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keith -> RE: Daniel Mari Flamenco Strings (Jun. 19 2014 11:57:34)
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i used them years ago. the flamenco strings (magenta colored pack as i recall) have nice trebles and good basses. the problem with the strings is that they are pretty low in tension. the medium tension strings are slightly less in tension than your typical medium tension strings. they work well with long scale guitars but 650 and under they are really loose. the next higher tension strings should work well although i do not have experience with them.
i chatted with daniel mari years ago and he told me he made the strings for sabicas. however, everyone and their brother seems to have made strings for sabicas and sabicas seems to have used just about any brand. i read somewhere, the source forgotten, that he used savarez red card strings for a while. i have a pack of black diamond strings from the 60's or 70's that were made for sabicas and they used sabicas' picture on the pack--endorsement i guess. i do not know how the strings sound as they were a present and may be the last remaining pack. if you read concert programs that include the name of sabicas' guitar and strings you will see he used a variety of brands. there is a photo is jose ramirez's book, things about the guitar, that lists the strings used by sabicas--neither mari or black diamond.
by the way, daniel mari is of the la bella strings mari clan.
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