SIX STRING GUITAR

80/20 BELL BRONZE Acoustic | PHOSPHOR BRONZE Acoustic | PHOSPHOR BRONZE SILKS

ACOUSTRILECTRIC Nickel | NUAGES® Manouche | CLASSICAL | John Pearse®-Thomastik

E LECTRIC | JAZZ | BARITONE | RESOPHONIC | WEISSENBORN®

OTHER INSTRUMENTS

HAWAIIAN 6 & 8 STRING LAP STEEL | MANDOLIN | MANDOLA | OCTAVE MANDOLIN

PEDAL STEEL | TENOR BANJO | UKULELE | VIOLIN

JOHN PEARSE® SINGLES SELECTION

String gauges are shown in "inches", numbers in bold represent wound strings.

Six & Twelve String Acoustic Guitar


Six String - 80/20 Bronze Wound	100XL Extra Light	$12.45	.010, .014, .023, .030, .039, .047
	150 New Standard	$12.45	.011, .013, .022, .032, .047, .058
	160SL Slightly Light	$12.45	.011, .015, .022, .030, .040, .050
	200L Light	$12.45	.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
	250LM Bluegrass	$12.45	.012, .016, .024, .035, .045, .056
	300M Medium	$12.45	.013, .017, .026, .035, .045, .056
	310NM New Medium	$12.45	.013, .017, .024, .032, .042, .055
Six String - Phosphor Bronze Wound -	500XL Extra Light	$12.95	.010, .014, .023, .030, .039, .047
	550SL Slightly Light	$12.95	.011, .015, .022, .030, .040, .050
	600L Light	$12.95	.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
	620HS High Strung	$9.95	.012, .016, .012, .016, .023, .030
	650LM Bluegrass	$12.95	.012, .016, .024, .035, .045, .056
	700M Medium	$12.95	.013, .017, .026, .035, .045, .056
	710NM New Medium	$12.95	.013, .017, .024, .032, .042, .055
	720ML Medium Light	$12.95	.013, .018, .022, .032, .042, .052
	790SR Spanish Neck Resophonic	$12.95	.013, .017, .026, .036, .046, .056
	800 Slack Key [Open Tuning]	$12.95	.013, .017, .024, .032, .045, .056
Six String - Pure Nickel Wound NEW!!	960L Light	$11.95	.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .054
NEW!!	980M Medium	$11.95	.013, .017, .026, .035, .045, .057
Twelve String - 80/20 Bronze Wound	1300L Light	$19.95	.010, .010, .014, .014, .010, .023, .012, .030, .018, .039, .027, .047
Twelve String - Phosphor BronzeWound	1400L Light	$20.50	.010, .010, .014, .014, .010, .023, .012, .030, .018, .039, .027, .047
	1450H C# Tuning	$22.45	.013, .013, .017, .017, .014, .030, .018, .039, .027, .045, .035, .056
Six String SILKS - Phosphor Bronze & Silk	510L Light SILKS	$18.95	.011, .014, .023, .029, .039, .049
	610LM Light/Medium SILKS	$18.95	.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Six String"NUAGES" -see below	2800L Light	$18.95	.010, .014, .022, .028, .036, .045
	2810LM Light/Medium	$18.95	.011, .015, .023, .029, .037, .046

The New John Pearse® #510L & #610LM SILKS

The exciting new SILKS sets mark a departure from orthodox acoustic string design. Formulated for the electric guitarist who doubles on acoustic, this set features a never before possible "playing ease" tension married with the warmth and projection for which our acoustic strings are famous. Our triple annealed mild steel is pulled through a draw plate to make an extra skinny core. Onto this is wound a silk multifilament which cushions a phospor bronze winding. This is NOT a silk and steel set. The natural edginess of the phosphor bronze winding is tempered by the silk cushion to produce a tone that studio players everywhere are likening to our 80/20 bronze sets after they have been played in. Steve Sheehan, lead guitarist with the Judds, asked us to make this set. Guitarists all over America are thanking him!

John Pearse® Nuages® Strings

John Pearse® NUAGES® 'Guitare Manouche' Strings

We could try to tell you why these are one of the most exciting additions to our string line...but then, whatever we could say, you would expect it because it is coming from us. So, I decided to make it easy on all of us!

While attending the "Django Festival" at Samois, France, I was so fortunate as to meet a wonderful musician and gentle person by the name of Robin Nolan. His trio--they reside in Holland--was performing at Samois!! They had a wonderful time trying out the Nuages® Strings....and have become ENDORSEES too!

Thanks Robin!

Classical and Thomastik-Pearse® Strings

Classical- Nylon	1100 Standard Tension	$11.95	.028, .032, .040, .030, .035, .043
	1200 Firm Tension	$13.95	.028, .032, .040, .030, .035, .043
Thomastik-John Pearse® Strings	Silver Plated/Nylon Wound	$20.50

Thomastik-John Pearse® Guitar Strings

Now! The strings that established John's international reputation back in the 70's--the THOMASTIK- JOHN PEARSE® SET. A revolutionary departure from a "traditional" classical string construction, every string is wound, even the first! Made like a fine violin string, the trebles are a braided metal rope core wound on with a flat nylon monofilament, while the basses are a perlon floss core wound on with a silverplated bell bronze wire. For many years, the preferred strings of the top Brazilian guitarists, the THOMASTIK- JOHN PEARSE® set gives unbelievable clarity, projection and volume--almost like a steel string--with no more tension on the guitar than a traditionally made firm tension CLASSICAL set. TOTALLY UNIQUE!

Six String Electric and Jazz Guitar


Jazz - Pure Nickel Wound Wound Third String	2600 Jazz Light	$11.65	.011, .015, .022, .030, .040, .050
	2700 Jazz Medium	$11.65	.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .052
	2920 Long D	$11.95	.013, .017, .026, .036XL, .046, .056
Electric - Pure Nickel Wound Unwound Third String	2300 Super EZ Bend Plus	$9.95	.008, .011, .014, .022, .030, .038
	2400 Super EZ Bend	$9.95	.009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042
NEW!!	2410 Super EZ Bend Splits	$9.95	.009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046
	2500 EZ Bend	$9.95	.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
NEW!	2510 EZ Bend Splits	$10.95	.010, .013, .017, .030, .042, .052
	2550 EZ Bend Country	$10.95	.010, .011, .015, .032, .042, .052
NEW!!	2610 Electric Straights	$10.95	.011, .015, .018, .030, .040, .050
	2750 Jazz Swing	$11.35	.012, .013, .016, .036, .040, .052

Electric Bass


Pure Nickel Roundwound	6000 Light--Long Scale	$33.50	.045, .065, .080, .100
	Light 5th St. Add-On	$12.25	.125
NEW!	6050 Splits	$33.50	.045, .065, .085, .0105
	6100 Medium--Long Scale	$32.50	.050, .070, .085, .105
	Medium 5th St. Add-On	$12.25	.130

Resophonic - Pure Nickel Wound	3000 "G" Tuning	$12.35	.016, .018, .028, .038, .049, .059
	3050 "G" Tuning - "Uncle" Josh	$11.45	.018, .018, .026, .038, .048, .059
Resophonic - Phosphor Bronze Wound	3100 "G" Tuning	$13.45	.016, .018, .027, .039, .049, .059

Weissenborn® - Phosphor Bronze Wound*	3110 "G" Tuning Heavy D B G D G D [to bass]	$13.95	.017, .019, .027, .045, .054, .062
NEW!	3120L "G" Tuning D B G D G D [to bass]	$13.25	.015, .018, .024, .039, .047, .058
NEW!	3130HB High Bass "G" Tuning D B G D B G [to bass]	$13.25	.015, .018, .027, .036, .042, .052
NEW!	3140 New "G" Tuning	$12.25	.018, .018, .026, .035, .045, .056
	3150H "D" Tuning Heavy D A F# D A D [to bass]	$19.45	.017, .022, .027, .045, .054, .068
NEW!	3160 "D" Tuning D A F# D A D [to bass]	$13.95	.015, .018, .027, .038, .048, .060
Hawaiian -Six String Pure Nickel Wound	7300 Am Tuning	$11.25	.016, .018, .022, .032, .046, .054
	7310 Am6 Tuning	$10.65	.016, .018, .022, .026, .032, .046
Hawaiian - Eight String Pure Nickel Wound	7500 Am7 Tuning	$15.45	.016, .018, .022, .026, .032, .038, .046, .054
	7600 C7 Tuning	$17.25	.016, .018, .022, .026, .032, .038, .046, .070
NEW!	7650 C6 Tuning	$15.95	.011, .014, .018, .024, .030, .036, .046, .056

*JOHN PEARSE® WEISSENBORN® Acoustic Slide Guitar Sets

We've added the expertise of Bob Brozman to formulate our Weissenborn® Sets .

We've just added three new Weissenborn® Set Gauges to be in tune with the newer instruments being made as well as more protective of older instruments. Check them out! And check out new Set #3140...it will remind you of Uncle Josh's Resophonic Set #3050!

Our original Weissenborn® Sets, 3110H [now reformulated] and 3150H, are not intended for use with old or delicate instruments.

An even lighter set can be ordered as singles, or order Set #800, the Hawaiian Slack Key Tuning set, and replace the first string with a .015 plain [.015, .017, .024, .032, .045, .056].

Due to the popularity of Cindy Cashdollar's performances and learning videos, we've brought out the gauges for her 8 String Hawaiian Steel C6 Tuning--SET #7650! We've had a few long talks about what gauges would be good for a set and these are a good starting place on an 8 string steel. Then you will have to adjust it to your instrument's pecularities! You can check out Cindy's tunings and gauging at her website at http://www.cindycashdollar.com/site/tunings/

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Pedal Steel Guitar

Pure Nickel Wound	7100 E9 Tuning	$15.45	.012, .015, .011, .014, .017, .020, .026, .030, .034, .038
	7110 E9 Tuning	$15.45	.013, .015, .011, .014, .018, .022, .026, .030, .034, .038
	7200 C6 Tuning	$20.65	.012, .014, .018, .022, .024, .030, .036, .042, .054, .070

BANJO-5 String Extra Long	1700L Light - 80/20 Bronze Wound	$7.65	.009, .010, .013, .020, .009
	1800M Medium - Nickel Wound	$7.65	.010, .012, .016, .023, .010
JOHN HARTFORD BANJO STRINGS NEW!	1900 G Tuning - Nickel Wound	$7.65	.010, .012, .014, .022, .010
	1950 D Tuning - Nickel Wound	$8.85	.012, .014, .020, .024, .012
TENOR BANJO - NEW! Loop End 80-20 Bronze Wound	2000L Light Gauge	$8.25	.011, .015, .024, .036
	2010M Medium Gauge	$8.25	.012, .016, .026, .038
	2020H Heavy Gauge	$9.75	.013, .020, .028, .040
BARITONE Resophonic - Phosphor Bronze Wound	3200 Open "F" Tuning C, A, F, C, F, C [to bass]	$18.95	.015, .018, .030, .040, .053, .068
	3250 Open "E" Tuning B, G#, E, B, E, B [to bass]	$20.95	.015, .019, .032, .042, .060, .076
BARITONE Acoustic - Phosphor Bronze Wound	3210 Open "F" Tuning C, A, F, C, F, C [to bass]	$14.45	.017, .019, .030, .040, .050, .062
BARITONE Acoustic - NEW! 80/20 Bronze Wound	3260L Light Standard Tuning	$18.95	.015, .022, .030, .043, .054, .068
NEW!	3280M Medium Gauge Standard Tuning	$20.45	.017, .024, .032, .045, .056, .070
BOUZOUKI - NEW! 80/20 Bronze Wound	5200L Loop End [10 Strings]	$18.75	.011[3], .016[3], .028[2], .040[2]
	5220B Ball End [10 Strings]	$15.50	.011[3], .016[3], .028[2], .040[2]
	5250S Ball End	$11.95	.010[2], .016[2], .010/.028, .024/.040
DULCIMER- 80/20 Bronze Wound	5000 - 4 String Loop End	$6.20	.009, .010, .012, .023
MANDOLIN - 80/20 Bronze Wound	2100M Standard Loop End	$11.45	.011, .011, .014, .014, .025, .025, .039, .039
	2200H Heavy Loop End	$11.45	.012, .012, .015, 015, .026, .026, .040, .040
MANDOLIN - Phosphor Bronze Wound	2050L Light Loop End	$12.95	.010, .010, .012, .012, .024, .024, .036, .036
	2150M Medium Loop End	$12.95	.011, .011, .014, .014, .026, .026, .040, .040
	2160H Heavy Loop End	$12.95	.012, .012, .015, 015, .026, .026, .040, .040
MANDOLA - Phosphor Bronze Wound	2250 Loop End	$15.95	.012, .012, .021, .021, .032, .032, .049, .049
OCTAVE MANDOLIN - Phosphor Bronze	2280 Loop End	$15.95	.012, .012, .021, .021 .032, .032, .045, .045
Weissenborn® UKULELE - Soprano - Nylon Filament Wound on Nylon	5100	$24.95	.027, .0355, .043, .0312
FIDDLE	4100	$19.95	.010, .024, .029, .032
VIOLIN	4500 Perlon Core	$34.50	.010, .026, .033, .031
"ARTISTE"	3500	$34.50

Thirty years ago, when John Pearse began to develop his unique string-making technology, the making of violin strings was pretty much of a hit and miss affair. To this day, he remembers toiling over long, wooden troughs of evil-smelling sheep intestines, the temperature up around ninety Farenheit, "combing" and "waulking" the fibers to prepare them for the stretching and twisting that would transform the unlikely looking stew into top-quality strings for the violin and viola. With all the care in the world, however, the discard rate for unacceptable strings was almost twenty percent. the waulking solution would be too acid, making the string brittle, or the lipid level was too high, causing the finished string to not hold a satisfactory torque.

In the intervening years, many manufacturers, John Pearse included, switched to Perlon for a core material because of the relative ease of working it--and its reliability. Good though Perlon is, however, it does not have the majesty of projection that one associates with the older gut strings.

Although players the world over accepted his Perlon core strings and endorsed them enthusiastically, John has never been satisfied. The thing that made gut strings so special was the fibroid construction that allowed the string to accept--and retain--a strong torque, giving it great projection, and an immediate response. There had, he reasoned, to be a way to manufacture a material that would have the same properties when placed under similar torque.

In mid-1992, after countless disappointments, he hit upon the present bonded molecule formulation--and made up a dozen or so prototype sets which were mailed to concert violinists the world over for their critical evaluation. the response was ecstatic! Three months later, the set, now dubbed the "ARTISTE", was added to our catalog, and made available on a limited production basis. Since then, its sales have soared and it is now the set de choix of soloists and symphonies worldwide.

It is the finest violin string in the world!

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Single Strings

Ever since we started making John Pearse® Strings we have looked for a good way to offer them as singles. The trouble is that music strings are very susceptible to atmospheric corrosion if they are improperly stored - and strings not shipped in a protective plastic envelope are in even greater danger. Some manufacturers are cutting back on their packaging costs by shipping strings straight lengths or dispensing completely with paper insert envelopes for sets (both expose the strings to condensation!). We finally decided to ship our single strings in special acid free paper envelopes which not only absorbs any transient moisture but also inhibit any corrosion. It costs a bit more, but they're worth it!

80/20 Bronze Wound Ball End	Phosphor Bronze Wound Ball End	Pure Nickel Wound Ball End	Silvered Plain Ball End
.022"......$2.35	.020"......$2.45	.020"......$2.20	.008"......$1.20
.023"......$2.35	.021"......$2.45 New!	.021"......$2.20	.009"......$1.20
.024"......$2.35	.022"......$2.45	.022"......$2.20	.010"......$1.20
.025"......$2.35	.023"......$2.45	.024"......$2.20	.011"......$1.20
.026"......$2.35	.024"......$2.45	.025"......$2.20	.012"......$1.20
.027"......$2.35	.025"......$2.45	.026"......$2.20	.013"......$1.20
.028"......$2.35 New!	.026".....$2.45	.028"......$2.20	.014"......$1.20
.030"......$2.75	.027"......$2.45	.030"......$2.75	.015"......$1.20
.031".....$2.75 Coming!	.028"......$2.45	.032"......$2.75	.016"......$1.20
.032"......$2.75	.030"......$2.90	.034"......$2.75	.017"......$1.20
.035"......$2.75	.032"......$2.90	.036"......$2.75	.018"......$1.20
.036"......$2.75	.034"......$2.90	.036"XL......$2.90 New!	.019"......$1.20
.038"......$2.75	.035"......$2.90	.038"......$2.75	.020"......$1.20
.039"......$2.75	.036"......$2.90	.040"......$2.75	.021"......$1.20
.040"......$2.475	.038"......$2.90	.042"......$2.75	.022"......$1.20
.041"......$2.75 Coming!	.039"......$2.90	.044"......$2.75	.024"......$1.20
.042"......$2.75	.040"......$2.90	.045"......$2.75	.026"......$1.20
.043"......$2.75 New!	.042"......$2.90	.046"......$2.75
.045"......$2.75	.045"......$2.90	.047"......$2.75 New!	Silvered Plain Loop End
.046"......$2.75	.046"......$2.90	.049"......$2.75	.008"......$1.30 New!
.047"......$2.75	.047"......$2.90	.050"......$2.90	.009"......$1.30
.048"..... $3.00	.048"......$3.15	.052"......$2.90	.010"......$1.30
.050"......$3.00	.049"......$3.15	.053"......$2.90	.011"......$1.30
.051"......$3.00 Coming!	.050"......$3.15	.054"......$2.90	.012"......$1.30
.053"......$3.00	.052"......$3.15	.056"......$2.90	.013"......$1.30
.054"......$3.00	.053"......$3.15	.057"......$2.90	.014"......$1.30
.055"......$3.00 New!	.054"......$3.15	.059"......$2.90	.015"......$1.30
.056"......$3.00	.055"......$3.15 New!	.060"......$3.30	.016"......$1.30
.058"......$3.00	.056"......$3.15	.062"......$3.80
.059"......$3.45 New!	.058"......$3.15	.064"......$3.80
80/20 Bronze Double Wound Ball End	.059".....$3.15	.068"......$4.40	80/20 Bronze Loop End
.068".....$8.75 New!	.060".....$3.65	.070"......$4.40	.020".....$2.95
.070"....$10.15 New!	.062".....$3.65	.072"......$4.40	.023".....$2.95
	.064"......$4.25		.024".....$2.95
Nuages®		.076"......$5.70	.026".....$2.95
.010" E.....$2.50 New!		.080"......$6.60	.028".....$2.95
.011"E.....$2.50			.030".....$3.30
.015"B.....$2.50			.036".....$3.30
.022"G.....$3.75 New!			.038".....$3.30
.023"G.....$3.75			.040".....$3.30
.028"D.....$3.75 New!
.029"D.....$3.75			Nickel Wound Loop End
			.020"......$2.65
VIOLIN Set #4500	Phosphor Bronze Double Wound	Nickel Wound Bass Long Scale	.022"......$2.65
A-2nd.....$9.25	.065".......$8.95 Coming!	.045".....$6.95	.023"......$2.65
	.066".......$8.95	.050".....$6.95	.024"......$2.65
	.068".......$8.95	.065".....$8.10
"Artiste" Violin Singles	.070"......$10.25	.070".....$8.10	Silvered Plain Loop End Mandolin Doubles
E-1st...... .$5.50	.072"......$10.25	.080".....$8.60	.011".......$1.90
A-2nd......$9.25	.076"......$10.25	.085".....$8.60	.012".......$1.90
D-3rd.....$10.80	.080"......$10.25 New!	.100".....$10.45	.014".......$1.90
G-4th.....$12.00		.105".....$10.45	.016".......$1.90
		.125".....$12.25	80/20 Bronze Loop End Mandolin Doubles
		.130".....$12.25	.024".....$4.85
			.040".....$4.85
			Phos. Bronze Loop End Mandolin Doubles
			.026"......$5.25
			.040"......$5.25

Note: Prices listed are Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price. Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice! Gauges are in inches. We are constantly enlarging our SINGLES SELECTION. Check for recent additions!

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