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Pros

D'addario half rounds are great! Plugged into the house p a, no one seems to notice. Like using metallic brake pads and wear on the rotors. Overall, this set is an excellent choice for a jaguar.

These half rounds are sonically quite similar to nickel wounds. Great sound, not as shrill as round wounds or ernie's. Minimal string noise of a flat wound and the brightness of round wounds.



Cons

This is very disappointing. Sorry, all you d'addario-faithful, elixir-hating folks, just my opinion.

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Quality


I was never a fan of flat wounds, but these strings, half-rounds, give me a bit smoother feel with the same bright sound as a r...  Read More


Especially with the hot pickups these days.


I had an issue with another guitar of mine with the same type of string only they were not half rounds but regular wound.

Shipping


Also, the free return shipping, on most orders, ain't bad!

Competitiveness


Much more comfortable and lower-tension than flatwounds i think.


I picked these to restring a baby alvarez for the price and gauges.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, set, wound, half and round.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,407 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 18 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You need 12s at a minimum to use the mute feature on the jaguar


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Not worth my effort returning wrong ones


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I found the lower 3 strings on the 942 set cause fret buzz at least on my guitars


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    They are grippy and it feels like theyre almost sticky


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The media could not be loaded


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had tried using flatwounds and while comfortable they cut my tone and volume significantly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you like that bluesy srvhendrix tone but don’t want to use brutal


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If you like the sonic character of nickel wound strings but not the rough feel of the wound strings then get these half rounds

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