D'AddarioGuitar Strings - Acoustic Guitar Strings - Flat Tops Phosphor Bronze - For 6 String Guitar - Warm, Semi-Bright Tone - EFT16 - Light, 12-53

If you play finger-style or are moving from a classical guitar that has lighter, looser strings, these (extra light) strings are fabulous. Firstly, all the fret noise of standard acoustic strings is substantially reduced such that you can slide notes and hear the note changing, rather than the slide sound. Secondly, you can bend the strings like you can nylons (or electric guitar strings for that matter), and thirdly, the thinner neck width of an acoustic guitar takes a great deal of getting used to for classical guitar players, but these thin strings provide just enough extra room to avoid most of the fret buzz you get from accidentally touching against an adjacent string as you learn to be more precise (especially for finger-style), and lastly, to me these strings feel almost as comfortable and natural as classical strings; barre chords are just as easy, and they pick, pluck and strum in a more 'organic' way that finally makes acoustic guitar playing a joy for me.

Well, what can I say, after years of using Elixir only I decided to give these a try because I once had an old bass guitar with tapewound strings so thought it would be nice on my accoustic guitar. Then it was just WOW! I have to say, I'm really happy with these strings, they are amazing. For me the sting noise is very reduced and I just love the tone of these strings on my guitar. They are really nice to sing along with, look good and feel good to the touch. For years I've always felt the Low E was dull on my guitar, these strings have made that issue disapear and it's really good now. I will not look back.

Really excellent strings. Good tone, keep in tune well and are buzz free when sliding to a note. They would be 5 stars for me but I feel that they went a bit dull earlier than than I would have expected.

Roundwound strings that are ground smooth so the top surface is flat. These are perfect for any acoustic guitar that you want to avoid squeaks and scrapes. Mine went on a resonator guitar that I occasionally use for slide.I'd definitely buy more.

Loved the tone of the Flat tops, really nice on the D and G strings in particular

Quite pricey but my boyfriend loves them and they do sound really good. Although he has had several breaks fairly shortly after fitting them but he’s not delicate and he plays for a living so it’s expected. Would recommend trying.

There is still lots of finger noise. There are four wound strings instead of the usual three in standard strings - which defeats the purpose of reducing finger noise. Also, the flat profile seems to drag against your fingers - this may be due to a higher coefficient of friction because of the greater surface area and surface characteristics of phosphor bronze. No discernable increase in brightness.

Good set of strings. Unfortunately the G string snapped upon first tuning. Probably manufacturer fault.