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Old 08-29-2012, 05:27 PM
DCannon DCannon is offline
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Originally Posted by Glennwillow View Post
Hi DCannon,

Interesting observations about the Adamas 1818E and John Pearse 600L strings. I agree that the Adamas strings feel soft; they work well for me for fingerstyle playing but I can see where they would not be at their best for strumming. And I can see the Adamas strings feeling even softer in DADGAD.

The John Pearse strings are very solid sounding strings, and I think they are more of a "general purpose" string. Glad you've discovered some new possibilities!

- Glenn
Hi Glenn,
Yes, the Adamas were okay for fingerpicking light, pretty music, but I found the JP to be even better for fingerpicking as well as strumming, and truly an "all-around" quality set of strings that perform very well in DADGAD. I also found the Adamas a bit more difficult to keep in tune and they just never sounded solidly in tune as a "set". Hard to explain, but I was always tweaking a string here and there, and it was like I was playing six individual strings that weren't working together as a set. Again, hard to explain. But not so with the JP, which sound solidly in tune as a set, working very well together. Excellent strings.

Denny
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