Galli Genius Carbonio strings

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Cervantes

Posts: 503
Joined: Jun. 14 2014
From: Encinitas, CA USA

Galli Genius Carbonio strings

I have tried quite a lot of strings on my blanca.
The last set was Luthier 20 which were the best to date.
Nice clear tone, the G string had this cool almost chorus effect on my guitar.
I was playing around on my classical guitar the other day which I hardly ever play and I thought rasgueados seemed easier and sounded more musical compared to my blanca which is a bit too percussive for me.
I thought maybe the strings were a factor so I took the Galli GR90s off my classical and put them on my blanca and it helped but the the tension seemed too high for the blanca so I decided to order some GR95s which are medium tension. I installed them today and so far the results are positive, the rasgueados feel and sound better to me. Picado notes are direct but I think they lack the character of the Luthier 20s.
This may be just a characteristic of carbon strings. I am going to keep playing them and see if they change any and maybe compare to the Luthier 20's in a week or two.
I don't hear much about carbon strings being used for Flamenco and what I do hear is usually negative.

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Leñador

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Joined: Jun. 8 2012
From: Los Angeles

RE: Galli Genius Carbonio strings (in reply to Cervantes)

Hmm, I'm using D'Addario carbons and they're definitely MORE percussive then the regular D'Addario's. Could just be the Galli's.

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machopicasso

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Joined: Nov. 27 2010

RE: Galli Genius Carbonio strings (in reply to Cervantes)

quote:

I don't hear much about carbon strings being used for Flamenco and what I do hear is usually negative.

I've got the new D'Addario carbons on both of my (flamenco) guitars. They're my new favorite strings by far. I can't say enough good things about them.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 3 2015 11:47:09

beno

Posts: 881
Joined: Nov. 3 2006
From: Hungary

RE: Galli Genius Carbonio strings (in reply to Cervantes)

I've tried these in normal tension, but they were too loose for me (650 scale), altough I prefer lighter tension. I liked the feel a lot, but they were buzzing a bit, and were much less in volume and projection than let's say common D'addarios...

I've ordered their flamenco set in hard tension, and will give them a try....let You know the results

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jan. 3 2015 18:28:33