Philippe Bosset Strings

MichaelHorowitz

High quality strings for Selmer Maccaferri guitars. Made in Metz, France.

pinkgary

I love these strings. More reliable than argies, and they feel like they have more tension, so your guitar plays more like a proper guitar, not one of those Spanish things.

And less fret buzz at lower actions.

Heretic

I find the Phillippe Bossett strings to be quite good. Users of Argentines will take to them very well as they have a very similar sound and playability. Oddly, I don't find them stiffer - certainly not stiffer like D'Addario or John Pearse stings.

Now, if they last 50 percent longer than Argentines, I'd say they are worth the 50% higher price. They are beautiful strings to play and hear.

MichaelHorowitz

I"ll have to say these strings are the best Argentine alternative I've come across. I do find them a tad bit stiffer but that's to be expected with any hex core string. But as Heretic said, it's not as bad other brands like D'Addario, John Pearse, etc. What I really like about these strings is the very strong fundamental they produce. Argies have more overtones ringing out which you may or may not like. If you have a very wet, ringy guitar then the Bosset strings may be the antidote as they tend to suppress excessive overtone ringing. Also, they seem to produce somewhat thicker mids for a more "meaty" sound. Nice strings!

pinkgary

I've not tried Pearse or D'Addario GJ strings (i like the Pearse Dobro strings), the Bossets are the only alternative to Arggies i've tried, so they feel stiffer. I may try the others 'cos i kind of like the effort they force you to make.

I got recommended them to stop my Dupont screaming out that really shrill overtone when playing loud past about the 10th fret on the high strings that you hear a lot on Romane recordings. My Dupont used to do that all the time, but with Bossets it doesn't. It's generally cleaner, which re-enforces what Michael says really.

dennis

either i'm really unlucky or i'm playing the instrument wrong, but i just went through 4 packs in less than a month; these are the worst strings i've ever tried...

It's true that they feel great and sound great initially (and i suspect that the positve reviews are from initial reactions) but they don't last more than a few days of intensive playing, the G string just dies in days... what's the point of having decent tone if a string can 't last more than a few days...

luckily i was given these strings as a gift.. i'll go back to d'addario and argentines which can sometimes last me up to a year

the thing is i'm not even playingm uch these days, except for gigs, and they literally die after each gig... if i was practicing 4-5 hours a day,i 'd probably have to chanve every day or two... absrud!

noodlenot

and i thought that argies were the fastest wearing strings in the west...

vince

dennis wrote:

i'll go back to d'addario and argentines which can sometimes last me up to a year

Whoa, that makes me think I change my strings too often! I use the V027s, which after many years of searching, I finally settled on (at least for now). But still, I feel like these and other strings sound terrible at first (strange metallic overtones), then settle. Argies seem to become dull faster and sound super flat. V027s seem to get bad, the get better, then sound funky again, then get better. Maybe my ears are crazy.

anthon_74

Maybe I'm missing something but I'm not clear as to why anyone would WANT to use different strings than the 'argie" ?

I play both my GJ guitars very regularly ( I teach full time on one of them), and I find the strings hold up well. I actually like the way they sound broken in, until the outer coating wears down to the core of course, in which they deaden. Even that takes pretty long, at least ever since I learned how to properly strum pompe' without overly stressing the D, and the G.
I find the argies take as long or longer then any other string I've tried (I've tried D'adarrio; Pearse; Manouche tone).
The D'addarios and the Pearse seem to break real fast, and as for the very EXPENSIVE Manouche tone strings.... UGHH! Complete garbage, which made me extremely reluctant to try any, higher priced, alternative to Argies. The manouche tone strings have the same issue Denis described about the Bossets. The G went dead in ONE DAY, I kid you not.

I don't know... again, why bother with any other string then the argies ? I'm curious (I mean, if they're good enough for most of the top players?)

noodlenot

i guess guitarists have an obsession with tone... and tone nuances. it´s argies for me too, though. it just has "the sound".

dennis

i use argentines all the time and d'addario, they don't necessarily last up to a year, but they don't break that easily... the G string doesn't unwind that fast, they may go out of tune faster but they'll last...

the philippe bosset were unplayable after a gig... i was given a whole box of strings as a gift , i went through 4 so far