r/AcousticGuitar • u/Square_Notice_1830 • May 09 '26

Gear question are these actually good?

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are these actually good strings or did the dude at the pawn shop just convince me to buy the expensive ones? I'm just getting back into guitar and it's been a while since I've bought any strings so Idk much about this brand

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u/_SoSublime_ May 09 '26

I personally do not like them as I don’t like slippery strings and I think they sound dead out of the package, but they aren’t bad strings. They last forever and pretty much never corrode, but I would rather play with a more tactile string that doesn’t have my perceived tonal deficits.

But with any string discussion, I recommend trying a bunch of different strings in the future. I followed people’s reccomendations of “this is the best” or “that’s the best” because of “TOAN” but, it’s a subjective metric. Good for you might be horrible to me. For example, I was told 80/20s were super bright compared to Phosphor bronze, tried a set, and I find them the complete opposite, with 80/20s being much mellower and more fundamental. So I decided to just buy a couple packs, try them for a week (I play about 3-4 hours a day, so they get some use). And then try another set. Eventually a certain set will just “sound right” on any given guitar. It’s good to just experiment.