Thomastik JS111 Reviews

Your fingers will thank you.

Well, I don't play jazz... These strings are much more comfortable to play than regular ones and they sound good. Especially good for beginners, when you don't have those calluses at the tip of your fingers. Less pain equals more practice, and that's how you get better.

The Best

Best flat wound strings for archtops, but I also use the 11s on a Telecaster

Nice feel

Very nice feeling strings, I use them on my hollow body electric guitar. They produce a dark warm tone with my guitar played on the neck pickup.

not just for jazz

I use these strings on an old single-P90 Gibson that was a student model in its day. These days it's my go-to guitar if I have a solo gig, more versatile than any acoustic I have. With these strings on it, I can play blues, rock, and folk as well as jazz standards.

Feels like an Apple product

Really clean, really well made, feels really nice and sounds really good. I've been using these on and off for years, I usually put whatever find for cheaper on my guitar but this is one of my favorite sets. Unlike D'addario's these are very well balanced strings so it feels nice and comfortable on each string.

good strings

good strings be careful putting them on they can be awkward compared to standard round wound. Also be careful if you use locking tuners it may be worth getting at least one wrap around with lockers they can slip otherwise due to the flat winds being slippery.

The Go-to flat wounds

Not the cheapest but superb & relatively low-tension

The perfect guitar strings.

For as long as I can remember, I've always hated changing the strings on my guitar because of the harsh brightness and overwhelming overtones that new round wound strings have. So, every time I'd change the strings, I'd play through the pain until they got to the sweet spot where all the harshness and overtones would fade, then I would try to keep my strings there by cleaning them up until they'd go dull or I'd finally break one and start all over again.

Then I discovered these beauties. It's like having my strings in the sweet spot constantly, no need to ever change them, they've been on my Schecter Hellraiser for 4 years and I can't hear or feel a difference.

They feel incredible and sound just right to my ears. I found them very versatile no matter what I play, they always are very articulate, even with heavy distortion. Funk, rock, metal, everything sounds great. Sure the EMGs in the Schecter are part of the equation but after years of Fenders, Ernie Balls and D'addarios, I can tell for sure that these beauties are perfect.

I just love them!

Not enough magnetic mass in the core of 5th and 6th string

I love these strings, but they come along with some disappointment.

While high strings are fine, the low ones, especially 6th an 5th come with magnetic steel core too thin, and that makes bass tone rather weak. This is a trade-off you have to be aware of. Otherwise, fantastic strings.

Super product

I am a professional musician and need strings with great sound, are long lasting and stay in tune. Absolutely worth the extra few pennies.

Great Strings

Really solid and amazing sound!!..

Also good price.

neutral all round string

I think these strings are great for students or for trying out basses without adding any color to the sound.

They don't have a particularly sexy growl like other strings have. But they also don't sound bad in any part of the register.

So they don't add anything great but they also don't add anything bad.

They're quite good both for jazz and classical music.

I have used them extensively during my consevatory years playing with jazz bands and also w the classical orchestra.

My preferred set was the medium but then with a heavy G string. But this depends on the bass.

Best flats

Just simply one of the best flats out there. They should add single flats into their product range. Sometimes the lower 3 ones I would change for somewhat thicker.

Excellent but...

These strings have a great sound. I tried them for the first time and felt good. The only problem encountered is that, during assembly, the third string broke, which had not happened to me for years ... Probably it had a manufacturing defect?

The best jazz guitar strings

I've been using these flat-wound jazz guitar strings in various tensions for years and they are by far the best on the market. They have a brilliant sound, are durable, and very easy to maintain. I simply love them.

Jazz Swings do Swing

Use these JS111 flat wounds on my Eastman Archtop and love them.

So smooth on your fingers and with an real Jazz sound.

Strings came broken

I probably got a bad batch, but in 18 years of playing guitars I never got strings, that were broken from the beginning. As soon as I started to wind the E string on, it just fall apart. While these might not be the most expensive strings on the market, they are certainly not in the budget range, which should provide a better quality control. That is why I am sad to give it one star for quality. Please ignore my sound rating, as I can't assess it.

Great set of strings for smooth soloing

The strings are very well made and the coating is excellent. They aren?t the brightest interns of sound, but for the quality, I?ll take these strings anytime over roundwoundedge (my personal preference)

I?ll be trying the Pyramid Gold Flatwound soon just to compare. However, I?ll be very happy to buy these again

Surprisingly good

Very nice jazz strings, awesome sound. My luthier was actually stoned by the quality when he treated the guitar.

Elegant and smooth

They feel very pleasant on the finger tips and sound amazing on my Ibanez 95. Smooth and soft ... as expected for Jazz guitars.