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Old 03-20-2009, 03:33 PM
Crazyquilt Crazyquilt is offline
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Glad I could help!

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Originally Posted by JohnZ View Post
They're still on my Martin D-21 Special and overall I'd say they are ok but not worth the price. I don't get to use this guitar as much as I'd like but I've got about 6 hours on these strings and they are still fairly fresh. They are warmer and less brassy than pb's. Bottom line is I won't be buying them again.
If I had only tried them on my all-mahogany guitar, I would have said nearly the same thing, except I would have also said they were such a high tension as to be almost unplayable. (The guitar in question has a 25.5" scale length.)

I think the Reds have a really interesting and useful sound, but they're distinctive, which is a double-edged sword. And they certainly don't work in all guitars.

I'm not trying to poo poo your opinion -- at all -- just noting that because one doesn't like a particular string only means they aren't worth a given price to you.
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