D'Addario Pro-Arte Composites Lightly Polished Classical Stringsstar rating 5Stevie Garcia IIFebruary 19, 2010I’ve been playing guitar over 13 years and I’ve been studying classical and flamenco for the last 4 years. I use these strings on my 2000 Carlos Pina Flamenco Blanca from Paracho, and 80% of the music I play is Flamenco, in the style of Sabicas, Vicente Amigo, Tomatito, etc. These strings are not the brightest and sharpest I’ve found, but they do cut through suitably for Flamenco. These strings excel in their rich midrange frequencies. They have more tonal character than other strings I’ve tried. The other strings I previously have used such as the La Bella and Salvarez tended to sound a bit brighter (and in the case of the La Bella maybe even thinner tone) than the EJ46LP, and they started dulling out after around 35 hours of playing (normal) and slowly began acquiring more of that dead sound. The EJ46LP did not sound quite as fresh right out of the box (in comparison they sound kind of like someone has already been playing them for about 8 hours) and bright as the other string brands; yet they were still every bit as “alive” and loud. And the great thing is that they stay sounding this way for much longer than other strings. My honest estimate would be that the EJ46LP don’t even begin “dying” till around 150 hours. Most strings go through stages and sound New, then Perfect, then Dulling, then Dead. The EJ46LP are much more consistent in there sound. And with other strings my D string near the 2nd fret comes apart first, with the EJ46LP the D string never comes apart. They also sound great for classical music. My favorite classical guitarist XueFei Yang endorses them, and she has insane tone (Vicente Amigo also uses D’Addario, I just don’t know which ones). By the way I don’t use the special Bronze G string just the normal traditional clear one. Give them a try. :)