D'Addario EJ81 Irish Bouzouki Strings

I would recommend these OUD strings. D'Addario have a well deserved reputation for producing quality strings. I foolishly bought another brand and tone was no where near these.

The tone, the sound, the volume, everything about these strings have drastically improved the sound quality of my oud. I'm in love with these strings! Will defiantly be using these going forward

Good strings however, though theses are 80/20 which are used for a Tenor guitar these are only tuned for CGDA. Not GDAE which is the normal tuning. Though it played my tunes it didn’t have that warm sound that GDAE have. So I have re-ordered my usual string John Pearson 80/20.

They are great dulcimer strings.

I'm sure there are more sophisticated brands for oud strings, but this is always available and consistently priced as well as it is consistent in quality. Long lasting strings also.

I bought these D'Addario EJ94 Requinto strings to string up a half-sized guitar (Stagg C510, 554mm scale length) to A tuning (ADGCEA, 5 semitones above standard classical guitar tuning). They worked perfectly for this, and the strings were a generous length, so that they could have been used on a full-sized classical guitar, maybe to get Terz tuning (GCFBbDG) or renaissance lute tuning (GCFADG), as they are thinner than standard strings. The sound seems fine to me, given the limitations of the guitar. However, the wound strings tarnished very quickly indeed - the guitar was kept in a room with other guitars, and while my Savarez strings, which are considerably older, are still bright silver, these are a dull dirty brown after a few weeks. They have only been lightly played, and this is not due to player wear, but along the entire length of the string. It can be tricky to find strings suitable for this tuning, so it may be worth giving them a whirl, but I can't recommend them, due to their very poor lifespan.

Decent tone and sustain.

Good quality... Sounds nice and tight with a mellow tone and they also come across lovely when using an acoustic pickup. Can't argue for the price, I'm pleased with these strings.