Thomastik-Infeld GB112 Jazz Guitar Strings: George Benson 6 String Set - Pure Nickel Flat Wounds E, B, G, D, A, E Set

These are the best made, most beautiful-sounding strings I've ever encountered. They're spendy, but a single set lasts for months and months if you clean them regularly, and the tone barely deteriorates over time. Yes, they're sublime for traditional jazz sounds. But contrary to most users' opinions, they are MAGNIFICENT for distortion, with stout, perfectly formed fundamentals and a minimum or sloppy highs. Remember: most guitar strings were pure nickel until the late ’60s, and much was lost when rising nickel prices prompted the industry to use other materials. For reference: I'm a longtime guitar magazine editor and recording/touring musician, as jaded as they come. These inspire me every time I pick up one of my guitars.

Incredibly playable on a nice jazz box. These bring out many colors of my jazz box. These Thomastik Strings are very bendable and stay in tune to boot!

The Best has its price , although these are 14 gauge, they feel like 12 . I've used them for so long, they're the only strings I will use on my Archtop, and they sound great,

Wow! Great strings and I don’t write reviews for strings. Four stars is that low E string yarn near ball end too thick. Does not fit my tail piece and had to cut off yarn to fit. Once strung up, just wow! I have to try the js112 swing to see if it is worth the $15 price difference. But until then…wow!

I just put these strings onto my Mark Campellone Archtop and what a world of a difference it makes versus the standard round wound D'Addario's I was using (and recommended by the luthier). There is no fret noise when changing positions and they give the guitar that nice, fat, warm jazz tone that I'd been looking for. Yeah, they're pricey, but so was my guitar and I'd definitely recommend. These will be my go to from now on.

I own a 1953 Epiphone archtop and have always wanted flat wounds on it. The problems are that flat wounds are generally made for electric guitars and my guitar has an odd tailpiece which requires long strings. There are a few brands of electric flat wounds that are pure nickel which is what monel acoustic strings are. The Benson strings are pure nickel and they are long enough for my guitar. They sound great and there’s no finger noise. I hope they last.

Quality guitar strings!!!

Yes, I know these are expensive, but I think it is worth it. I have used various strings over the years and I think these have the most tone and they do seem to last a long time. I put these on my jazz boxes; ES175, DAngelico vestex and use theses guitars for bebop, straight ahead stuff and they bring out the tone, especially behind a female singer. I haven't tried them for more contemporary jazz on an ES335 or a solid body, I just got the impression they would not sound as good on these guitars since I need to have the ability to do more string pulls on these guitars for the blues and rock/jazz that I would play on these guitars.

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Muy buenas cuerdas. Excelente sonido

La morbidezza

Excelente producto y gran vendedor

I have tool to see consistency of each string perfect.bright bit extra tension should last longer than standard strings by 30 % percent.Gauges cost more to put together than this awesome set.A must for Gb fans and students.