Yamaha CN10 Strings Normal Tension

[rojarosguitar]

Hello, I just put Yamaha CN10 concert guitar strings normal tension on my Stenzel 2000 C/EIR guitar three days ago, out of sheer curiosity, after I found them in my string shelf.

I think I never had such a dead string set on any of my guitars. It says Made in USA on the package. I wonder who might produce them??? Anyway, the trebles are already in the trash bin, because the were so flabby even after three days, I couldn't make any sense of them. I don't think the basses will last for long on my guitar; as soon as they will show any signs of wear, that's it ...

Funny, on the recording they are not as bad as they sound to my ears, but then, I'm the one who has to listen to it!

Am I alone with that experience?

best wishes
Robert

[Rick-in-Annapolis]

How good can a string be... from a company that makes motorcycles!!

[es335]

How good can a string be... from a company that makes motorcycles!!

There are rumors that they make some musical instruments tooo!

[rojarosguitar]

I'm maybe a bit naive, but I thought Yamaha has produced some quite decent instruments. I kind of remember a video with Leo Brower playing a Yamaha guitar.

Even if it doesn't prove anything, I myself am playing a Yamaha Gold Brass Alto Flute. I have tried some much more expensive ones (we have in our little town one of the world most famous flute shops...) and surely Ymaha belongs to the really good ones.

I don't see any reason to denigrate Yamaha in general.

Best wishes
Robert

[Harald Lane]

It´s interesting that yamaha uses their 3-crossed tuningfork logo for their motorcycles

[rojarosguitar]

I'd like to let you know that at least the basses of this Yamaha CN10 set developed quite favourably with time. They are ten days on the guitar now, and they gained substance and clarity. I don't know how the treble would have developed as they were to soft for my taste and I trashed them after 3 days. The bass strings I started to like ...

I wonder who is the actual maker of these strings. On tha package it says, Made in USA, and they do not sound like d'Addario or Augustine (these are the US brands I know).

best wishes
Robert

[Whooper]

Hi, I don't know CN10. Below sets have been popular in Japan. Yamaha is a conglomerate that produces so many kinds from instruments to kitchen ware. Do you know they sell yachts and outboard engines? Yamaha had tried in the fishing industry too. They had produced millions reels of fishing lines but wouldn't sell any. Thus, they turned lines into classical guitar strings. Believe this story? White lie at all Nevertheless, I have never tried Yamaha strings. I have been a xenomania for strings.

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Kindest regards
Whooper

[GuitarVlog]

These? I've never seen them sold at any of the stores I frequent. Not even the Yamaha dealers.



I was under the impression that D'Addario supplied Yamaha with strings for their steel-string acoustics. At least that was the speculation at an acoustic guitar forum when a forum member tried to find the source for Yamaha's coated strings.

I don't know about their classicals but it would probably make economical sense to single-source all of their strings.

EDIT:
Here's something odd. Even though the strings say "Made in the USA", they seem to be sold only outside of the US (Canada and Europe).

[rojarosguitar]

These? I've never seen them sold at any of the stores I frequent. Not even the Yamaha dealers.



I was under the impression that D'Addario supplied Yamaha with strings for their steel-string acoustics. At least that was the speculation at an acoustic guitar forum when a forum member tried to find the source for Yamaha's coated strings.

I don't know about their classicals but it would probably make economical sense to single-source all of their strings.

EDIT:
Here's something odd. Even though the strings say "Made in the USA", they seem to be sold only outside of the US (Canada and Europe).

Yes, these are the strings. The winding feels finer that the one of d'Addario.

Thanks for contribution.

best wishes
Robert