Super Sensitive Red Label Violin Set 1/2 Medium

I am a beginner with the violin but these strings are way better than the strings that came with the violin.Would recommend to anyone trying to learn.

This brand was recommended by my daughter’s violin instructor. They seems to work well. Sound quality is great. Violin seems to stay tuned better with these new strings. Color as expected.

These are steel cored strings and I've found they give the classic postwar (post WWII) sound that you'll hear in most of the fiddle recordings of the 50s though 80s. Steel actually started back in the early 1900s, so you'll also hear it on recordings from the time.Steel sounds clearer, less complex and a violinist might ague that it sounds thin. Maybe they're right in an orchestra, but playing with guitars, banjos, mandolins, a fiddler needs to ring through to be heard.Some of the popular fiddle strings like Black Diamonds sound harsher, with a scratchy sound which to my ear reduces the fiddle to sounding like it is made from a cigar box. Not these. Even my newest fiddle, a 1920's German one, sounds good with them. One of my older ones is in restoration now and I can't wait to try them on it.Other considerations: Putting these strings on it pays to be gentle. I've broken them as often as other brands. Also, remember that there are nickel windings on the wound strings. If the user has a "metal allergy" that can prove to be a nickel allergy so it might be a good idea to go with a different formulation. Some fiddlers tend to play with more rosin. I'm one of them and use a lot of it. I find that these flat wound strings don't retain as much rosin as wire wrapped, but don't tear up the bow hair as much so I think that to be a fair trade off.Edited a year later to add that I still think these are good strings for that classic old recording style fiddle sound of my old $2 fiddles but are clearly inadequate for my luthier-made fiddle. For that one I’ve switched to synthetic strings with a plated E string. Edited again to add that surprisingly that particular fiddle does better with a steel cored A string than a synthetic one so I am playing it with a Red Label A string, which really brings out the tone! (Tonica G and D, Oliv E and the Red Label A!)

I really like these strings because they seem to be fairly well made and they're cheap. The original E string I got with my violin broke pretty quickly after I got it, but this new one has lasted through much more abuse and shows no sign of breaking anytime soon. I think the sound produced is better as well, though I have no clue how it stacks up to more expensive strings. I don't really have anything bad to say about these strings, but I gave them four stars simply because I have an electric violin and can't speak to their tone in an acoustic.

These are the strings required by my daughter's mariachi program. She has been using this brand for the last three years. They last as long as your child doesn't ridiculously over tighten them. If so, they eventually grow out of that.

For acoustic fiddles, these sound better unamplified than others they are louder on amplified fiddle I like Wonder Tone or Old Fiddler line. But if playing through a mike instead of a pick up these might be better.

Best strings i have used. Straight out of the packet and perfectly playable

Replacement was easy and the sound quality was great after replacement

Not worth what I paid for👎