Strings Choice
Let this Strings By Mail database help inform your string choice by learning what other players with similar instruments have chosen and why. We also invite you to join others in sharing your experience. To submit your information, please contact us.
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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 YirenHu StringsComment
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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. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Dammann Instrument Model Doubletop Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player David Russell StringsComment
First, I like that D?Addario does so many good things for music. Then, I like the silky sound of the trebles and the basses feel just right for me. And I find the lower normal tension strings allow the guitar to have great balance. -
Year 1976 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Darryl Williams Instrument Model Hand Made Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Serge Denault StringsComment
Brilliant, crystal clear, loud trebles; warm, round, deep basses. -
Year 2000 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer David Daily Instrument Model 640mm Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Darren O'Neill StringsComment
Round basses, articulate mids, crisp trebles. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer David Mrozinski Instrument Model Hand built classical Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player David Mrozinski StringsComment
Always sound good on the guitars that I build. -
Year 2016 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer David Pelham Instrument Model Custom Classical Top wood Maple/Spruce Side wood Maple/Spruce Back wood Maple/Spruce Player David Pelham StringsComment
Full, balanced tone, temperature stability, long-lasting strings. (I build classical guitars and these work well on all but one guitar that I have made.)
