Strings Choice
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Year 2003 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Robert Ruck Instrument Model 660-scale Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Marco Sartor StringsSince it is a 660-scale cedar guitar, I go with the medium-tension basses, which sing and sustain beautifully. They also provide a better balance with the trebles. The Regal trebles work very well on my Ruck, since they project strongly while still retaining the singing "Spanish" sound of the instrument. -
Year 1993 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Rod Capper Instrument Model Concert Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Stephen Chung StringsVery well balanced, crisp sound, last longer, rich tone -
Year 2007 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Rodrigo Moreira Instrument Model Concert Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Christopher Murray StringsGoal was a string with neutral to warm character to compliment sonics of a powerful spruce top, but with ability to shape tonal color and project against a flute or recorder. -
Year 2007 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Rolf Eichinger Instrument Model Custom Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Ruben Parejo StringsIt gives the necessary tension to the instrument (carbon 2nd and 3rd) providing greater sustain, sound strength and adjustment in the tuning. The 1st nylon string (high tension) offers a sweeter sound to the 'chanterelle', providing a more flexible 'sing'. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Flamenco Builder / Manufacturer Salvador Castillo Instrument Model Flamenco Blanca Top wood Spruce Side wood Cypress Back wood Cypress Player Fernando Aguirre StringsI like the consistency the D'Addario Pro Arte, they tune well and sound good every time. The hard tension gives a little bit more projection and still feels easy to play. -
Year 2010 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Salvador Castillo Instrument Model Spanish Concert Top wood Spruce Side wood Cypress Back wood Cypress Player Laszlo Schaffer StringsSimply the best all-around string on the market. It's very playable, balanced, durable, loud, sets in fast, and very consistent: zero bum set over the years. The tone is in between the lyrical nylon and the bold carbon, it's really versatile. Beats string sets that cost twice the price easily. -
Year 2008 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Schecter Instrument Model Omen 6 Extreme Top wood Mahogany Side wood Maple Back wood Rosewood Player Pedro Soares StringsMore punch, less intonation problems, more stable sound, feel much better -
Year 2005 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer Seagull Instrument Model S6 Top wood Cedar Side wood Cherry Back wood Cherry Player Matthew Leslie StringsI choose D'Addario EJ24 becase the smaller middle strings help balance the tone and the overall thickness projects nicely. D'Addario makes the best strings -
Year 2019 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Sebastian Stenzel Instrument Model na Top wood Spruce Side wood Walnut Back wood Walnut Player Mark Lincicome StringsRecommended by the luthier. -
Year 2008 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Sergei de Jonge Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Heather Morand Clark StringsWarm sound, and they last longer than EJ45s