Phil O'Keefe 12,612 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I've been a coated string guy for several years because I kill regular strings pretty fast... but I had the opportunity to try out a set of SonoTone Vintage Strings, and I was surprised by them. In what ways? For that, you'll have to check out my review... As always, if you have any questions, or comments about SonoTone's Vintage Strings, please feel free to post them here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members gardo 694 Posted November 27, 2019 Members Share Posted November 27, 2019 You are correct that the biggest challenge may be convincing guitarists to try them Honestly ,if I buy premium strings I'll be looking at Thomastik-Infeld because of past experience Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members DeepEnd 2,897 Posted November 27, 2019 Members Share Posted November 27, 2019 maplebaby posted about their acoustic strings back in April, 2018. The general response was a chorus of pooh poohs. YMMV. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members zombiwoof 0 Posted November 29, 2019 Members Share Posted November 29, 2019 I'd be interested in the Sonocore Round Wound Pure Nickel Round Core strings if they'd offer them in "rock" gauges. I may buy a 12-54 set, throw out the 54, move them over one spot and put a 10 on the high E, that would be a good set. That's what a lot of player used to do with the old Gibson Sonomatic 340 sets in the old days to make a rock gauge set. To me, the vintage string sound is pure nickel round core. Al Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Members jtr654 132 Posted November 29, 2019 Members Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) Sonomatics is what I used threw out the D string the gauges were 10/13/17/28/44/56. They stayed in tune better than normal light gauged strings. Modern guitars bridges/tail pieces wouldn't take the 56 so iwent down to 10/13/17/28/40/52. Oh yeah $19+ for a set of strings NO WAY. Edited November 29, 2019 by jtr654 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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