Strings Choice
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Year 2017 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Stratocaster Top wood Ash Side wood Ash Back wood Ash Player Mike Donnellan StringsComment
The Pyramid nickel 8s have great tone (much better than expected really), outstanding playability, stay in tune once settled in, and bend like madness when needed. Love the round core. They take a lighter touch as might be expected. Why are you working so hard? -
Year 1970 Instrument type Electric Bass Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Partscaster Jazz Top wood Mahogany Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player James Whitfield StringsComment
I chose these gauges to tune my bass to CFCG, which gives me almost the range of a 5 string bass on a 4 string. The strings sound and play well, and the gauges I selected provide nice even tension across each string. -
Year 1951 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Custom Nocaster Top wood Alder Side wood Alder Back wood Alder Player Anonymous StringsComment
I play mostly clean, fast, and LOUD through a Twin Reverb or a Tweed Reverb, heavily modified Blues Junior. Urban gospel in 300+ seat venue. I need lots of punchy low end from the bass strings and nice sparkling Fender cleans from the treble strings. Been using GHS Nickel Rockers for several years. They're the right sound for a Strat and Tele. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Stratocaster Top wood Ash Side wood Ash Back wood Ash Player Anonymous StringsComment
Unbelieveable vibrato and sustain also used on Fender pawn shop offset Stratocaster for the same reason. -
Year 2014 Instrument type Electric Bass Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Squire Jaguar VM PJ Top wood Basswood Side wood Basswood Back wood Basswood Player Chris Cromartie StringsComment
Maple neck and Rosewood fretboard with a GuitarHeads noiseless J-rail bridge pickup and OEM neck pickup. I love the tone from the Ernie Ball Flatwound Cobalts. They?re bright in tone, yet smooth and easy on the fingers. Cobalt flats combined with the brass nut, the tone is rich and quite unique. A touch of overdrive really makes it rock. My Bandmates really dig it. -
Year 2020 Instrument type Ukulele Builder / Manufacturer Flight Instrument Model Diana Soundwave TE Top wood Cedar Side wood Walnut Back wood Walnut Player Joshua Wade StringsComment
I love the Worth Browns on this Uke! They create crisp and clear tones and don't have that 'cheap toy' sound you can sometimes get from more traditional nylon strings. They have a rosin-like texture that helps them sound crisp as you pluck them. I don't think I'll ever use any other strings on my ukes. -
Year 1985 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer G&L Instrument Model Ghostpowder Top wood Maple Side wood Maple Back wood Ebony Player Anonymous StringsComment
Smooth warmth, better sustanability basses. Trebels smooth the upper mids. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Electric Bass Builder / Manufacturer G&L Instrument Model L-2000 Top wood Ash Side wood Ash Back wood Ash Player Stu Ford StringsComment
Pickup: G&L MFD. My favorite roundwound strings. The Pure Nickel used on these strings is super soft to the touch and gives off a great, full range response. Perfectly balanced warmth and brightness. Nothing about these strings took any "getting used to" and they allowed for effortless, distraction free, playing right out of the pack. -
Year 2021 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer George Lowden Instrument Model F-23C Top wood Cedar Side wood Walnut Back wood Walnut Player Matt Willen StringsComment
Excellent strings, very well balanced, they sound good forever. An excellent investment dollar for dollar. It occurred to me today, after taking a set off and putting on a new set of non-Elixir strings, that they provide a clarity with ornamentation that I just haven't found with other strings. I'm sold. -
Year 1990 Instrument type Acoustic Builder / Manufacturer George Lowden Instrument Model Custom Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player George Shafnacker StringsComment
The Sound is wonderful and the strings last a really long time.
