Electric strings on an acoustic!!!

Adji

earwighoney said:

Adji said:

People either love them, or hate them, rarely an inbetween.

It is very guitar dependant too, as are most strings.

Some people seem to swear by the Daddario Nickel Bronze string sets, but like the Martin Monel strings they seem to be very polar in appreciation.

Btw, there's a very good video about Nick Drake's guitar sound which is a pretty good advert for old/dead Daddario Nickel Bronze strings, they might not sound that 'hifi' but they definitely capture the Nick Drake sound.  From about 2.49 in the video below

One small question @Adji Daddario 85/15's are available to buy from quite a few retailers, but how come they have never been put on the website? They work really for a few guitars, they seem to be the ugly duckling of guitar strings, no one seems to pay them much attention.

Hey man, thanks for the link, watching now.


The 85/15 are a weird one. They are designed for the export market only (i.e. Non-US) and were originally called American Bronze. They were designed to give the 80/20 kind of tone, whilst being more affordable in emerging markets.
They have since developed an audience of their own, as you have experienced, sometimes it really suits a guitar. Honestly though, most people buy them because they are the cheapest D'Addario branded acoustic string.