[Richard Mott]

I owned a great archtop many years ago, on which I always used Thomastik-Infeld strings. Just the sound I wanted. Subsequently, I had another archtop made, and sent the importer a set of Thomastiks to go on it. But it arrived strung with D’Addarios. So I asked the builder about the switch, and he said Thomastiks were the wrong string for the guitar. That puzzled me, and I ended up trying a set of the Thomastiks later on anyway. And guess what? He was totally right, the Thomastiks I’d loved for years were simply the wrong strings for the new guitar. D’Addarios were perfect for the signature sound the luthier was known for. The builder was right.