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• flaco ✭ 2023 Holo Traditional, Shelley Park #151, AJL Quiet and Portable

  October 21 Posts: 255

  I think Stephane Wrembel was sponsored by D’Addario at some point, but the last time I saw him in concert he was using argies.
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  October 21 Posts: 5,705

  Joscho is a D'Addario player. I bought them a couple of times, I never felt anything sticky. But they were bright sounding for me too. They use a hexagonal core on wound strings which apparently makes a string feel stiffer. That part I liked actually.

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• voutoreenie New

  October 22 Posts: 301

  Not a fan, probably my least favorite of all the GJ strings I've tried tbh. Then again, I also haven't tried any strings besides Argies in like 5+ years and my technique's a lot better now so maybe I should revisit.
• paulmcevoy75 Portland, MaineNew

  October 22 Posts: 629

  https://www.djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123402#Comment_123402

  Try them so that you can agree with me.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  October 22 Posts: 5,705

  I think it at least 50% about what your guitar chooses. And my guitar is just not getting along with Argies. I used to keep notes and every time I wrote something along the lines how they sound very plain and unexciting.

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel
• B25Gib Bremerton WA✭✭✭✭ Holo Busato, Dell'Arte Hommage, Gitane D-500, Gibson ES295, Eastman AR805

  October 22 Posts: 219

  I like D'Addario 11 gauge strings on my Dell 'Arte Homage as well as my old Gitane D500. They last longer than Argies and sound fine. But the string tension with 11 gauge(not the my shorter scale D500 though) is noticeably higher than 10 gauge on my Holo guitar. I don't feel any sticky slow fingering notes at all. I agree with Buco that a guitar has to find its strings along with the player.

  
• Arcticguitar Anchorage, Alaska✭

  October 26 edited October 26 Posts: 27

  Yes. I like them. Never noticed the sticky feeling. They are good, but not great strings, I prefer them because they are consistent. Argies are “great” strings, IF you get a good set, but they are inconsistent. And the argies are too floppy. The D’addario strings feel like they have more tension. I love high tension strings, but my guitar sounds best with 10s, the D’addario 10s have enough tension to feel okay, but they still let the guitar sing. I can kill a set of argies in a few hours, D’addarios will last a week, sometimes a month. Sure they are super bright, I agree that they aren’t ideal sounding, but they are the best strings for me becaue every package is exactly the same, they always sound good enough and they last. Argies may or may not sound great, sometimes a set lasts a few days, or an weekm other times they sound dead and terrible within an hour or two. It is a total crapshoot with the argies. The D’addario are my goto strings because they are super consistent and they are fine, not fantastic, but fine. Also, I’m not sure but I feel like the D’addarios are easier to balance with a mag pickup.

  Anyway, while I admit they don’t sound as good as a good set of argintine strings, they are super reliable, they feel great under the hand, they stay in tune and intonate better than the argies, and they are stocked by my local music store. If I have a gig I can throw on the D’addario the day before, or even the day of the gig and I know exactly what they will sound like. With argies you never know what you are going to get. So D’addario is the clear winner for me. Granted Argies have gotten more consistent over the years, maybe they are okay these days, but I went to D’addario years ago and I’ve never been tempted to go back.
• voutoreenie New

  October 27 Posts: 301

  Argies are “great” strings, IF you get a good set, but they are inconsistent. 

  Anecdotally speaking, but I've found that the quality control for Argies has become a lot more consistent ever since they switched from plastic sleeve packaging to the cardboard, certainly with the 11s.
• JSanta NY✭✭✭ Duffell, Gaffiero, AJL

  October 27 Posts: 341

  https://djangobooks.com/forum/discussion/comment/123421#Comment_123421

  Same - I don't know that I've had a dud set in the last 5 years. Or even really a dud string.

  
• Buco NOVA, DCDeity Ivanovski maple/spruce

  October 27 edited October 27 Posts: 5,705

  When it comes to consistency, D'Addario is probably the undisputed market leader. There's a recent issue of Fretboard Journal where they interviewed Jim D'Addario. Super neat guy. I didn't know he was so close with Mario Maccafferi. Mario was one of his biggest mentors and Jim's dad made strings for the plastic ukes that Mario was making, during the company's early days, with the help of aunts and uncles from the family because the order was way more than what their small shop was able to deliver at the time. But, among other interesting things Jim talked about, he said that a lot of his competition orders raw materials from D'Addario because of how consistent it is.

  

  Every note wants to go somewhere-Kurt Rosenwinkel