Name: Gingold Date: 2-25-09 Review: John Pearse 600L Rating you give the John Pearse strings: 4 - Highly recommend it
Likes: Consistently great sound, long life (if treated right), very nice company.
Dislikes: None to speak of. I did find one package of medium gauge strings marked as light gauge, but the company responded by sending me a few replacement sets free of charge.
Additional Comments: I have been playing for over 25 years and while I have not tried a lot of different strings through the years (I tend to stay with one brand for a long time) I have tried D'Addario and Dean Markley. I can say that John Pearse 600L's outshine them.
Forum username: BluegrassPicker Date: 2/8/2008 Review: John Pearse Strings Rating you give the John Pearse strings: 5 - Best thing I ever played
Likes: Best strings on the market. Overall A++ rating. Not the brightness that many strings overwhelm you with.
Dislikes: None. Mediums (which I play) may be difficult for some to play.
Name: Judy Date: May 31, 2007 Review: John Pearse Phosphor Bronze Rating you give the John Pearse guitar strings: 1 - Save your money
Like about the John Pearse Phosphor Bronze strings: Absolutely nothing.
Dislike about the John Pearse strings: These were quite possibly one of the worst phosphor bronze strings I have ever encountered. Only the Rotosound Jumbo Kings rate as the ultimate worst guitar strings I have ever used to date & they came off after 1 hour of play. These Pearse's lacked brightness and were very mid-rangey. They reminded me of slightly-worn strings and made my D-28 sound like nothing special. Rather than buy another guitar, I removed these strings after 4 hours of playing. I could't take it anymore. They are also quite stiff (compared to the D'Addario Phosphor Bronze) and seem to add more string tension. Volume, bass and projection were abysmal in relation to other well-known brands like the SP Marquis and D'Addarios. If you really want to do a head trip on someone while playing decently on a nice guitar, tell them you are using these strings and they will be lost or confused forever wondering what is wrong with technique or instrument.
Additional Comments: These were an .013 medium gauge set.
Name: Reed Date: 05-26-07 Review: John Pearse 700M Rate the John Pearse phosphor bronze strings: 2 - Did the job nothing special
Like about the John Pearse pb strings: Got them as a free sample from a friend who switched brands.
Dislike about the JP phosphor bronze strings: Found them to be a bit on the stiff side compared to other .013 PBs (e.g. D'Addario/GHS/Martin SP).
Additional Comments: Warm PB tonalities; wounds not as bright as the SPs or GHS PBs.
Name: Ernie D Date: 3/29/2007 Review: John Pearse Phosphor Bronze 600L Rating you give the John Pearse Phosphor Bronze 600L Strings: 4 - Highly recommend it
Like about the JP Phos Bronze 600L Strings: I like the longevity of these strings. I don't break as many and they don't go dead as quick as some I've used.
Dislike about the John Pearse Strings: What dislikes?
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