CleartonePhosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings (10-47)

Great strings, fast shipping. I recommend this seller

This is my second purchase of these strings and the first time I purchased them from Amazon. I'd give them 5 stars, but compared to other premium strings they're a bit pricey. As far as quality goes though, these are top notch strings. While the type of strings are very much a matter of preference for practically all musician's, I can say that these strings have a couple of good qualities. They produce as billed, a bright, loud and clear tone, that lasts a long time compared to other premium strings. I found that these kept their tone and brightness a bit longer to my old brand, and did not drop off in sound quality for quite a while. While I never experienced "flakes" with the other coated strings I used regularly, I had no problems with corrosion with these Cleartone strings. I do enjoy the louder and crisper sounds that these strings produce, even enough to pay about 1.5 times the price of my old brand. I guess the proof of how much I like these strings is explained by the fact that while I still have another new set of my old branded strings, I waited until I received these that I ordered from Amazon before I changed my old pair.

I just want to start out by saying that these are good quality guitar strings. However, for the price of them I do have to say there are some equal alternatives. To start, these guitar strings are overpriced as I have said. Also they do not last as long as other guitar strings that I have used. In the past, I have tried many types of coated guitar strings, from D'Addario to Elixirs, and I stumbled upon to these Cleartone's which apparently were "all the rave" (or atleast on the internet) so I decided to try a set out. I use lights, always have. My latest pair of EXP16's lasted for about 6 months (probably would have lasted longer but sound quality was starting to take a dive), and that was with no less than 10 hours a week of playtime (I lead worship at my church so that is only band practice and the sunday services). These Cleartone's I have used for just over a month now and there is already corrosion showing up on my strings, and I can here a VAST difference from when they were first put on. Again, these guitar strings sounded GREAT when they were first put on, with awesome tone and sustain. But they do not last as long as others. Try em out, what do you got to lose if your interested. But don't think they will knock your socks off.

I just threw a set of 13s on a '76 Guild F50. Can't tell they're coated in feel or sound, they're fairly bassy and they're not overly bright making them a perfect match for a maple guitar. Also, did I mention that they are LOUD? Because these strings are much louder than the old strings (granted they were old, but I've never heard anywhere close to this level of volume increase with a new set).Given my impressions on maple, they might not be my first choice for a rosewood Martin for example although I'm not saying not to try it either.How long they last or refrain from flaking is to be seen, but my initial impression is great! I will come back and update my review should I have any of the above later.

i usually use these on my electric guitar and there great , i didn't think about ever trying to use them on acoustic but i thought id give them a try, well i first i thought they were a little bright sounding compared to adarios, they also felt a little thinner then 10"s, but the more i played them the sound seem to bring in a nice tone after the strings settled in, very nice i think im gonna run with these for awhile and see how long they hold together as far as tone, great handling, nice and smooth moving up and down the neck. id give them a true run before really jugging them but for right now i think there fantastic.

These strings are great, they last a lot longer than Elixirs, at least for my somewhat aggressive flatpicking style, which can be hard on the coatings, and they sound and feel closer to regular non-coated strings - so much so that it can come as a bit of a surprise. I am using these on both my Gibson songwriter and my Taylor 814ce. So far I like them better on the Gibson which I tend to flatpick more often, still not sure how I like them on the Taylor which I tend to play more fingerstyle on. They work and sound great of course, but they do sound quite different to elixirs and for some folks it may take some getting used to after years of using elixirs exclusively.

I really like the strings. Plus, I have a friend that plays in bands a lot and he aimed me at them. He loves them and says they're better than any other coated/treated string.I'm mostly just writing this review to give warning about the Amazon listing. Currently, the product photo shows .012 to .054 and the main title at the top of the webpage says "Light Gauge." If you scroll down though, the "Item model number" is different. It says ".011 to .052 Custom Light/7411." When you order that is the weight you'll receive. The package I got was model 7411 and is labled "extra light." The third party dealer said he had another package that was also 7411 and they were "custom light." Anyway, these are NOT lights. They're extra lights. They are not what is pictured or listed in the main title.

I've been using Cleartone 80/20 guitar strings for years. They really hold up well and truly sound like uncoated strings. I just tried their phosphor/bronze strings on my 1955 Martin D18 and I will be buying these from now on. I absolutely love the sound. Old D18's tend to be very bright, which I like, but these strings mellow the sound a little and seem to draw out the bass notes to match the beautiful trebles giving a better balanced overall sound.

Sounds amazing. Worth the price for me, I had to try several different strings before figuring this was the OG.No other strings compared, I loved the OG but had to replace it as it got old. Never looking for another string! I swear by this. 5/5

Very nice crisp sound on my Taylor.

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very satisfied would buy again

はじめてクリアトーンの弦をGibsonのラウンドショルダーと、Martinのスモールボディ、12Fジョイントモデルに使ってみました。他のメーカの弦は何度も使っていますが、このクリアトーンの弦は楽器との相性が顕著に判る感じで、Gibsonの方は期待以上にGibsonらしい音で鳴りましたが、Martinの方は12Fジョイントモデル特有の豊で柔らかい鳴りがイマイチ感じられなくなりました。楽器の個体差も有るかもしてませんが、他社のフォスファーブロンズと比べてもう少しブロンズ寄りな特性なのかもしれません。テンションに関しては他のメーカーの同じゲージと比べて若干テンション高いかな？程度のフィーリングは有ります。残念ながら36％Louderとの謳い文句は顕著に感じることは出来ませんでした…コーティングの感じはフィンガリング時には全く感じませんし、出音もコーティング無しの音と然程変わらない印象です。3-5xLongerはもう少し時間が経って再度レビューに追加しようと思っています。最後に私が感じたこのクリアトーン弦注意点を…各弦のボールエンドがまるでダダリオ製の弦で有るかのような色使いで塗り分けて有ります。最初に開封して“コレってダダリオのOEM製品？？”と思った程同じ感じの色使いだっったので、“こりゃ同じ順番だよな！”とロクに説明も読まず使い慣れタダリオの色順に張ろうしてたら“アレ？何か違う？？”と感じ、不安になり再度パッケージの説明を見ると、色と弦の組み合わせがダダリオとは違っていました…　　紛らわしい色使いですのでくれぐれもご注意を！勝手な思い込みは禁物ですネ。2017/9/28　追記：弦の耐久性についてですが、家で1H/日程度弾いて1ヶ月経過した時点では、プレーン弦（1.2弦）も含めて気になるほどの音質の低下は感じられません。検証楽器はライブとかに持ち出しは無かったので条件は良かったとは思いますが、他社ノンコーティング弦と比べて少なくとも2x以上は耐久性が有るように思います。