Silk And Steel Strings On Acoustic Guitar

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Silk and steel strings on acoustic guitar.

Get a low price and free shipping on. Martin guitar ma130s authentic acoustic custom gauge marquis silked strings silk steel acoustic guitar strings. Ej40 silk steel folk guitar 11 47. The silk helps produce a more mellow sound and makes the string feel more comfortable while reducing finger noise.

Get the guaranteed best price on 6 string sets for acoustic guitar like the martin m130 silk and steel custom acoustic guitar strings at musician s friend. This thread over at the acoustic guitar forum seems like a fair summary of common attitudes about these strings. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. They have a warm and mellow tone and are often quieter than other strings like 80 20s.

Get it as soon as thu oct 1. Opinions seems divided between players who simply find silk and steel strings too soft and quiet to be of much use and those who enjoy them for fingerstyle playing especially on small bodied guitars. Ernie ball earthwood silk and steel extra soft acoustic set 010 050 4 6 out of 5 stars 874. Available extra soft 10 50 soft 11 52 regular 13 56 and 12 string soft 9 46.

Acoustic strings playback resources artists merch percussion percussion. Martin guitar ma130s authentic acoustic custom gauge marquis silked strings silk steel acoustic guitar strings 4 7 out of 5 stars 281. Earthwood silk and steel 80 20 acoustic guitar strings made with an 80 20 bronze alloy wrap with a layer of silk between the wrap and steel core. Warning the tension is still too high for a classical guitar with no truss rod.

The plain steel strings b and high e tune to the same tension as any steel string with the same gauge but they tend to be on the lighter side in a set of silk and steel strings. The silk steel wound strings have silver plated copper wire wound on pure silk filaments wrapped over a steel core. Ej35 silk steel 12 string folk guitar 11 47. Since 80 20 strings are by far the norm silk and steel strings sound unusual to a lot of people.

Silk and steel strings are definitely a lot mellower sounding than the likes of 80 20 bronze strings. 4 7 out of 5 stars 283.