Strings Choice
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Year 2010 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Sparky Weintraut Instrument Model Melodious One Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Sparky Weintraut StringsComment
Resonates well with this guitar. They sound fantastic, last a long time. -
Year 2016 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Stephen Boone Instrument Model Hand Made Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Stephen Boone StringsComment The strings are neutral in there tonality and allow the color of the guitar to present itself. -
Year 2010 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Stephen Connor Instrument Model Paladina Top wood Spruce Side wood Maple Back wood Maple Player Adam Levin StringsComment I use Augustine Regal Blue because it offers me a combination of clarity, warmth, projection, and the freedom to continuously cultivate and reimagine my personal and unique voice on the guitar. -
Year 2008 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Stephen Connor Instrument Model Super Nova Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Adam Levin StringsComment I use Augustine Regal Blue because it offers me a combination of clarity, warmth, projection, and the freedom to continuously cultivate and reimagine my personal and unique voice on the guitar. -
Year 2010 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Steve Connor Instrument Model Custom Top wood Cedar Side wood Cedar Back wood Cedar Player Charles Mokotoff StringsComment Great sounding basses; thick sound/feel to 2nd & 3rd; warmest top string. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Steve Connor Instrument Model Classical Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Adam Kossler StringsComment I've been using Augustine strings for at least 10 years now, and have made four full length recordings using Regal Blues. Additionally, I've currently been experimenting with the new Paragon carbons with my 2016 Greg Smallman, and they seem like a great match! I'll likely record a solo record with this combination next summer. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Steve Connor Instrument Model Aranda Top wood Spruce Side wood Madagascar Back wood Madagascar Player Scott Borg StringsComment Augustine Regals are the only string that responds to my fingers needs. They have remarkable sustain, highlighting and expanding the entire tonal and dynamic palette of the guitar. -
Year 2009 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Steven Walter Instrument Model Custom Top wood Cedar Side wood Ebony Back wood Makassar Ebony Player Ryan Nitz StringsComment Best combo for a loud, naturally dark-sounding cedar top. Warmth, clarity. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer Takamine Instrument Model G series Top wood Spruce Side wood Laminate Back wood Laminate Player E.B. Maclellan StringsComment Best deal around -
Year 2019 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer Takamine Instrument Model Pro Series 7nex Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Peter Allan StringsComment These strings settle in quickly and provide well-balanced definition across the strings. They are bright and have a pleasing metal to wood ratio of sound. I play intensely often for many hours and the strings keep performing well. At the end of their lustrous life they begin to take on a wire-like sound and then need changing.
