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GHS Vintage Bronze w/ Atkin 47 report
For anyone looking to take a bit of higher end off your acoustic tone, I wanted to report my observations playing with the GHS Vintage Bronze strings.
My 47 was a little "sparklier" than I wanted with the recommended Elixers. I tried several alternatives over the last year including d'darrio XS, XT, and the good ole EJ 16's - all of which exhibited the similar tonal character in the upper frequencies. I read on the AGF that the GHS Bronze might tame some of what I was hearing and super happy to report that they do. Thanks to the OP or subsequent poster who made the suggestion. They sound great on the Atkin!
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I also use those on my 000e, but also try a set of SB112 spectrums. I love the way sprectrums sound on my hog Atkins after about 2 weeks.
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GHS Vintage Bronze w/ Atkin 47 report
I have used the GHS Vintage Bronze strings on a number of my guitars. They do work quite well on guitars that have a bright edge that a player may want to tame. Happy to hear that they are working for you.
Best, Jayne |
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GHS has some great strings. Always felt they were more underrated than they deserve.
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For those interested, a couple online string retailers have these at less than 6.00 per set.
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I’ve moved on from John Pearse and Daddarios for GHS.
The Vintage bronze are perfect and as a backup I use their PBs. Excellent tone, price and feel IMO
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This has been my experience as well. I embarked on a massive string test to tame the high-end sizzle of my IRIS DF sinker and the GHS Vintage Bronze were the best. Monel strings were also very good but they produce a metallic 'clink' when playing with a pick that drove me nuts, worse than the high-end sizzle.
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I also like the GHS vintage bronze. Put a set on my Eastman E1OM about a month ago and just today put a set on my Iris RCM-000. So far so good.
Jay |
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I am gonna try some on my Hummingbird Avant guard that normally has Retros on it.
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I tried the Vintage Bronze on a whim and now I'm a fan. I use them on my 00 and my parlour, to give these guitars a more rounded and manageable sound.
And they are such a good price relative to some of the boutique string brands! |
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GHS Silk and Bronze are also extraordinary strings.
They have a soft tone without being dull and are effortless to fret. Think old fashion "Cowboy Guitar" sound. My next stop is Vintage Bronze. |
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I've been using GHS strings ever since they quit building the Masterbuilt strings for Gibson.
80/20 for years, but switched to the Vintage Bronze in the last year or so. Huge GHS fan. |
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I forgot about these. I tried some years ago on my now gone OM18V. They were too mellow for that guitar, but might be the ticket for my Iris JB. I currently have some Curt Mangan round core PB's on it. I like them, but if the GHS work as well, at a lower price, it seems like a no brainer.
Thanks for posting Waterlooz.
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interesting
That's good to know. On the strength of these posts, I've just ordered a pair of sets ... from the US (even with VAT to be added by the post office here, it's still about 25% cheaper than from Amazon here in the UK). I'm not in a rush and the price difference will fund a bottle of wine
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They sound interesting, I'm going to check them out! Thanks! I just put a set of Martin SP Flexible Core (Tommy Emmanual sig) on my Waterloo and really liking them. Besides the sound, the playability is noticeable easier. Just had them a day, see what I think over long run. I was done with the Retro sound, looking for more PB kind of thing. I'll add a set of GHS Vintage to my basket!
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