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Warm Tone
Customers are extremely satisfied with the warm tone produced by these D'Addario XL Chromes Electric Guitar Strings, describing it as rich, full, mellow, and perfect for jazz music. Some customers have noted that the strings initially have a bright treble but settle down after a few days to provide a well-balanced tone. The strings are also praised for their smooth feel and ease of playability, making them a popular choice among intermediate and advanced players.
Mellow Sound
Customers highly praise the mellow tone of these guitar strings, which is a preferred choice for jazz-style playing according to some. The strings hold their tuning well and have a polished ultra-smooth feel.
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Quality
Excellent quality strings great sound highly recommended
Good strings very good quality would highly recommend for electric guitar , very smooth and quiet , nice all round tone .
Gone is the scratchy fret noise you get with roundwound strings, and in its place you get a smooth glide under your fingers as ... Read More
These lovely flatwounds got rid of all all that string noise completely.
Price
Good value for moneymy partner will only use these strings cause he’s picky with guitar strings and he was made up to find thes... Read More
The value of this can’t be understated - a guitar fitted with flatwound strings is simply much easier to play if you’re an inte... Read More
I don’t think i’ll be going back, despite the extra cost.
They cost much more than i would normally pay for guitar strings, but i feel i've effectively got a new guitar for well shy of £20.
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, good, smooth, down and wound. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 3,933 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 1 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have a new gretsch 5420 deep archbody rockabilly style quitar and i thought i would try chrome flatwounds for a change
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Just downtune them if they are too taught as flatwounds carry more tension than squeaky roundwounds
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They cost much more than i would normally pay for guitar strings but i feel ive effectively got a new guitar for well shy of £20
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Got these to try something new very strange initially and quite heavy but nice tone for rhythm
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I think these are probably really great but the problem is i’m finding them very strange having never played flat wounds before
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I also think they might be a bit on the heavy side for me too though maybe i just need to persevere a bit longer to adjust to them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Probably not the most helpful review i think it might just be a case of getting used to them otherwise i would probably be more positive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If i struggle might go for the extra light 10s and if that doesn’t help will have to seek out a round wound that works well for jazz
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