Strings For Washburn Parlor Guitar

[dougt]

I came home with a Washburn 125th anniversary parlor guitar yesterday. Very cool instrument. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on the best strings to use on one of these?

[Steadfastly]

Which model is it?

[ADO]

Originally Posted by dougt

I came home with a Washburn 125th anniversary parlor guitar yesterday. Very cool instrument. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on the best strings to use on one of these?

yes i got a parlor and it was thumpy, put new 12's on it still tumpy, put 11's on it and it was fine. If you want it to give you high trebles four strings up from the bottom put exlior nanawebs. if you want high trebles 3 strings up from the bottom and give you bass put curt mangans on it. thanks dale look beyond the trees

[YamaYairi]

I have an 1889 Washburn with no truss rod so I have to use .010" Silk And Steels on it. Works very well. I bought a set of Martin Low Tension strings and a set of Silk and Bronze to try, haven't tried them yet. You don't need to use 10's on yours because you have a truss rod, but try the silk and steels. It's a nice mellow old timey sound.

[dougt]

Originally Posted by Steadfastly

Which model is it?

R318SKK. 2008 125th anniversary

[dougt]

Originally Posted by YamaYairi

I have an 1889 Washburn with no truss rod so I have to use .010" Silk And Steels on it. Works very well. I bought a set of Martin Low Tension strings and a set of Silk and Bronze to try, haven't tried them yet. You don't need to use 10's on yours because you have a truss rod, but try the silk and steels. It's a nice mellow old timey sound.

Thank you, mellow old time is exactly what I am looking for.

[dougt]

Originally Posted by ADO

yes i got a parlor and it was thumpy, put new 12's on it still tumpy, put 11's on it and it was fine. If you want it to give you high trebles four strings up from the bottom put exlior nanawebs. if you want high trebles 3 strings up from the bottom and give you bass put curt mangans on it. thanks dale look beyond the trees

Thanks, Exlior is what I use on my 414 Taylor

[Poppa]

I'll second yamiyaris suggestion of Martins silk and bronze. Put them on a smaller bodied Daisy Rock for my granddaughter. Not only do they sound good and feel good to me, (I'm used to medium PB's) they are easy on her 10 years old fingers.

I also put a set on a sweet, older Seagull cedar topped folk model. I loved the guitar, but could never find a set of strings I was happy with. A set of Martin bronze and steel brought that guitar to life.

Those would be my first choice for parlor or smaller bodied guitar.

[dougt]

Thanks for all of the suggestions, I ordered a set of the Silk and Steel. Will update after I have played them a week or two

[Silly Moustache]

Originally Posted by dougt

R318SKK. 2008 125th anniversary

i had one and foolishly sold it to our bass player. still a nice piece - made to look old but has modern neck structure. Just put EJ16s 12-53 on it - it'll be fine.

[Wasper]

Try some Newtone Heritage strings. They have a mellow sound and are balanced across the strings for tension. The over-all tension weight on these strings are on par, or even under (10s) the weight of silk and steel type stings.

give them a try.

https://www.guitargal.com/collection...guitar-strings

[dougt]

Originally Posted by Wasper

Try some Newtone Heritage strings. They have a mellow sound and are balanced across the strings for tension. The over-all tension weight on these strings are on par, or even under (10s) the weight of silk and steel type stings.

give them a try.

https://www.guitargal.com/collection...guitar-strings

Thank you, I have not heard of these strings before. I will ck them out

[dougt]

Originally Posted by Silly Moustache

i had one and foolishly sold it to our bass player. still a nice piece - made to look old but has modern neck structure. Just put EJ16s 12-53 on it - it'll be fine.

I thought my guitar buying days were behind me, but this instrument was so different to what I am used to I had to take it home. I love the sound, especially for fingerpicking

[dougt]

I put a set of Martin Silk and Steel lights on the guitar today. Will see how they do after they breaking but so far I like the sound and feel of these strings.

Thanks everyone for all the help.