D'Addario Irish Tenor Banjo Strings, Nickel-Plated Steel, EJ63i, Medium Gauge 12-36, 5-String Set, Pack of 1

Excellent sound and quality

I've been using D'Addario guitar strings for years now, so it made sense to use them when restringing an Irish tenor banjo, that I bought s/h,and unseen.The person I bought it from had just used cut down ball end guitar strings on it,which I found strange, but I realised why, when it took me the best part of an hour to restring it, using proper loop end strings.Firstly,do them one at a time,or else the bridge will move.2.Slide the colour code paper off the thin end,and not the loop end.3.Try to bend the wound end of the string above the loop down,so that it is easier to hook it under the small teeth in the tailpiece.This is fiddly, and requires several minutes of swearing to get the job done.It may help to wind the string on the machine head first, hook it on, then wind on, and pray that it stays hooked on.4.Try to get it roughly in tune, and leave it for a while.5.Whatever you do,don't cut the strings, until you have them in tune.You may find the loop is not properly hooked on, as you increase the tension,so you may end up doing it all again.The strings sound fantastic, so worth it in the end.

Quite good tone, if a little thin sounding (occasionally quite tinny on the E string). Plain A string can help eliminate finger noise (looks nicer too). Quite thin strings however, so they can seem a little loose and dead (on the bottom strings). They seem to prefer being played with a celluloid pick, rather than nylon, as the softer edge of celluloid dampens the higher harmonics somewhat. On my Deering Sierra they are slightly too bright, and a little slack for my liking (G especially), deering's own strings are slightly thicker, and sound a bit warmer at the lower end.

Just put these on my new tenor banjo (bought used) and they are just great! The gauges match the luthier's recommendation. Lovely, bright, warm tone. And what a bargain! I'm a fiddler so I'm used to dropping at least 40 on strings. Can't believe the price-quality ratio.

Poor quality. Strings snapped when restringing banjo, the same happened with another set of strings I bought from the same band. I have never had this issue in 40+ years of playing the banjo. Wouldn’t recommend this brand.

Great quality.

Strings are colour coded. So very easy for a novice player. Great tone , have used cheaper ones, never again.

thin string broke when tuning?

En general. Para el banjo tenor irlandés se prefiere que la cuerda La (A) sea entorchada (wounded), y en este juego no lo está. Hay que tenerlo en cuenta.

Premetto che non sono un esperto in quanto da poco mi sono avvicinato al banjo tenore irlandese (suono solitamente clawhammer), ma mi paiono buone corde.

Für das 4 Saitige Tenor Banjo bestellt. Mein Instrument ist kein sehr teures, zum lernen und üben. Aber mit den D'Addario Saiten macht es halt schon echt Spaß. Klarer, simpler Klang, gute Haptik. Ich nutze die Marke schon auf der Western- , Akustik und E-Gitarre. Daher war ich sehr happy die hier zu finden. Ebenso bei Klarinetten- und Saxophon Blättchen. man kann nichts verkehrt machen und bekommt in den meisten Fällen ein Top Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis. Aufziehen der Saiten ist kein Kinderspiel, aber wenn mans mal raus hat, gehts gut.

今まではバラで買っていたので、手間がかかってしょうがありませんでした。とてもありがたく使わせていただいてます。

I put these on my 1926 Paramount Aristocrat tenor banjo, which I tune in Irish Tenor tuning. These are a good balanced set of strings gauge wise - I experimented with changing the heaviest string to a lighter gauge but returned to the .036 gauge - I simply like the tone and balance of this set best. They seem long lasting, I haven't had any break and the tone life is good. These are my go-to strings on my tenor banjo.