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D'Addario EJ55 Phosphor Bronze 5-String Banjo Strings, Medium, 10-23

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Great sounding and good resonance. Softer, less metal sounding and very playable.

These are my go-to strings on my tenor banjo. Hold their tuning initially and later. It is important to press down on your strings occasionally in between tightening them while tuning to help them stretch in a more gentle fashion when getting up to tu... Read More

Cons

They are inexpensive but the first string i tried to put on the loop end came undone before i even put pressure on the string. Breaks at the loop. D'addario is a good name, but lately i've had trouble with the 2nd string breaking at the tuner shaft of... Read More

No bueno. No bargain at any price.

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Quality

The immediately improved the sound of my banjo, and were much brighter and had more volume than the original strings.

They have always proven to be of good quality.

The 4th string (the wound one) broke while installing.

The bend messed up the flow of the string around the peg, and left a slight bulge.

Price

Great strings for the price i paid on black friday.

Great value, i bought a couple more sets.

Purchased 2 for the almost normal price found at other online retailers.

As a cellist i was gritting my teeth to have to replace strings (cello strings are $80-$100 each) but thank the lord that banjo... Read More

Shipping

These strings arrived quickly and installed easily.

Competitiveness

5” martin tenor guitar with the 12-36 irish tenor banjo strings in gdae will be about 25% less compared to the standard 10-36 t... Read More

The only acceptable set i’ve found are the john pearse irish tenor guitar 13-40 set, which should give you roughly equivalent t... Read More

Overview

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good, great, broke, tenor and set.

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Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 4,940 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 23 2024.