Strings Choice
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Year 2017 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Anders Ahlborg Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Cim Frode StringsComment
I choose carbon when I need some more volume when playing with ensembles. -
Year 1994 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Antonio Marin Montero Instrument Model Marin-Bouchet Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Bahar Ossareh StringsComment
Best bass-treble balance among all others on my guitar that are brilliant and clear. Normal tension strings work well without tensing my fingers. Can be used for weeks without the sound and sense of old ones. -
Year 2009 Instrument type Flamenco Builder / Manufacturer Antonio Marin Montero Instrument Model Flamenco Blanca Top wood Spruce Side wood Cypress Back wood Cypress Player Anish Shah StringsComment
Luthier Popular Supreme Set 20 MT Classical Guitar Strings, Full Set Model: Set 20 | 3801607 Price: $11.49The 20s match the guitar well. Luthier 30s are too tight. Savarez also work but have worn out quickly. I am curious to try the Solera Flamenca strings. -
Year 2016 Instrument type Flamenco Builder / Manufacturer Antonio Marin Montero Instrument Model Flamenco Negra Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Anish Shah StringsComment
Luthier Concert Silver Set 30 MHT Classical Guitar Strings, Full Set Model: Set 30 | 3801617 Price: $11.49Luthier 20s are too loose, don't activate the wood enough. -
Year 2017 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Antonio Marin Montero Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Rosie Bennet StringsComment
Augustine Imperial Red MT Classical Guitar Strings, Full Set 00201 Model: Imperial_Red Price: $12.99I love how organic the strings are, the sound and the feel. For a long while I've been experimenting with thinner and slightly harsher strings, playing this set felt like coming home. This string really feels like a guitar string, a clarity that doesn't compromise the soft touch, subtlety or character that a good string should have. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Flamenco Builder / Manufacturer Antonio Pena Vargas Instrument Model Malaguena Top wood Cedar Side wood Cedar Back wood Cedar Player Jem Edwards StringsComment
These Knobloch strings achieve the right tension and tuning in a matter of hours and remain good! This is a real game changer. -
Year 1977 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Aria Instrument Model Pro II PE-180 Top wood Spruce Side wood Maple Back wood Maple Player Simon Randall StringsComment
Two Aria humbuckers. Thomastik 12-50 flats with a .013 D'Addario top e. Thomastik flats sounds great. Prefer them to D'Addario flats. Just wish they did a 13-50 set. Tried a .014 top e that was nicely dark, but a bit too high tension and dead sounding. -
Year 2010 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer Aria Instrument Model AW-20 N Top wood Spruce Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Peter Laurence StringsComment
These electric guitar strings are a great way to preserve an old instrument. When I got it, the heel was just starting to separate. With half the tension of many acoustic sets, the EXL110 strings should postpone any repairs for a long time. -
Year 1970 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Aria Instrument Model Classical Top wood Cedar Side wood Cedar Back wood Cedar Player Milo Chavez StringsComment
Makes my old guitar sound louder, and better sustain overall. -
Year 2005 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Aria Instrument Model STG-003 Strat Top wood Alder Side wood Alder Back wood Alder Player Anonymous StringsComment
I play mostly clean, fast, and LOUD through a Twin Reverb or a Tweed Reverb, heavily modified Blues Junior. Urban gospel in 300+ seat venue. I need lots of punchy low end from the bass strings and nice sparkling Fender cleans from the treble strings. Been using GHS Nickel Rockers for several years. They're the right sound for a Strat and Tele.
