80/20, phosphor bronze or coated: choosing acoustic strings
The acoustic string wall is a bad place to make a decision. Twenty near-identical packages, all promising warmth and brightness in the same breath, and no way to try one. But the choice collapses into two questions that have nothing to do with tone woods or marketing copy: what alloy is wrapped round the core, and how often do you actually pick the guitar up? The alloy is the real fork in the road Every standard acoustic set has a steel core. What differs is … Read the article
