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Flamenco Guitar Strings
By Sal Bonavita

What guitar strings are best for flamenco?

What type of string is best for your guitar depends on several things, mainly relating to the action. The action of a guitar is the distance between the strings and the frets and determines how much pressure you need to apply to the string to get a clean sound. A low action makes a guitar easier to play but the downside is string buzz. Buzzing occurs if the fret wires are uneven along the fretboard of if you tend to attack the strings with a heavy right hand when playing. Another cause of unwanted buzzing noise is a warped neck.

Which brand?
A brand of strings that suit one guitar may not suit another. The best way to determine which is best for your guitar is through experiment. Some popular brands of nylon strings are Savarez, Augustine and D'Addario. La Bella and Hannanbach are two brands that are specifically promoted as suitable for flamenco.

What tension?
There are 3 common tensions to choose from with most brands. Low, Normal and High.
I personally find high tension a little too hard on the fingers because more pressure is required to hold down the strings. Low tension feels a little too floppy for me and is prone to produce buzzing. If your guitar has a reasonable low action, you might feel comfortable with medium or even high tension. If your action is a little on the high side, you could benefit from using low tension strings. If you're not sure about tension is best choose normal or medium tension to start with.

Extending string life
1) Bass strings will naturally wear as a result of contact with the fret wires. Before this wear becomes excessive, loosen the string and pull it through the hole at the saddle about a centimeter or so. The idea is to shift the worn section so it appears over the spaces between the frets when you tighten it back up again.

2) Reverse the bass strings when they become worn so that you end up with a fresh section over the sound hole.

3) Use a cloth impregnated with lemon oil before and after playing.

Brighten up dull strings
1) Perspiration on the hands may dull the resonance in the bass strings. If this occurs, loosen the strings and tighten them up again.

2) Another, more radical method is to wipe the tightened string with a cloth soaked in methylated spirits. Lift the string a couple of centimeters at the 12th fret and let it slap back to the finger board. This should loosen and shake some of the gunk out of the strings.

Changing strings
It is always a good idea to change the strings one at a time in order to maintain a constant tension on the neck and bridge. Tune each new string up to concert pitch before removing

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