Strings Choice
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Year 2002 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Pepe Romero Instrument Model #30 Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Pepe Romero Sr. StringsI primarily use this guitar to record and this set of strings bring out a clarity and purity of tone that I love. The control I get in the release of the string is fantastic and the way that this set is made brings out the supportive overtones which I love in my recordings. -
Year 2006 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Pepe Romero Instrument Model #90 Classical Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Pepe Romero Sr. StringsI 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 Petr Matousek Instrument Model Czach Republic Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player MICHAEL ERNI StringsThe strings are very comfortable to play. Despite the pleasant tension they have the powerful sound of high tension strings. The sound can easily be formulated. The harmonics are very clear and the colors are unique! -
Year 2010 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Phillip Woodfield Instrument Model Grand Concert Top wood Spruce Side wood Ebony Back wood Ebony Player Scott Tennant StringsI like them because of their eveness, and I like strings to give a bit under my fingers. -
Year 2011 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Phillip Woodfield Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Dominic Flynn StringsImperial Blues are great as they are warmer in tone but still very clear, this works great with my guitar because the instrument is naturally very loud and colorful, the strings offset any extreme colors I might accidentally produce, but still compliment the instrument's volume and color palate. -
Year 2016 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Rafael Aguirre Requena Instrument Model Traditional Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Rafael Aguirre StringsI play D'Addario because they feel the best for my nails and I love their expressiveness and vibrato. -
Year 2013 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Rafael Granados Instrument Model Lattice Top wood Cedar Side wood Cocobolo Back wood Cocobolo Player Anonymous StringsVery loud and clear yet warm and complex. -
Year 2009 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Rafael Granados Instrument Model Classical Top wood Cedar Side wood Cocobolo Back wood Cocobolo Player Dragos Ilie StringsParagon Red normal tension works the best with my guitar. I usually play high, but for some reason the normal tension seems to sound better on my guitar. It matches the really dark tone of my guitar with my nails which are a bit on the bright side. It brings out a round tone but at the same time not muddy. Also very directional. I used to combine nylon 1st string with 2nd and 3rd carbon, but since Paragon, that's not the case anymore. The first string stays exactly in bewteen direction of carbon and stability of nylon. -
Year 1982 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Randall Angella Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Jorge Caballero StringsThis combination provides a strong presence for the trebles while enhancing the sustain of the basses. -
Year 1983 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Randall Angella Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Jorge Caballero StringsThis combination provides a strong presence for the trebles while enhancing the sustain of the basses.