D’Addario EFT13 Flat Tops Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings, Resophonic Guitar, 16-56
D’Addario Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings
Your strings matter. D’Addario’s Phosphor Bronze acoustic guitar strings are engineered to serve as the critical link between you and your guitar. Our most popular acoustic guitar strings, EJ’s are precision wound with corrosion resistant Phosphor Bronze onto a carefully drawn, hexagonally shaped, high carbon steel core. The result is long lasting, bright sounding tone with excellent intonation.
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View larger Anatomy of a D’Addario Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar String
Three components of a D’Addario guitar string work together to create your desired tone: Hex-core, outer wrap wire, and ball-end. It all starts with the core. D’Addario pioneered the use of the Hex Core, and as the name suggests, it is a six-sided high carbon steel core-wire. Each side “bites” into the wire used for the outer winding, creating a tight and consistent bond that keeps the string in tune from end to end. The final component is a D’Addario exclusive: color-coded ball-ends that secure the string in place at the guitar’s bridge, allowing for easy string identification and a major reduction in wasteful packaging.
Phosphor Bronze
92% copper and 8% tin with phosphorous, introduced to string making by D’Addario in 1974 as the first “extended life” strings. Phosphor Bronze is synonymous with warm, bright, and well balanced acoustic tone.
Round Wound
The most popular and universal construction, Round Wound strings deliver the traditional textured feel most players are familiar and comfortable with.
The Player’s Choice
Ideal for the widest variety of guitars and musical styles, D’Addario acoustic strings are the choice of countless professionals around the world including Dave Matthews, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Blake Shelton, Ryan Adams, and many more!
View larger The D’Addario Difference
It all starts with our exclusively engineered and built string winding machines. There is literally nothing like a D’Addario string machine. The combination of the most advanced computer-controlled winding technology and stringent incoming wire inspection delivers unmatched consistency, string after string, set after set. Our passion for and commitment to environmentally responsible packaging and raw materials fuels our continued innovation. Last but not least, every D’Addario string is made in the USA, ensuring the highest quality and performance.
Product Features
- Designed and gauged for Resophonic guitar
- Smooth, flattened playing surface, superb tone and sustain associated with phosphor bronze strings
- Corrosion resistant packaging for strings that are always fresh
- Made in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance
- String Gauges: Plain Steel .016, .019 Phosphor Bronze .028, .036, .044, .056
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There are better options. There are better options. I really like D’Addario’s and use them in several applications. These are my first experience with Flat Tops, trying to be flat wound strings with acoustic. I love flats on electrics, especially chromes on electric Bass. They allow a different type of playing experience. However, for acoustic experience and tone they fall a bit “flat”. They sound really nice when you first put them on and have a great flat wound feel. The tone dulls out too soon and they…
Great Strings For Recording and Eliminating String Noise These are some of my favorite strings. The people complaining about them don’t understand their intended use. These strings are for recording. They nearly eliminate string noise. They have a very smooth feel. If you are putting a mic on your guitar, this doesn’t pick up that awful squeak that bright strings can.Do these strings last for months? No. They don’t. Do they give you about the best recorded sound possible? Yes, in my opinion. They are not the strings I would put…
Sounds fantastic