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GHS banjo strings are among the most played in the world. Our PF160 Phosphor Bronze set features specially designed loop ends and an extra long 42" winding to fit a variety of tailpieces and banjos. As always each string features the GHS Lock Twist to ensure your strings stay in tune.
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GHS Strings are manufactured in a state-of-the-art, climate controlled facility using precision equipment and only the purest of materials. When you buy GHS strings you get quality, consistency, lasting intonation and superbly harmonious sound!
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PF160 Set: L11-L13-L16-LB26-L10
Timothy K Piper
2025-08-20 15:31:35
Great sound, proper tension long lasting..
B Customer
2025-08-13 14:08:54
These were everything I hoped for. Will buy again
Darren
2025-07-31 10:47:21
I really like the tone from this combination of gauges. I've always thought 9.5 sounded too tinny. I sometimes have trouble finding these so I usually buy multiple sets at a time.
dig conway
2025-07-27 09:29:19
I definitely like the feel of these strings. They inspire me to play a lot of bending-type licks. They are easy on the finger tips allowing me to play for hours on end at the festivals. I may not play like Earl, JD, or Russ, but I think these strings are wonderful and worth trying.
L. Bullock
2025-07-25 10:29:24
Let me be clear: I purchased the PF 180's which are 011-013-016-024w-010 . The strings themselves are fine, nothing wrong with them. I purchased them to use on a Huber Maple Workhorse. I noticed a distinct downgrade in tone--again, don't get me wrong, they're great strings--and will probably be changing them out for the PF 135 or the J.D. Crowe stage set. What I DO like about these heavier strings is that they sound "true" when you're really digging in to a tune, no "strong presuure" off-tones or the like, but again, the crisp, sparkling sound of the Huber was noticeably diminished, to my ears. So I suppose I'll follow Jack Hatfield's advice and learn not to use more pressure than I actually need to make the chords, runs, etc. I'm going to be experimenting with mdium-lights. If this experiment fails, then I'll just buy my strings from Huber. At 30.00 for six sets for the Workhorse, they'll come close to GHS, cost-wise, anyway. UPDATE: I purchased the J.D. Crowe Stage set and they work great. Not too light, not too heavy. In fact they're really close in size to the HUber strings that came with the workhorse. As far as I'm concerned, I've found my strings (the J.D. Crowe Stage strings) and I'm going to stick with them. By the way, I had three stars for the original review, upped it a star for the Crowe's. No five star review because, hell, nothing's perfect.
Thomas Bordelon
2025-05-07 10:53:05
My $50 Pawn-Jo sounds good and the strings stay in tune. I went to order more and couldn’t find the PF-150’s again though. I had to move up, from them and order the PF-160’s instead. (Which I haven’t needed yet) I like the 150’s just fine. Too bad. I did find a different shipper that had a set but at twice the price. No thanks gouger.
Richard Hass
2025-04-01 12:36:32
Following reading the Scruggs book where, despite folks saying he used light strings, he asserts that mediums are better. I assume for Scruggs, mediums were more like these medium lights. I know he had his own signature strings, but those came out much later than his landmark recordings, so I tried these. They're great, not hard to bend / pull-off / hammer-on, and not floppy at all. If you dig in when you play, don't want spaghetti or lead pipes as strings, these are perfect.
S. C. Ray
2025-03-15 17:04:57
These are the only banjo strings I let near my Frank Neat RB-75 clone.
Paul Mungar
2025-01-31 21:25:31
Long lasting and sound great.
Ashlee Miller
2025-01-26 17:49:22
Very good product
EM
2025-01-02 18:26:46
Very easy on the fingers
Paul Rosart
2024-12-14 12:08:00
Easy to find what I was looking for
BRB
2024-11-26 13:25:14
These strings have great tone and are good value for money
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