Thomastik Dominant Violin 4/4 Alu medium Reviews

Good quality neutral strings

Every time I tried different brands I always ended up going back to Dominant. They are good quality neutral strings, whihc means that they are bang in the middle in terms of color and tone. They don't make your violin sound warmer or brighter, they don't add any specific character of their own, they are perfectly balanced accross the tonal spectrum, which is the reason why there are so many Stradivari or Guarnieri violins out there strung with Dominant to let the natural tone of the violin shine through. They'll sound decent on a decent violin, beautifully in a beautiful violin etc. Only downside is the dreaded e, which is almost always replaced with a less harsh sounding e (I personally use Pirastro Gold Label)

It's the standard for a good reason

These are one of the market's standard strings because they are reliable and do the trick. Compared to other cheaper strings they sound lively and clear.

Entry level high-end srings.

I use these sgrings for almost 5 years now.

They are very good quality and they have a very good warm sound on my violin.

They need at about 3 to 4 days to be formated and set their tone on the instrument wich is good.

Real value for money strings!

Great for intermediates

Having decided to play again after 30 years, I bought a first a cheap set of strings and was dismayed at how I sounded. Now playing again with these and everything is so much better! There’s now hope I can play properly again!

The "Go to" string.

Used by customers from students to professional, Dominant violin strings are reliable and full toned on both new and old instruments plus they are very affordable.

Fine strings when you don’t know what to choose

Dominants are used by many great violinists. I started with Tonica strings, switched to Warchal Amber and ended with Dominants (budget reasons). I’m still fan of Warchal Amber because the sound on my violin is very warm. However, Dominants have almost the same sound quality (little bit less warm) but are much cheaper.

The only thing I don’t like about this set is the E string, but probably is because of my amateur skills ;-)

Anyway, if you don’t know where to start when choosing strings, these strings are really good to start with. And depending on your own sound preferences you can switch to other type of strings by means of a string chart.

I always get those strings.

I feel like It won't get better than this except for strings that are much higher in price. Absolutely recommend them!

Grand strings

These strings are fine if you have no specific tonal preference or want something in the middle.

They also have a good resonance and hardly need any tuning.

very prompt delivery and excellent product

Excellent product and very prompt delivery.

Great all-rounder

Not sure if I can add anything new. These are probably the most widely used mid-quality violin strings available. Great choice if you don't want to break the bank.

Great set of strings

These are a great set of strings for their price.

The tone is strong and powerful, but not overly so.

Can produce quite a imposing sound if used well. Deffenitely recommend as a everyday use set

good strings

Great sound, and the wound E string is excellent.

Best quality-value

They are great strings for the price range. Suitable for students and professionals alike, since they are affordable and can achieve a great sound depending on the instrument!

I always use a different brand for the E string tho, but its a personal choice

The best

My daughter uses these strings for a long time now, excellent delivery and service .

Live long and prosper

This strings are amazing regards to reliability. They are last long long long time and give you great sound for price. Very stabile by changing temperature and moistre (of course deppends of condition of your pegs and peg box). I would strongly recommend to students, intermediate and advance violin players.

Good, but not for everyone

These are good strings, even though my violin at the moment doesn't like them, but I don't blame that on the strings. It takes a while to get the right strings for a particular violin and my new violin just didn't sound good with them. (My old violin loved them). It's an expensive trial and error but finally settled on prim strings (bonus is they also are cheaper) so, yes.. very good strings.. but not for me at this time.

Nice tone, easy to play

I put these on my Yamaha V5 early on, as the factory strings (D'Addario Prelude, I believe) were very pressure sensitive (stopped note almost a semitone off from harmonic!), and that problem was completely eliminated, which made intonation a lot easier. Also, nice tone, and easy to bow, even for a beginner.

Good place to start

This are nice strings, easy to bow, for a reasonable price.

Not ideal for alternative tuning as it greatly reduces the life expectancy of the strings.

When learning or playing parts that I am not confident with, I prefer to use the strings as they create a reasonable sound even when you make small bowing mistakes

Great !

Very pleasant sound in studio. Sound balancing of 4 strings are perfect.

Great-sounding strings

These are great strings, which cut across all Violin ranges. From cheap to really expensive instruments, these strings will project your sound and last quite a bit in European climate but drop in colour rather drastically in the tropics (I'm in Africa and all my clients complain the colour/tone of the strings change after 6-8 months)