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El Burro Flamencuro
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RE: G string sounds odd? (in reply to el carbonero)
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Try G oasis carbon,G savarez alliance,G d'addario T2. I have a salvador castillo, oasis carbons are great strings but take a little getting used to, they are really physically thin strings, some people like those better because they feel like they can play faster with them. My personal experience with these on my Castillo is that they do have a pretty nice tone but that they can be quite snappy and i think i actually prefer a thicker string, i feel that i can play just as fast on a thicker string(and it gives me more room for error) but i also think that practicing on a guitar with thin trebles will make you more accurate/precise when you switch back to thicker trebles. I tried Savarez Corum high tension basses on my castillo and thought that they died way too fast...maybe 2-3 weeks, and that they are super super high tension, it felt like my strings were piano wire or something. Which made it a lot harder to play. So again, i think this is a good thing on a practice guitar because the higher tension will make your hands stronger(at least it feels like it) but i wouldn't want to actually perform with a string tension that high. I just put on a set of Luthier "set-50" High tension basses and these strings feel more like what i am used to. They're not ridiculously high tension but they're just right, a balance between projection and playability. So far i like them a lot, i just put them on today so we'll see if i still like them in a few weeks. Anyways maybe some of that will be useful to you. Btw i have tried DDario pro arte and i liked the tone of the base strings(Nice and crispy but not mettalic like the savarez's) but they were too low tension, and didn't project enough for me. I didn't like the trebles at all. I have also tried the Ddario composite...the one with the brown G string, i believe the basses are the same as in the pro arte set...i think so at least. I didn't like the composite string at all, to me it sounded way out of place. But i do know a lot of people on the forum have mentioned that string before...idk i think some people like it. P.S. I like high tension strings for the extra projection, but too high and i can't play as well, too low tension and it just doesn't feel right in my hands and the guitar won't be nearly as loud. p.s. i could be talking out of my ass right now, but from what i have experienced...i believe these things to be true
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Date May 8 2014 4:32:48
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El Burro Flamencuro
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RE: G string sounds odd? (in reply to wiking)
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El burro! I also have a Castillo. For the trebles try LaBella 900 golden, Savarez 500PR rectified, and Royal classic fl60. Those are all different, but very good IMO. Thanks beno, I'll definitely be trying those out! :) I got this Castillo at the begining of the year 2014, it's still very new haha. I love it's sound, it's maybe not as loud as i would like...but it is a 650 and not 660. i mean, when i really dig in, then it is loud but it's hard to play like that all the time. part of it could be that i'm not used to the lower action yet or maybe the high tension strings along with a lower action is just to much tension for my hands to handle...i don't have the strength to dig in as much as i'd like. I'm curious about the La bella 820 B's as well. Someone on the foro had mentioned that sabicas used la bella golden trebles, maybe the 900's, they didn't specify.
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Date May 20 2014 23:02:36
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