruce
    Back woodSpruce
    PlayerIgor Teplyakov
    Strings Comment
    Good for training and developing finger strength.
  • Year2012
    Instrument typeFlamenco
    Builder / ManufacturerNavarro
    Instrument ModelFlamenco Concert
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodCypress
    Back woodCypress
    PlayerRoger O'Sullivan
    Strings Comment
    The hard tension provides the punch I need for dance accompaniment and the Titanium trebles provide a treble boost and better balance.
  • Year2015
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerObana Shigeo
    Instrument Model7 string
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodCocobolo
    Back woodCocobolo
    PlayerJoao Camarero Duarte
    Strings Comment
    The main thing I love about Augustine Regal Blue is that it extracts what the instrument has at it's best; it enhances the guitar with a great palette of colors, finest tone and it has great projection and stability. It also offers the perfect "pressure" both on right and left hands, enabling to play with a great dynamics range.
  • Year2015
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerOmar Pannunzio
    Instrument ModelSpanish Model
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodJacaranda
    Back woodJacaranda
    PlayerMarcos Puna
    Strings Comment
    The cedar gives color and the RC Strings high tension nylon gives brightness. The first string has a very balanced tension, and a good sensitivity to the 'vibrato'. The third string has not a matt timbre like other nylon strings.