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*almost* a replacement for D'Addario EZ-920,
October 12, 2009 rg61 (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dean Markley VintageBronze ML 2004 Acoustic Guitar Strings (.012-.054) (Electronics)
I don't particularly like bright sounding strings, and I have caustic hands, so I much prefer Vintage Bronze (an 85/15 mix) to the more common 80/20 bronze formulation. 85/15 bronze strings wear well, and sound good until they're well & truly 'dead'.
I also really like the feel of this Medium-Light (ML) set, .012 to .054.
EXCEPT ... why Dean Markley chose a .015 for this set's B-string is baffling. The .015 is ANEMIC compared to the 5 other strings of this set. It's not just me -- most vendors' *light* gauge sets usually employ a .016 B (as did the late lamented D'Addario EZ-920 -- and, as long as we're picking nits, I do miss the color-coded ball ends of the D'Addario. Tho' all-brass ends are probably 'greener' than plastic).
I contacted Dean Markley to inquire about custom sets -- no response. So, for each set of ML 2004 that I buy, I also get a single .016 B string. <sigh> Inelegant, but it works.
So, in sum, a fine set of strings...Read more
Good string from a reliable Brand,
October 20, 2011 Tae Chang - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dean Markley VintageBronze ML 2004 Acoustic Guitar Strings (.012-.054) (Electronics)
I use Dean Markley on all my guitars. I'm just a recreational player so a set of a string last a long time. Even after a year, there's no rust or degradation of sound quality. Lite gauge that I like tend to stretch a little over time so I tried medium gauge and so far no noticeable stretching or change in tone. Overall a solid string.
Doesn't last, could be my fault though,
May 31, 2011 Henry Cheng - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dean Markley VintageBronze ML 2004 Acoustic Guitar Strings (.012-.054) (Electronics)
These strings are great when I put them on my Breedlove Atlas, sounds bright and different from the popular phosphorous bronze strings.
It works great and sounds right; however, after I applied GHS fast-fret onto the strings, I feel there's something different about the strings, it becomes dull and kind of sticky feeling, not as bright and fresh as it used to be. After couple days, the strings are just dead. It lost it's bright color and the tone was just muddy with no high's and no definition on the low's, basically a corroded, dead strings' feeling.
As a comparison, the fast-fret works great with my MXR and Elixir phosphorous bronze, so imo it's not likely to be the fast-fret's problem.
It may be my fault to put string oil on it, but I'm not so sure if that's really the problem.
Anyways, if by any chance I need to use them again(during emergence situation i guess), I would leave it w/out the string oil and come back for more reviews.
