Strings Choice
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Year 2008 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Christopher Carrington Instrument Model #247 Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Christopher Pike StringsComment
More expressive Composite basses -
Year 1992 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Contreras Instrument Model Double Top Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Irene Gomez StringsComment
I do enjoy very much playing on my receptive Contreras Guitar with the vibrant though well calibrated for my hands, Alliance Savarez 540R. These two are a great match for me to enjoy music and feel secure when I am going on stage. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Cordoba Instrument Model C5CE Top wood Cedar Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Jeff Main StringsComment
Clear, smooth bass; warm trebles; for older jazz standards/light classical. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Cordoba Instrument Model C10 Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Carl T. Geenen StringsComment
Sounds wonderful with cedar, and easy to play. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Cordoba Instrument Model C8 Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Anonymous StringsComment
I like the balance of richness and brightness that they deliver and they last. -
Year 2013 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Cordoba Instrument Model C9 Top wood Cedar Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Yiren Hu StringsComment
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Year 2003 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Cort Instrument Model Mirage Series Top wood Maple Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player GWP StringsComment
Sustain and ease of playability. -
Year 2015 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer D'Angelico Instrument Model EXL-1 Hollowbody Top wood Spruce Side wood Maple Back wood Maple Player Alex StringsComment
I like the feel and deep bass sound of the E and A strings. The light gauge is better if you want to play blues / jazz, because anything above 11's becomes difficult to bend. -
Year 2009 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Dake Traphagen Instrument Model Torres-Santos Top wood Spruce Side wood Cypress Back wood Cypress Player Mr. Kazuhiro Yoshizumi StringsComment
Crystalline highs, controlled mid, warm lows. -
Year 1996 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Dake Traphagen Instrument Model Carve Top Top wood Cedar Side wood Pau Rosa Back wood Pau Rosa Player Robert Kelly StringsComment
7th/8th strings present a round bass tone. Love the trebles' diameter/intonation.
