La Bella 710L Silk and Steel Acoustic Guitar Strings Lightstar rating 5Reginald BoydJune 30, 2010I have been using Martin's Silk and Steel strings, and was very satisfied with them. I then tried them on a guitar - Oscar Schmidt OG 8S. The Martins did not give enough bottom end to the guitar. I then tried D'Addario, same issue. Although these strings worked grate on other guitars, I wanted to stay with Silk and Steel. Then I noticed that the La Bella's had a heavier bottom E string. It turned out to be just what I needed. The tone is very sweet. The strings are very responsive to my style of rhythm playing. I would recommend them highly.
La Bella 710L Silk and Steel Acoustic Guitar Strings Lightstar rating 5Jack StanleyMarch 10, 2010I started using La Bella Silk and Steel's on Gibson Hummingbird about 35 years ago and continue to do so to this day. I tried Martin's a couple of times with unsatifactory results (poor tone and short life) and have simply never found anything else capable of giving such sweet voice to my ol' Gibson.