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309 results
  • Year1994
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerAntonio Marin Montero
    Instrument ModelMarin-Bouchet
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerBahar Ossareh
    Strings Comment
    Best bass-treble balance among all others on my guitar that are brilliant and clear. Normal tension strings work well without tensing my fingers. Can be used for weeks without the sound and sense of old ones.
  • Year2009
    Instrument typeFlamenco
    Builder / ManufacturerAntonio Marin Montero
    Instrument ModelFlamenco Blanca
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodCypress
    Back woodCypress
    PlayerAnish Shah
    Strings Comment
    The 20s match the guitar well. Luthier 30s are too tight. Savarez also work but have worn out quickly. I am curious to try the Solera Flamenca strings.
  • Year2016
    Instrument typeFlamenco
    Builder / ManufacturerAntonio Marin Montero
    Instrument ModelFlamenco Negra
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerAnish Shah
    Strings Comment
    Luthier 20s are too loose, don't activate the wood enough.
  • Year2017
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerAntonio Marin Montero
    Instrument ModelClassical
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerRosie Bennet
    Strings Comment
    I love how organic the strings are, the sound and the feel. For a long while I've been experimenting with thinner and slightly harsher strings, playing this set felt like coming home. This string really feels like a guitar string, a clarity that doesn't compromise the soft touch, subtlety or character that a good string should have.
  • Year2012
    Instrument typeFlamenco
    Builder / ManufacturerAntonio Pena Vargas
    Instrument ModelMalaguena
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodCedar
    Back woodCedar
    PlayerJem Edwards
    Strings Comment
    These Knobloch strings achieve the right tension and tuning in a matter of hours and remain good! This is a real game changer.
  • Year1977
    Instrument typeElectric
    Builder / ManufacturerAria
    Instrument ModelPro II PE-180
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodMaple
    Back woodMaple
    PlayerSimon Randall
    Strings Comment
    Two Aria humbuckers. Thomastik 12-50 flats with a .013 D'Addario top e. Thomastik flats sounds great. Prefer them to D'Addario flats. Just wish they did a 13-50 set. Tried a .014 top e that was nicely dark, but a bit too high tension and dead sounding.
  • Year2010
    Instrument typeAcoustic
    Builder / ManufacturerAria
    Instrument ModelAW-20 N
    Top woodSpruce
    Side woodMahogany
    Back woodMahogany
    PlayerPeter Laurence
    Strings Comment
    These electric guitar strings are a great way to preserve an old instrument. When I got it, the heel was just starting to separate. With half the tension of many acoustic sets, the EXL110 strings should postpone any repairs for a long time.
  • Year1970
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerAria
    Instrument ModelClassical
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodCedar
    Back woodCedar
    PlayerMilo Chavez
    Strings Comment
    Makes my old guitar sound louder, and better sustain overall.
  • Year2005
    Instrument typeElectric
    Builder / ManufacturerAria
    Instrument ModelSTG-003 Strat
    Top woodAlder
    Side woodAlder
    Back woodAlder
    PlayerAnonymous
    Strings Comment
    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.
  • Year2002
    Instrument typeClassical
    Builder / ManufacturerAsturias
    Instrument ModelStandard 650mm
    Top woodCedar
    Side woodRosewood
    Back woodRosewood
    PlayerDarren O'Neill
    Strings Comment
    Round basses, articulate mids, crisp trebles.