D'AddarioGuitar Strings - Folk Nylon Guitar Strings - EJ32 Classical Guitar Strings - Nylon Core, Ball End - Silver Plated Wrap, Black Nylon Trebles

I've been playing for over 30 years and recommend these for any beginner on acoustic guitar. I have a couple of guitars and keep one strung with these type nylon strings. They are softer on the finger tips and provide a warm sound. great for practice, but may not be the best for performance - just depending on how you are picking up the sound.

Fixed up an old classical guitar, and needed new strings. These are great. Love the sound of black nylon personally, and D'Addario is a great brand. No complaints. Holds tune, sounds great.

Good strings these strings have a better stretch and a much better sound, no finger squeaks going up and down the fretboard.

No one string is best for all guitars or players. We all know that right?Ok, so I wanted to try these out as they sounded like they would be right for me.I have an old late 70s Hondo guitar. Great little classical guitar designed for beginners (which is me).These strings suit it quite well and are excellent quality.I love the gauge of the strings. The diameters are larger than the strings they replaced (Ernie Balls) and I think the bass strings are perfect for a classical acoustic guitar. I actually prefer the thinner trebles to these, but in ratio to each other the set feels good.The strings are very light tension though. That is good if you want something softer on the fingers, but I actually think it is harder to hold because of the thickness of the string vs the tension they are under. It probably isn't anything good or bad, just me needing to get used to it more.Speaking of light tension though, be careful stringing your guitar. I broke my E string by being stupid and tightening it too much. Then a day later the e string snapped. I chock that up to my error, and not a reflection of the string quality, but I was having a hard time tuning it right.Tuning of these has been a bit of a pain. It was very hard for me to get the initial tune. Then once I did, the strings need to be constantly re-tuned. This is normal, but I think it feels a bit excessive for these. Specifically the e and G strings have been pesky. The first string has been double the joy since it snapped and I replaced it (so started the break in process all over again). My G string could be my guitar. While nothing is wrong with my guitar, the G has always been a little finicky. I think that is just amplified with these particular strings.My only other critique of the strings themselves would be they are noisy. Since the bass strings are nice and thick, and also uncoated, they scream out as you slide your fingers across them. I don't actually mind that too much for my play style and skill level, but I know a lot of people hate that.Other than that I think these have a terrific sound.The sound is distinctly different than most strings I have heard. It seems cleaner, but not sharper.They ring out very loudly, which is great for my play style (finger picking/strumming). Strumming with a pick is ridiculously loud. Mind you, I don't have a large body guitar so the acoustics are not amplified very much on a normal basis. But with these strings it really helps the sound amplify and carry.These string are not right for everybody. I'm sure there are those guitars that the strings just don't sound right on, but I really think they have a good feel and sound for a classical guitar so they are definitely worth a try. I love them and am not sorry I bought them.

easy to play

Good. Normal tension.

I hadn’t seen anyone post a photo with the gold strings so this is what they look like! Beautiful and sounds great.

Just like few others reported, the high E string popped all by itself while guitar was hanging by itself in a climate controlled sound studio. Same exact thing happened again on second set. First one was silver plated version second was 80/20 bronze version but the nylon strings are probably identical. Both times strings broke near soundhole after about 3-4 weeks of light to moderate use on Yamaha NTX1. Can't imagine what if any misuse took place, simply playing mostly fingerpicking and if they break while guitar is not used... That's not a good sign to me. Otherwise the tone and ease of use rest ringing a guitar is great just had to do it twice several weeks apart, so thank god for ball ends. So if you don't mind having to change strings often these are good sounding strings. I would still buy them if their tone suits your music.