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.Navigation all starts with selecting an instrument type first. You can also search by SBM model/sku or player name in the search box.
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Year 2015 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Chris Conery Instrument Model Custom Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Chris Conery StringsComment
Conery Guitars: Full rich bass. Bright trebles esp #3 (not the usual tubby nylon sound) -
Year 1988 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Christian Rapp Instrument Model Concert 19 frets Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Christian StringsComment
Classical Guitars built with German Spruce often take a long time to open up and develop tonal power, clearly slower than Cedar tops. I use these strings to compensate and obtain a powerful and clear tonal range. -
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 2004 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer Collins Instrument Model D1A-SB Top wood Spruce Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player JS Long StringsComment
Best sounding string on a bright guitar. Less bright than the 80/20 EXP. Also great on my friend's D2HT. Consistent sound and long lasting. -
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.
