GHS VINTAGE BRONZE ACOUSTIC GUITAR STRINGS

[frettedstrings]

Has anyone used GHS Vintage Bronze Strings (10-46) for your 12 String Acoustic?

http://www.ghsstrings.com/strings/acoustic/vintage-bronze

I just bought a package and I am going to try them out, this time around.
I have been using GHS Silk & Bronze http://www.ghsstrings.com/strings/acoustic/silk-and-bronze and I've been quite satisfied, but my local guitar store didn't have any in stock. I'm still hoping for a warm sound.

 

[Taylor Martin Guild]

Let us know what you think about them. I have never tried them myself but I but you will like them. They should be a bit louder than your other strings.

 

[twocorgis]

Has anyone used GHS Vintage Bronze Strings (10-46) for your 12 String Acoustic?

http://www.ghsstrings.com/strings/acoustic/vintage-bronze

I just bought a package and I am going to try them out, this time around.
I have been using GHS Silk & Bronze http://www.ghsstrings.com/strings/acoustic/silk-and-bronze and I've been quite satisfied, but my local guitar store didn't have any in stock. I'm still hoping for a warm sound.

I use Cleartone 10-46 coateds on my 12ers, mainly because I hate changing 12 strings. but GHS Vintage Bronze is the string of choice for my Songwriter Deluxe. They seem to resonate just right. Bill Ashton loves 'em, too. :wink:

 

[kitniyatran]

I've never had a twelver, but I've used Vintage Bronze on my D25, as I used to like the 85/15 blend on the Martin D18 I used to have. They seemed good, but I'm currently really liking the Silk & Bronze on the D25.
It all varies with the instrument, the player, & the ears.

 

[frettedstrings]

I do notice a brighter tone. We'll see how they sound when they wear in a bit. I'm not sure if I hear more volume. I understand that most Bronze String have 80 % Copper and 20 % Zinc. The Vintage Bronze Wound Strings (of course the high strings are steel strings), for my 12 string (F212) are 85 % Copper and 15% Zinc. (24-46-15-36-11-26-09-20-13-13-10-10)

 

[Bill Ashton]

GHS Vintage Bronze strings are what I put on my Gibson J-30 in the past when it had to sound right straight away, without the typical clangy-ness of D'Daddarios before breaking in.
Sound great right out of the box, not a lot of stretching needed, nice feel to them.

Alas, as they are a bronze wound string, they do degrade more swiftly over time, much faster than phospher bronze.

They don't offer them in a "bluegrass" gauge, so for a while I was making up my own sets from mediums and lights for my D55, but it got too costly.

I also like GHS's Doyle Dykes Signature strings for my GAD30PCE, though I sometimes wind up pushing the high E off the fingerboard (I think its a .0095)

 

[Ridgemont]

Not a 12-er, but I do have a set of lights on an all hog guitar right now. I thought they held their own in terms of life, but now they are getting pretty mellow which really brings out the sharp woodyness in the hog top. I have been a fan, but I do not know how they compare to plain old 80/20s. I would buy again.