D'Addario J60 5-String Banjo Strings, Nickel, Light, 9-20

Gave away my banjo, got my life sorted now.

I bought a couple of sets of strings for my banjo. Strings are a matter of preference of how they sound and feel. One person may love them the next may not. They are very playable strings, but on my aluminum rim saga banjo the sound was a little to bright. I took them off and put them on a another wood resonater banjo, they sounded much better on that one. One reason I buy these strings is they are made in the U.S.A Why buy strings when they don't tell you where there made.I put on a set of Daddrio medium set and liked the sound better but they are a little harder to play.All strings must be kept clean if you want them to last. wipe each string when done and they will last longer.

I use these strings on all my banjos, and Deering recommends light strings for my specific banjo. I've never had a problem with D'Addario strings. I am editing my review because I had the loop snap off one of the strings in my latest set as I tried to install it on my banjo. I would suggest that one buy two sets so that your banjo does not sit idle while waiting for another set of strings to arrive if this happens.. I was glad I had several sets on hand.

As far as banjo strings go, these are a good bang for the buck, or were when I got them. D'Addario makes a pretty consistant product, I've used them on everything over the years, although I prefer certain brands for other things. Strings are cheap for the most part and easy to experiment with. These are also amazingly enough still made in the USA as well.If you buy a cheap instrument here, do yourself a favor and get a decent set of strings as chances are they'll be strung with trash if it's a lower end instrument from China. Even if you're starting out you should tell the difference right away.

Well, I ordered 2 sets of these, and 2 sets of medium strings when I got my first banjo, as I didn't know what gauge strings I would prefer. So far I like the light strings better for clawhammer, which is mostly what I play. Easy on the fingers and sound good, to my ears at least...Not much else to say about strings :P. Would recommend them.

These are just the right gauge for replacing the strings on my banjo ukulele. This depression era instrument tunes and plays with a pick like a uke but looks and sounds like a little banjo. These strings are each sufficiently long to give me two lengths for the uke with an adequate tail. They are lively and well focused, and comfortable on my fret fingers.

HAVING JUST AGAIN REPLACED ANOTHER OF THESE D;ADDARIO STRINGS ON MY BANJO, I CAN'T SAY I'M TERRIBLY PLEASED WITH THEM. I THINK I CAN FIND A BETTER BRAND FOR STRINGS FROM NOW ON. THAT INCLUDES STRINGS FOR MY GUITAR AND BARITONE UKULELE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TASTE. THESE JUST DON'T DO IT FOR ME..

They're well made, nicely packaged, and a good value, but I prefer the D'addario's medium gauge phosphor bronze strings' sound on my deering goodtime classic 2. Just a matter of preference. Nothing against these babies.

5th string broke while banjo resting on first day"ping".

Nice light strings. Well wrapped

Good product

D'Addario J60 Saitensatz ist sehr hochwertig. Die Stärken sind genau richtig fürs Picking und passen einwandfrei zu meinem Aria Banjo.

Good