Charlie Bernstein
Senior Member
D'Addarios are pretty much the industry standard. They're good strings!Wow!! Alot of D'Addai users. Interesting.
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D'Addarios are pretty much the industry standard. They're good strings!Wow!! Alot of D'Addai users. Interesting.
That's just flat-out weird. Like having a brand of beer that only tastes good in one brand of glass.Back in the 70s I had a jumbo blond Madeira 12 string. Cannot remember the model, maybe 712? Anyway, I remember it never sounded right unless I used Guild strings. Nothing else sounded correct. . . .
Could be due to the known Guild- D'Addario phosphor bronze connection.That's just flat-out weird. Like having a brand of beer that only tastes good in one brand of glass.
But then, I guess the seventies were pretty weird in general . . . .
Thanks! Not so weird, after all! It wasn't about matching brands. It was about the Guild strings just being better.Could be due to the known Guild- D'Addario phosphor bronze connection.
D'Addario "invented" PB windings (as opposed to the alloy itself) and started selling under their own name in '74:
http://www.daddario.com/DADProductF...id=9&sid=4c1fc104-beed-4a34-91b8-cfec59ed187e.
"Phosphor Bronze was introduced to string making by D'Addario in 1974 and has become synonymous with warm, bright, and well balanced acoustic tone"
Guild was one of, if not actually the first, to jump on board and install 'em as the factory strings, and sell 'em under their own brand name.
From D'A's. . . .
Thanks! Not so weird, after all! It wasn't about matching brands. It was about the Guild strings just being better.
It sounds like those Guild strings would've improved the sound of any brand steel-string flattop.