Silk And Steel Strings On Electric Guitar

And the shorter scale length responds well to strings with less tension.

Silk and steel strings on electric guitar.

Get it as soon as thu oct 1. Silk and steel aka compound strings which have greater flexibility and lower string tension resulting in gentler mellower sound. The silk and steel acoustic guitar strings from ghs strings bring you a classical warm tone to your acoustic guitar while retaining the full sound with bri. The backpackers sound clangy with conventional acoustic strings more like banjos.

They are commonly referred to as a hybrid between traditional metal strings and the nylon strings of a classical guitar. They have a warm and mellow tone and are often quieter than other strings like 80 20s. Only 4 left in stock order soon. When looking at steel or nylon string acoustics the conversation goes deeper than just the string material.

Striking a balance between tradition and innovation ghs strings is a major manufacturer of strings for electric acoustic guitars bass guitar classical guitar banjo mandolin and much more. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. I have found silk and steel or silk and phosphor bronze strings ideal for the small martin backpacker travel guitars. These strings will not work well on an electric guitar because the windings are usually a bronze alloy which will not respond to magnetic pickups the way the nickle windings on electric strings do and the steel core is shielded by the windings and the silk to the extent that they are virtually invisible to the magnets.

Martin guitar ma130s authentic acoustic custom gauge marquis silked strings silk steel acoustic guitar strings. And steel strings are well made out of steel so sore fingers are definitely in your future. Since 80 20 strings are by far the norm silk and steel strings sound unusual to a lot of people. Since 1964 ghs strings has been winding electric guitar strings in the southwestern corner of michigan.

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