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I have Newtone Masterclass double wound roundcore 13-56 on my Larrivee OM and Guild D-120 for the past 2 weeks and they really sound fine. I play in dadgad and other lower tunings and I can play for hours with these.
I also have a set of Thomastik-Infeld Spectrum 13-57 on my Avalon and these are a great string also. I think with the above strings and the Pierre Bensusan DADGAD Wyres strings I'm pretty well set in what strings to use finally.
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Barry Sad Moments {Marianne Vedral cover}: My SoundCloud page Some steel strings, some nylon. |
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The medium gauge Newtone Masterclass Doublewound strings saved me from making a bad mistake and selling or trading my spruce / mahogany Taylor GO... (just thought i could not make that mahogany guitar come alive to my likes)... A great tone.. and just seem to very "alive"?... i really liked them. Soon to put in my next order!
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Joe 6 string... Taylor GS7 Custom / GO 818e 1st Edition 12 string... Taylor GO 358e / Guild F512 (79) Baritone…. Guild 258e (8 string) |
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I have gone on a similar journey and think you and I are on the same page. I have got Spectrum’s on my G23 at the moment and like them but don’t think they are the answer. I am about to put Newtone double wound on next on both my G23 and my OM24. I think Newtone and DR Sunbeams are my favourite on most of my guitars.
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Playing around an hour a day on these I have found they last quite well , say around 6-8 weeks or so. I don’t tend to wear strings out quickly in general with my body chemistry.
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Burguet AC-007 (2003 - Cedar/Rosewood) Webber OM (2009 - Sitka/Sapele) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8A...2TVEhWes2Djrig |
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Just put John pearse silk PB on my G23 not sure if I like them yet maybe give it a few more hours in the saddle to make sure otherwise it’s back to the d’darrio ej 16..
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Do they (silk) have enough to drive the top? I've never used them on anything larger than a folk.
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Barry Sad Moments {Marianne Vedral cover}: My SoundCloud page Some steel strings, some nylon. |
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In my opinion they wont compare well to the EJ16 which I think is a superb string but I cant use them because of the tension.
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To be honest the difference I think I in the strumming the silks have a more folky sound to them and can strum quite hard , while the EJ 16 are more ( mmm best way to discribe ) is scratchy , but still sound good , fingerpicking the EJ16 are better while the silks are duller
I need 2 G23 one with EJ6 on it ,other with the pearse silks, strumming on one fingerpicking on the other, overall its a draw, I prefer to fingerpick ...... |