D'Addario are the best!
These and the normal tensions have got to be the best classical guitar strings on the planet. They are pricier but worth it. I've been using D'Addario forever and they are simply amazing! For electric guitar I use the EXL140 - Light Top/Heavy Bottom and for acoustic the EJ16 and EXP16.
Quote: David Russell plays a guitar built by Matthias Damman of Passau Germany. The instrument features brazilian rosewood sides and back and a cedar top implanted with graphite. "This guitar weighs much less than most I've used says Russell. "It has a very powerful sound which makes it easier to play with an orchestra. The sound is very flexible. Often cedar top guitars force you into one sound but this one gives a big fat sound if I want it and a thin bright sparkling sound when I want that. Russell uses J. D'Addario normal tension strings. "I use the lowest tension strings because you get better vibrato" he says. "You lose a little bit of volume but each note can be more musical. I like a guitar that is easy to play. I tell luthiers that the best way to make a good sounding guitar is to make it easier to play so the guitarist can play it better." Russell is miked for concerto work but prefers no sound reinforcement for his solo concerts.
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SET FOLK BLK NYL /SILVER BALL
- Made by D'Addario
- Model Number: EJ32
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25SETS EXL110 NICKEL REG LIGHT
- 25 sets of guitar strings in one unit kit
- 25% cost savings over packaged sets
- Easy-access door and speedy string removal
- Color-coded chart for identifying ball-ends
- Recyclable string cartridges are redeemable for D'Addario players points
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Excellent guitar strings...highly recommended!Not too heavy and not too light...all in all just right in every way including the price.
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Amazing Flat Wound Strings!Put these on an Epiphone Broadway...vast improvement over the extremely light gauge round wounds the guitar shipped with. Tone is full and strong across board. Really does make the guitar sound like the high-end Gibson jazz boxes (L5 335). Front pickup great jazz tones...back pickup good for rockabilly. Excellent value for the money just as good as the $30 a set strings available. Have been playing guitar and bass for 35 years.
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Great for standard tuning and sometimes Drop D
When I got my first electric guitar. (a stratocaster) I was remisce as to what strings I should buy. I was told that D'addarios were the most popular so I went with them. They seemed good enough.
Now it's a little over a year later and my knowledge of guitars has grown a lot. I now know more about string gauges and materials and stuff like that so I feel more enclined to review this product accurately.
The first thing I would say about these strings is that the materials are very good quality. Their not too slick but not too rough. If you want to have a more slick metallic feel to your strings I would say go with Ernie Ball. They are about the same quality anyway. D'addarios just feel right to me. They have an overall good feel to their performance and they may seem a little rough or hard to play at first but after a while you start to appreciate them more.
Now about the gauge. Since I was a beginner at electric I was advised to go with .10 since it's the most common gauge. To tell the truth I didn't even know what gauge was at the time... What I do know is that I play in both standard and in drop D and these strings did the trick.
Later though I began exploring lower tunings like Drop C and some going half a step down ect... That's when I realized something was wrong. The strings were buzzing. Little did I know that tuning back and forth like that was not good for my guitar and the .10 gauge strings were not suitable for this.
eventually I figured all this stuff out and made the appropriate changes. I now play in Drop D almost all the time and I find that the .11 gauge D'addarios are quite suitable for that. But whenever your going to play in standard tuning I would say get these.
One thing that is bad about D'addario's. They don't make a gauge big enough to perform in tunings lower than half a step down. Due to this I have two guitars now. One thats in Drop D and fitted with Daddario .11's and another in Drop C that's fitted with Ernie Ball Beefy's.
But once again I cannot recommend any string for standard tuning more than this one.
One more thing I forgot to mention the .10's tend to break sometimes. It may be that I just thrash too hard but so far I've been through about 20 packs in a year. About half the time I would break a string and the other half I would just change them because they were getting old.
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An ultra-fine layer of EXP Coating is bonded to the 80/20 bronze wrap wire which is then wound onto the hex-shaped core wire. The result is a built-in barrier against the corrosion and wear that can quickly sap the life out of your strings and your sound . EXP 80/20 Bronze strings have a natural round wound feel and extra-bright tone that lasts three to four times longer than traditional guitar strings.
- Set of four strings Musical Notes GDAE -
- -----Item# ----- Diameter --------- Tension *XLB045 - 0.045 inch (1.14mm) 42.8 lbs (19.41 kg) *XLB065 - 0.065 inch (1.65mm) 51.3 lbs (23.27 kg) *XLB080 - 0.080 inch (2.03mm) 42.0 lbs (19.05 kg) *XLB100 - 0.100 inch (2.54mm) 36.5 lbs (16.55 kg)
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My favorite stringsI ended up settling on these as being my favorite strings years ago. Ultimately they're simply the best for the money. You can get them for less than $3 per pack if you shop around.
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D'Addario XL Electric Guitar strings are world-renowned as "The Player's Choice" amongst guitar players of all genres and styles. XL strings are wound with nickelplated steel and are known for their distinctive bright tone and excellent intonation.
- Set of Six strings Musical Notes EBGDAE -
- -----Item# ----- Diameter --------- Tension *PL009 - 0.009 inch (0.23mm) 13.1 lbs (5.94 kg) *PL011 - 0.011 inch (0.28mm) 11.0 lbs (4.99 kg) *PL016 - 0.016 inch (0.41mm) 14.7 lbs (6.67 kg) *NW024 - 0.024 inch (0.61mm) 15.8 lbs (7.17kg) *NW032 - 0.032 inch (0.81mm) 15.8 lbs (7.17 kg) *NW042 - 0.042 inch (1.07mm) 14.8 lbs (6.71 kg)
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Great Nylon StringsOf Course D'addario is the best for strings! These nylons are great for begginners! The guages are slighty bigger than normal but have a very sweet sound to them!
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One of the Best Values Out ThereD'Addario EJ16s work well on several of my guitars. They sound especially good on my Brazilian OM model. Punchy warm and the right mix of harmonics come together to work well for my mainly flatpick needs. "Light gauge with balls" I like to say. The life of this string set is average (about two weeks of steady play) but I prefer some of the "new string harmonics" to come through so changing often is a must for me. The price is right for this brand of strings. Highly recommended.
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