Strings Choice
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Year 2007 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Eric Sahlin Instrument Model Custom Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player John Oste StringsComment
Deep, tight bass, punchy mids and articulate highs. -
Year 2021 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Esteve Instrument Model Model 8 Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Kristian Kloeckl StringsComment
The Savarez 500CJ get the best tone out of my Esteve 8 so far. Balanced tone across the range, solid but not overpowering bass, wonderfully sweet and ringing trebles with great sustain, great feel. Fantastic resonances and overtones. -
Year 2012 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Esteve - Adalid Instrument Model 9c/b Top wood Cedar Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Robert McArthur StringsComment
The La Bella 2001 Medium-Hard tension strings are clear and crystalline through all registers. Great sustain and they stay in tune. -
Year 2013 Instrument type Flamenco Builder / Manufacturer Ethan Deutsch Instrument Model Blanca Top wood Spruce Side wood Cypress Back wood Cypress Player Ethan Deutsch StringsComment
Luthier Popular Supreme Set 20 MT Classical Guitar Strings, Full Set Model: Set 20 | 3801607 Price: $11.49The timbre, tension, and general feel of these strings seem just right for flamenco--particularly for rasqueados. And they seem to last relatively long. Moreover, they are reasonably priced. -
Year 2020 Instrument type Ukulele Builder / Manufacturer Farida Instrument Model Tenor Top wood Mahogany Side wood Mahogany Back wood Mahogany Player Kevin Crowell StringsComment
This instrument is a bit bright and the brown Worth strings give it a bit more body. -
Year 2006 Instrument type Classical Builder / Manufacturer Federico Sheppard Instrument Model La Crema Top wood Spruce Side wood Rosewood Back wood Rosewood Player Lisa Denoo StringsComment
In general I like to use the Savarez Alliance strings because they give more clarity and a less mat sound than nylon strings. For the first string I do like to use nylon, such as the D'addario Pro arte, as the Saverez Alliance 1st strings tends to be to thin and sharp. -
Year 2017 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Stratocaster Top wood Alder Side wood Alder Back wood Alder Player Peter Laurence StringsComment
I chose those strings because a version of them originally came with Maccaferri guitars, which Django Reinhardt played. Also, I like strings to be more even than most current sets. 10-45 is a good spread. The current trend is more like heavy bass strings and light trebles, which I could never use. Here is a video of my playing "Take the A Train" on these strings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_wfWd9coaU -
Year 1969 Instrument type Electric Builder / Manufacturer Fender Instrument Model Stratocaster Top wood Ash Side wood Ash Back wood Ash Player Lu McCarty StringsComment
25.5 Scale (Kinman PUPs) Designed for lead playing, equalized string tension across entire set, less boomy with lighter gauge 5 & 6 strings, better sustain with wound G, warm and good for jazz and blues. -
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.
