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Preferred Brand Of String

by Jesse A.
(Massachusetts, United States)

What brand of string do you prefer? I have used D'Addario Pro Arte Normal Tension and had good luck.

Recently I went to a guitar store where the worker told me that he would not buy any strings whose package wasn't written in French or Spanish.

Can you also shed some light on the string tensions, from what I understand concert guitarists often use higher tensions for their increased volume.

Thanks,
Jesse

Hi Jesse,

I like Hannabach Medium or high Tension myself. I've also heard that many performers use high tension for the sound quality.

Another "trick" they sometimes use when recording it to tune the guitar strings up a semitone above the normal A=440 hertz level. This is supposed to give a brighter or more lively sound to the recording.

Trevor M.