Strings Choice
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Year 1973 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Miguel Rodriquez Instrument Model La Wonderful Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Pepe Romero Sr. StringsComment
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. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Mikhail Robert Instrument Model Anniversary Model Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Koh Kazama StringsComment Bass strings last long, trebles have a thick sound. -
Year 1988 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Musima Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Spruce Back wood Spruce Player Igor Teplyakov StringsComment Good for training and developing finger strength. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Flamenco Builder / Manufacturer Navarro Instrument Model Flamenco Concert Top wood Spruce Side wood Cypress Back wood Cypress Player Roger O'Sullivan StringsComment The hard tension provides the punch I need for dance accompaniment and the Titanium trebles provide a treble boost and better balance. -
Year 2015 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Obana Shigeo Instrument Model 7 string Top wood Cedar Side wood Cocobolo Back wood Cocobolo Player Joao Camarero Duarte StringsComment 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. -
Year 2015 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Omar Pannunzio Instrument Model Spanish Model Top wood Cedar Side wood Jacaranda Back wood Jacaranda Player Marcos Puna StringsComment 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. -
Year 1965 Instrument type Autoharp Builder / Manufacturer Oscar Schmidt Instrument Model AS-A Top wood Spruce Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Juan Jimenez StringsComment Trying them for the first time. -
Year 1998 Instrument type Classical Guitar Builder / Manufacturer Oscar Schmidt Instrument Model OC-11N Top wood Spruce Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player K.Miriam StringsComment Handpicked this one new from a rackful at a music store, has a beautiful sound, a total fluke off the factory line. At a teacher's suggestion I put Savarez 500CR New Cristal trebles/Corum basses on it and it sounds like a much more expensive guitar. Not too bright, warm basses. Never had a reason to change the string setup. Still a joy to play! -
Year 2023 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Otto Vowinkel Instrument Model 3A Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Sanford Protich StringsComment Knobloch Actives QZ Nylon MT Classical Guitar Strings ADQ 33.5, Full Set Model: ADQ 33.5 Price: $19.99The trebles have a bell like quality, and the basses are deep and rich. My 3A is not a particularly a high end guitar, however, i would pit it against anything in the same price range. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Otto Vowinkel Instrument Model 650 Concert Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Yiren Hu StringsComment Augustine Imperial Red MT Classical Guitar Strings, Full Set 00201 Model: Imperial_Red Price: $15.99none
