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  • Year1982
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Cone
    Instrument ModelConcert Classical
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerMichael Cone
    Strings Comment
    Very HT, powerful, expressive, long treble life. For strong technique pros.
  • Year1984
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Cone
    Instrument ModelClassical
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerKen Sribnick
    Strings Comment
    Delivered with EJ45 D'Addarios. I recently tried the rectified EJ30s, which gave the instrument a new and very focused voice. I play a lot of Bach with all of his multiple voicings. As I play, each voice is distinct and clear. I've been playing for 63 years.
  • Year1980
    Instrument typeAcoustic
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Gurian
    Instrument ModelCustom
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerGeorge Shafnacker
    Strings Comment
    The Sound is wonderful and the strings last a really long time.
  • Year2005
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Peters
    Instrument Model#22
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerJon Howdeshell
    Strings Comment
    I like these strings except the trebles have a high pitched squeak when I shift Left Hand Position
  • Year2004
    Instrument typeBanjar
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Ramsey
    Instrument Model7-string Classical Banjo
    Top woodna
    Side woodMaple and Rosewood
    Back woodna
    PlayerMichael Nix
    Strings Comment
    I use the combination of Savarez Alliance on the trebles for a bright, springy tone, and the D'Addario light tension basses for warmth and sustain. This is a self-designed instrument. Maple and Rosewood rim, Mahogany Neck, Ebony fingerboard with a Maple and Ebony Bridge by Ivon Schmuckler. Countryman lavalier mic inside the pot and a Fishman Artist acoustic amplifier.
  • Year1993
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerMichael Thames
    Instrument ModelCustom
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodCedar
    Back woodCedar
    PlayerAnonymous
    Strings Comment
    The tone is richer and clearer, and adds a pretty nice sustain. The trebles, are given a nice crisp, clean, sound. However, adding the Cantiga basses gives a nice subtle kick: a deeper projection with the lower strings/notes. Using the Alliance Trebles against the Cantiga basses feels like a great tonal character balance: the trebles off-set the basses with more clarity and sustain and the basses become a little more 'boomy', giving my guitar an overall well-balanced sound.
  • 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.