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Your cart is empty.D'Addario EJ55 5-string banjo sets are made from plain steel and offer a Phosphor Bronze wound 4th string for a warmer tone. Loop end construction for universal fit. D'Addario banjo strings are trusted by legends like Ralph Stanley, Rob McCoury, Ron Block, Alison Brown, and more, for their authentic tone and reliable performance. They are made from the highest quality plain steel, stainless steel, nickel plated steel and phosphor bronze and available in a wide variety of gauges.
Oliver
2025-08-08 15:48:49
I use the Light gauge set strings with the phosphor bronze wound 4th string. On here they're listed as Custom-Light and incorrectly categorized under Nickel even though the 4th string is bronze. I personally do not enjoy nickel wound 4th strings, I find that they do not have that warm tone I love so much.These strings are great, I go through a set about once a month or so and that's playing every day for at least 20-30 minutes. They stay in tune well. I find that this gauge is slightly smaller than the Ernie Ball frailing strings that I've tried which give it just that little extra when it comes to brightness of tone AND clarity that I'm looking for without sounding muted or dead. I play clawhammer style if that matters.In the year and change I've been playing I've only had two strings snap on me and that was while I was restringing the instrument and I was very new to the instrument as a whole which I attribute the snapping more to my lack of experience at the time then to quality of product. It is important when stringing your instrument to press down on your strings occasionally in between tightening them while tuning to help them stretch in a more gentle fashion when getting up to tune instead of just cranking on the tuner until you reach pitch. Tuning them without that small step makes them more likely to break. Think of it as towing a car, you never just leave the rope loose in between vehicles and suddenly accelerate - that will cause the rope to break almost immediately when it comes under tension. You instead take the slack out and gradually increase tension until you're under load and you're off and rolling.TL:DR Best strings I've found so far though I'm always trying new ones just to see what's out there. Have fun!
rustyboy
2025-07-17 20:17:37
Worked fine. Good price. No problems. 5 Stars.
J
2025-07-03 12:36:13
makes your banjo make banjo noises, 5 strs
keith
2025-07-02 18:56:24
Good sound. Nice strings
Robert Smith
2025-06-15 16:20:06
The color coordination was nice for a beginner
john
2025-05-12 11:05:04
good strings
martin janca
2025-05-07 16:33:41
No problems
roger seckler
2025-04-16 14:44:41
Great strings,great tone.last longer then other strings.
Tomo
2025-03-18 11:44:13
Great tone and nice light string tension for GDAE tuning with 23†scale length.
Fergr
2025-02-07 10:40:08
Es mi primer juego de cuerdas, hacen sonar excelente un banjo de mediano precio
MaurÃcio Fontana Filho
2025-02-02 11:47:45
sim é uma corda de banjo mas eu uso pra limpar as unhas funciona limpinhas
Hugo G.
2025-01-21 19:35:12
La marca es conocida y de prestigio. El envÃo sin reproches.
Pablo Garcia da Costa
2025-01-12 10:30:01
Muito cara. Corda que enferruja muito fácil, mas tem ótima sonoridade e responde bem à afinação.
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