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FS: Optima Hot Club Gypsy Fire strings
Buco
NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce
Hey guys,
I have these for sale, both 10 and 11 sets. Ball end only. I found a simple hack to turn them into loop end which is how I use them.
$14/pack + shipping (PM me for price though if you're interested to try them out).
You'll see throughout the forum that I've been using them for a while now and they've been my favorite strings. Dario Napoli is their artist endorsing them.
I went through many, many sets and settled on these. My guitar (or my ear) was never super happy with Argies, guitars behave differently with different sets, so there's that too.
Interestingly, the first year I started using them and went to Django in June shortly thereafter, several people asked me what strings am I using.
Main thing I found with these, which I like, is that they're not overly bright and dripping with overtones right out of the box. They sound nice and fresh, but not over the top. Then they maintain that state longer than others in my experience. I have a habit of wiping down the strings after I play, that goes a long way to extend their life too.
With these I never had an issue with windings break. Which happened with other sets. BUT, I had the frets replaced with stainless steel frets (I love how smoothly the guitar plays with them, Craig B did a fantastic job). Now the G string winding breaks after a couple of weeks. I still end up keeping them for a few months because everything still sounds good and doesn't bother my fingers.
Let me know and thank you if you made it this far.
Yours truly,
Buco
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I realized that people might think I'm trying peddle the strings based on my forum visibility. The only reason is I ordered too many, especially in the 11 gauge. The note in parentheses in the opening post means get in touch and of you're interested you'll get a dealer cost. I just didn't want to advertise dealer cost openly (eventually I'll edit this post for the same reason). Happy Thanksgiving to all.