Richard Jernigan -> RE: Sparkly, twinkly, trebles [:D] (Jun. 23 2017 23:15:52)
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ORIGINAL: Cervantes I have tried many many strings. Its funny because I always avoided D'Addario per your dull sounding assessment. This time last year I bought a new classical guitar from its maker. He insisted I keep D'Addario EJ-46 (high tension) strings on it. I have, and have replaced them only once or twice during the past year. The guitar has developed nicely. It was loud, resonant and brilliant to begin with. Now it is more even in response up and down the fretboard, and I would say the tone is more "integrated." At first I thought the D'Addarios might have a slight tendency to dullness, but I don't think so any longer. I have an Abel Garcia spruce/Brazilian classical that I had Savarez Cantiga basses and New Crystal trebles (normal tension) on for a few years. I arrived at this by trying a bunch of different strings on a '73 Romanillos, and deciding I like the Savarez the best. So I put them on my other two classicals at the time. The Savarez basses on the Garcia got old (as they do fairly quickly) so I decided to put a full set D'Addario EJ-45s on it, since I was liking the EJ-46s on the new classical. "Oops, too dull," I thought. But i had other classicals to play, so I decided to see how the D'Addarios would develop on the Garcia. Coming finally to the point, after a month of mostly sitting in the case, and another month of getting played about ten hours a week, I like the D'Addarios better than I did the Savarez. After stretching and being played, the D'Addarios stopped being dull. This is not to say D'Addarios are the best strings. The best strings depend on your guitar, how you play, the shape and length of your fingernails, what you want the sound to be....and a few dozen other factors. If you're not satisfied with the strings you have on, try some others. Use the ones you like best. But I can see why a luthier would want to have a "standard string." How else could he measure his progress? RNJ
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