John Pearse Strings® 600L For Acoustic Guitar - Phosphor Bronze Wound - Light Gauge 12-53

Love these strings. My guild M50 sounded noticeably different with these uncoated strings. More depth and guts! They may not last as long as the coated dadarrio’s but I’ll take that.

Amazing strings, I use these on my Taylor 314, and they absolutely sing. Amazing clarity, projection and responsiveness. Really bring out the bass in guitar, and balance out the treble. I've tried Elixir HD, D' Addarios and Martins (Martin PB 13-54 were my go to before John Pearse), but none have come close to sounding as good. They're very bright to begin with but mellow quite quickly and stay in the 'played in mellow, but not dead' area for quite a while, which I love. They won't last as long as coated strings, but they're not as expensive and no doubt that they will sound 5x better IMO. Whether or not it's worth having to send £7-9 every other month or so (how long they tend to last me) for these, rather than buying £15 coated strings to last a few months longer, is up to you. But I would urge anyone to give these a go on their next string change, I did and I will doubt I'll use any other strings now. These have really made me love my instrument that little bit more.

Good strings great sound

Since I have seen pretty good reviews of these strings on guitar forums, I thought I would give them a go. Compared to EXP16 these sound quite loud and have a better tone. They do seem to have a bit more tension also. What was a bit dissapointing, was that they started to get tarnished quite quickly. After about 20 hours of playing, they look trashed even after regular cleaning including the base strings. They still sound good and not dull, but slides get difficult because of the tarnishing. I don't have this corrosive effect on other strings, so maybe we are just chemically incompatible. Compared to coated strings these are not economically for me given the price. I will be back to the coated strings, which are still in good shape after 100 hours of playing.

A great set of strings. If the slightly light versions of these are good enough for James Taylor then they're good enough for me.😅

Great strings

All 6 strings have been used and put back in the packet. Too late to return them ( my fault tbf. I should have checked them sooner)

In a word - transformational - in both sound and playability. I'm another convert from Elixir Nanoweb Coated strings (that Taylor recommend for their 314ce). I have always used Elixirs and they are far from bad strings but these are in a different league. Taylor guitars do have a bright sound (part of their appeal) but the JPs seem to offset this a little as the bass punches through that little bit more. Quite how these will fare in the wearability stakes I'm not too sure, but so far they are holding both tone and tune well; so long as you take care to fit them properly. If you keep the guitar in a case (as I do) and do a little after-practice care in the form of a wipe down of the strings it will probably help extend the life a bit. These sound particularly good played finger style in my view, I could never express or project notes played on the bass strings as well with the Elixirs. Make the switch, you really won't be disappointed.