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Your cart is empty.Made with a full steel core and nickel winding, Red Label Strings provide excellent tonal quality and dependability. Economical, durable, and recommended by teachers everywhere, Red Label Strings are a great choice for beginner and advancing students.
invisible
2025-08-16 12:35:41
These are steel cored strings and I've found they give the classic postwar (post WWII) sound that you'll hear in most of the fiddle recordings of the 50s though 80s. Steel actually started back in the early 1900s, so you'll also hear it on recordings from the time.Steel sounds clearer, less complex and a violinist might ague that it sounds thin. Maybe they're right in an orchestra, but playing with guitars, banjos, mandolins, a fiddler needs to ring through to be heard.Some of the popular fiddle strings like Black Diamonds sound harsher, with a scratchy sound which to my ear reduces the fiddle to sounding like it is made from a cigar box. Not these. Even my newest fiddle, a 1920's German one, sounds good with them. One of my older ones is in restoration now and I can't wait to try them on it.Other considerations: Putting these strings on it pays to be gentle. I've broken them as often as other brands. Also, remember that there are nickel windings on the wound strings. If the user has a "metal allergy" that can prove to be a nickel allergy so it might be a good idea to go with a different formulation. Some fiddlers tend to play with more rosin. I'm one of them and use a lot of it. I find that these flat wound strings don't retain as much rosin as wire wrapped, but don't tear up the bow hair as much so I think that to be a fair trade off.Edited a year later to add that I still think these are good strings for that classic old recording style fiddle sound of my old $2 fiddles but are clearly inadequate for my luthier-made fiddle. For that one I’ve switched to synthetic strings with a plated E string. Edited again to add that surprisingly that particular fiddle does better with a steel cored A string than a synthetic one so I am playing it with a Red Label A string, which really brings out the tone! (Tonica G and D, Oliv E and the Red Label A!)
ChitownCiao
2025-08-01 15:37:55
This was a good price for a single string. The sound is OK. Usually I buy dominant strings, but for 1/2 size violin for a beginner I didn't notice too much of a difference.
Yoguy G.
2025-07-15 13:59:57
Llego en perfectas condiciones solo me falta probarlas
Sabrina
2025-06-28 19:04:21
Got this as part of a gift for my son waiting for his other gift that this will go with. But it is as was expected.
WaveRider
2025-06-27 14:58:35
Strings came intact and on time. String set is very sturdy and maybe not as high quality as the more expensive sets. But for me being a non-violin player, I believe they suit the purpose for a student violin for my very young children. Very simple to install by myself. I simply followed instructions I found on the Internet and the string set held up quite nicely given the fact that I have never done this before. Once on and tuned (I have an electronic tuner as well as being a trumpet player myself), I was able to tune the violin and strings without difficulty. Strings held up well during the tuning process. I recommend this item especially for starter violins/student needs. Higher quality strings may be more suitable for more seasoned students or even my children once they get more involved with violin. Great product and highly recommended.
Chelsea Brown
2025-05-30 16:14:48
This brand was recommended by my daughter’s violin instructor. They seems to work well. Sound quality is great. Violin seems to stay tuned better with these new strings. Color as expected.
Linda Creglow
2025-05-08 13:00:54
These are the strings required by my daughter's mariachi program. She has been using this brand for the last three years. They last as long as your child doesn't ridiculously over tighten them. If so, they eventually grow out of that.
eric
2025-03-17 10:02:13
I am a beginner with the violin but these strings are way better than the strings that came with the violin.Would recommend to anyone trying to learn.
Golden oldies
2025-02-06 09:36:59
Not worth what I paid for👎
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