Fender NPS 255R Classic Core Strings

I have dozens of guitars and prefer 10’s on my favourite 59 Seymour Duncan neck and blackguard bridge pupped Hotrod telecaster over thicker strings.
In my humble opinion thicker strings don’t ring out as long and as sharp as 10’s, which is an absolute must on a tele.

If you buy string thickness thinner, like very good D’Addario EXL 9,5’s or 9’s, which are more suited for Les Paul, SG and hollowbody models because they have humbuckers, the sound gets a little to sharp with less harmonical sound gain.

These days there are an awful lot of good strings for each and every fingersetting, each fret dressing, all fretboard wood choices and play style. I myself bought a ton of strings which after years I still have stored in my cupboard but will probably never use and will not even give to a student of mine as a gift.

These Fender Classic Core 10’s will never reach this dark storage cupboard to be forgotten.
That is simply because these Classic Cores are close to the very best you can get, they sound superb on my favourite telecaster.
And now, as I found out recently, even so on my favourite stratocaster.

This shows that good strings will make the big difference on your guitar, both in fun to play but most importantly for the bigger spectrum in sound variety sparkling out of your practice or gigging amp. Good strings will stimulate you to move on and on to become a wonderful musician.

Of course this is my personal opinion, but hopefully Thomann will keep on selling these here classic core strings.

Good products which are wanted and mostly sold out quickly.
If available buy some and try them! Hopefully you will enjoy playing them as much as I do!

Thanks Thomann for keeping these super strings in stock for us loyal players.

Keep up the good work and thanks for reading.

the low E string was completely dead when I strung it up.
I am a seasoned professional - I know what I'm doing. This was probably just a defective piece. I had ordered a couple of sets for my telecaster. So when I strung up the first set and found out the low E was completely dead (sounded like a rope) I removed them all and installed the second set which was fine. The tone is very nice, but it would be a bold claim to say it's much different than any other similar string, being hex, or not. QC issues though are a no-no for me so I won't be buying this model again.

jedenfalls für Blueser und Strat-Spieler. Brilliante Obertöne ohne "earpiercing" und noch halbwegs stramme Bässe. Vintage sound eben, genauso, wie ich ihn 1977 mit meiner Strat hatte. Das Problem mit der G-Saite im 0.10er Satz hat sich verflüchtigt. Dafür ein sehr angenehmes Gefühl beim extremen Bending der G-, H- u. hohen E-Saiten. Stimmstabil nach einem Tag intensiver Nutzung. Und das Beste: selbst eine ordinäre kleine Übungs-Transe wie mein Mustang I v.1 bekommen einen leichten "Röhren-Charakter". Besser geht´s nicht! Unbedingt ausprobieren für diesen Preis!