Anders Eliasson -> RE: Flamenco guitar strings (Oct. 20 2006 8:07:16)
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First, I dont believe in something like "flamenco" strings. What is important is that the strings suit your guitar and even more your playing style. You can basically break strings down to 2 major groups: 1) nylon trebles and 2) composite trebles. Some people like the singy sound of composite trebles, some dont, some people actually hate the feeling of composite trebles, which are thinner and harder. Good composite trebles are Savarez Alianza, Hannabach goldin and Knobloch. I your quest for a good string brand and tension I will recommend you to stick with a reference set, and from that, try other sets. As a builder, I use Daddario J45. I need to use the same set of strings on all guitars in order to control how the guitars sound, and Daddario are kind of "middle of the road" They are very consistent a lot of people use them or know them and they are relatively cheap. When I choose strings for my self, I ALWAYS go for what suits my playing style before sound. I dont like the feel of composites on 1st and 2nd string but I always play composite on 3rd string. Right now I use Luthier 30 as 1st and 2nd and Savarez Alianza as 3rd. I prefer OLD trebles and often I use a set of trebles for up to a 6 sets of basses!!!! Bass strings: New ones are good ones. I like most. Some are rounder and some more metallic. I like to change, but mostly I use Luthier 30, Daddario or Savarez Corum. Before I used mostly normal tension, But I use high tension at the moment. It´s very personal.. Remember, that because a string was used by some crack 30 years ago, doesnt mean it´s a good string. A lot of things have happened on the string side. Before Savarez carte rouge was considered a good string. VERY few people like it now.
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