TON412021 Tonica Violin Strings, Set, 4/4

These work great for my hymn playing! Have a good sound too!

These have a lovely, mellow tone that carries. I particularly love the E string, which is a tricky one in general for squeakiness/tinny-sounding tones in many string sets. The E and G have been my trouble strings (this is pretty common). With this string set, the tone seems consistent among all four strings.I hate to talk another brand down, and I'm not doing this now, but I do need to say that my previous go-to D'Addario Preludes are more difficult (slower response time) and less deep/mature/mellow a sound by comparison. I would still take the Preludes over factory strings, for sure. When pimping out your starter violin, start lower and work your way up to see what really works for your violin and for the sound you want to achieve.These are all comparatively lower-end strings as going up from here significantly on strings probably won't change the quality much - there's only so far you can go on a $300 violin, pro strings or no pro strings. But for my needs and on my starter/student violin these are just amazing.You'll go through the usual constant re-tuning in the beginning...I tune each time I play anyway so this is no bother to me.

I'm a bluegrass fiddler. I've been looking for a replacement for Helicores. The Helicores come apart after a month of playing and I have never liked the feel of them. These strings were recommended by a friend. I love them. They feel amazing, sound amazing, and they are a much more "precise" string (intonation-wise) than the Helicores. They respond to fast bowing better. The E string is absolutely fantastic. It really sings. They take a while to stretch and I have to re-tune every time I get it out of the case, but they tune easier and are very forgiving. I don't even use my fine tuners on the G, D, or A. They have been on now for about 2 months and sound just as good or better than they did when I put them on.I will be buying these again.

Great tone - these string sound great in my fiddle. But they were not packaged well so in the future I think I will order from another source as they arrived slightly damaged.

Best string I have found for the price. I play outside in Florida everyday and I always go back to these. I have to change strings quite frequently due to the nature of my gig and these strings keep up with tone and cost. Only thing I notice is the A unravels and is the first to go, consistently. But at least it’s consistently. I have found a good rhythm of changing them out is once the A goes change it and the E and then let the G/D loose over night and retune. Then the next time around change all four - so keep an extra A and E handy.It’s tone is quality for not breaking my bank.

Excelente producto

Full disclosure - bought two and a half years ago, barely played at all, so close to no tension for most of that period.While installing new Wittner tuning pegs, 3 out of 4 strings behaved perfectly. The D string was apparently stretching without much increase in pitch...and then broke. I would not have written this review except that I saw some similar complaints, even specifically in regard to the D string. 30 bucks for a set of strings sounds like a lot for a semi low level amateur, I agree. But it borders on crazy when one of the strings breaks while tuning. For the record, this review section asks that I grade sheerness. Three different Google searches would tend to indicate that this is a nonsense term that has nothing to do with violin strings. If a commenter wants to enlighten me on sheerness, I would be happy for the education.

The A-string is already unraveling (near the tuning peg, which is a weird place) and I barely put these on, about 3 days ago with some light playing/tuning just to break them in. The tone is ok but a little too tinny for the violin. Better tone than cheaper strings, but took forever to stretch/break in, and obviously not durable at all. Very disappointed.Also, I'm realizing too late that returning a whole pack of strings AFTER restringing the violin and breaking them in is a huge hassle, so buyer beware. And for the skeptics, I have been playing for 20 years and put new strings on many, many times, so this was not user error.