Strings Choice
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Year 2003 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer David S. Daily Instrument Model Classical Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Andrew York StringsComment
I prefer the quality of the denser material for the 2nd and 3rd strings, but find carbon fiber very unpleasant sounding for the 1st string. So for the 1st string, I am using mainly standard nylon. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer DeCasia Instrument Model Gabrielle Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Arjuna StringsComment
Sparkling tone with great separation of notes because of strings and top wood. Neck is fast, and the ebony reinforcement is great for the crazy weather changes here in Canada. -
Year 1979 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Deiter Hopf Instrument Model Gran Concierto 660mm Top wood Spruce Side wood Cedar Back wood Cedar Player Joe T StringsComment
This set is composed of 815HT trebles and 815MT basses. This set is the (MT) version of the 815LT (NT) set. The set sounds absolutely fantastic on this guitar. No need to mix and match trebles. This is a well balanced set tonally and tension wise. -
Year 1979 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Dieter Hopf Instrument Model Gran Concierto Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Joe Thibodeau StringsComment
Jose Ramirez HT w/ Carbon 3rd Coated Classical Guitar JRCH, Full Set Model: JRCH | 100047 Price: $19.95After trying many sets of strings on this guitar I had found several sets that were very nice but nothing like the Ramirez. The DH was modeled after Ramirez. These strings are fantastic. I am using them in a low C tuning and they work great. It's like the guitar was made for these strings. All that beautiful tone one would expect is there and with warmth. The search is over. At last. -
Year 1998 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Domingo Ortega Instrument Model Madrid Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Pam StringsComment
It's warm tone is inviting, it has good volume, minimal squeak, nice touch. Works well for both classical and flamenco styles. It is less harsh sounding for practicing the tremolo. -
Year 2021 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer Eastman Instrument Model E10-SS Top wood Spruce Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Fred Miller StringsComment
Full melodic sound complements the amazing articulation of this instrument. -
Year 2013 Instrument type Acoustic Guitar Builder / Manufacturer Eastman Instrument Model E6OM Top wood Spruce Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Todd Masuda StringsComment
I have used these strings for more than a year. I wanted to get a mellow, jazzier sound from my flat top, and when new these strings are fantastic. They have a great sound character and feel great. They really start to change sound in just a few days, though. They get mellower and quieter -- eventually almost like nylon strings. It's not a bad sound ... but I don't change my strings for many weeks and I only hear the sound I really love for a small percentage of that time. -
Year 2016 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Edgar Perez Instrument Model Cedar Top wood Cedar Side wood Cedar Back wood Cedar Player Isaac Feuerberg StringsComment
Augustine Imperial MT Black LT Classical Guitar Strings, Full Set Model: Imperial_Black Price: $11.99Sounds good, low tension. -
Year 2010 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Eduardo Duran Ferrer Instrument Model Classical, from Spain Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Leonard Green StringsComment
I feel the nylgut strings mellow the bright sounds of the spruce top. I play without nails, I not only like the sound but also the feel of these strings. -
Year 2005 Instrument type Cello Builder / Manufacturer Elon Howe Instrument Model Montagnana Sleeping Beauty 1739 copy Top wood Spruce Side wood Maple Back wood Maple Player Kevin J. Wierenga StringsComment
The A, D and G-strings are D'Addario Kaplan Mediums, and the C-string is Thomastik Spirocore Tungsten medium. My cello is a Montagnana Sleeping Beauty 1739 copy, made entirely by master luthier Elon Howe of Newaygo, Michigan. Top wood is fine-grain spruce from British Columbia, with the ribs, neck/scroll, and one-piece back from a Michigan-grown Red Maple (Acer Rubrum). The one-piece back is especially unique and beautiful given that the Montagnana pattern instruments are wider than other models of celli. The tree from which the wood was harvested had grown adjacent to the southern end of the Manistee National Forest in Newaygo County, near Fremont, Michigan. These strings are a great combination of warmth, power and projection which bring out the juicy sweet top-end of the cello's range, as well as the earthy and choclately bass end of the range.
