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Location: Omaha | I'm having trouble getting decent volume and tone out of the treble strings on this guitar - want to use it for some songs on an upcoming men's retreat, but I've got to find some better strings first.
My take on the problem (so far) is that the shorter than normal scale length (for a classical: this one's 25 1/4" - most classicals are closer to 26") is contributing to this, so I'm looking for some good hard tension trebles that will give me the volume/tone/sparkle I'm missing. So far I've tried Pro Arte's, some Martins (which are about the same gauge at the Pro Arte), and some Savarez Hard Tension (don't remember which color the package was). I'm also toying with trying a wound G string - done that before and it helps for some stuff (tone and intonation; hard to slide on though - "Oh the noise, Noise NOISE, NOOIISSEE!!").
Anyone have some positive experience here? Thanks! |
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Location: SoCal | from a source no better than our own Serge Lara (countryartist)
D'Addario Pro Arte J-45 (normal) or J-46 (hard)
quality, yet last longer than Savarez |
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Location: Orange County, California | Try John Pearse Thomastics. They are truely a "cross" beween a Steel and Nylon Set. The basses are silver plated round-wound brass over a nylon filament core. the trebles are FLAT-WOUND nylon over a braided steel core. They have ball end (which works fine on the tie-up bridge, and the "leaders" are wrapped in cloth to protect the shafts on the machines. I also play the Savarez 520P1's theses babies are all wrapped E to e, and last for months. They're not a "crispy-bright" as th JP's, but they have great mid tones. you just have lick your fingers before the great slide....BTW these maybe the only strings with enough resonant mass to get and Adamas classical's top moving.... we shall find out some day. |
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| Nice one fred - I was just about to post that before my Country Artist arrives I was going to ask if anybody had tried these. Thomastik also make a more classically oriented version called the S-Series Precision which have a plain top E (steel) and S-Series Rope Core with nylon wound trebles over a steel core. These are supposed to sustain much longer.
They are all expensive so I'm quite keen that the Rev tries them all out and lets me know :) |
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Location: Omaha | Gee, thanks, schroeder! :rolleyes:
But I do appreciate the input; I hadn't seen the John Pearse Thomastiks (I thought those were two different brands?); so I'll look for some of those.
If I try 'em I'll report back... |
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Location: Orange County, California | The JP's are a little different. Most stores don't carry them. You have to look for them under classical strings LNR Music (shameless plug www.lnrmusic.com) has some in stock at a pretty good good price if you want to try them. |
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Finding the right strings for an old 1124 Country Artist