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Augustine Paragon Carbon - High Tension
The Original Nylon Guitar String - Made in New York since 1947.
Augustine Strings produced the world's first nylon guitar string, shaping guitar history and becoming the string of choice for the world's greatest concert artists. Today, Augustine provides a range of string combinations that will help every guitarist find their voice.
The First Choice of Incredible Artists
Augustine Strings boasts the most diverse and talented roster of endorsing artists and luthiers. These are the players who define the art of the guitar.
Augustine's History is Guitar History
Augustine Strings' legacy of innovation began over 75 years ago when our founder, Albert Augustine, successfully created the first nylon guitar string at the request of legendary Spanish classical guitarist, Andrés Segovia.
As the inventor and producer of the gold standard of nylon guitar strings, Augustine continues to advance the sonic possibilities of our instrument today with the introduction of the crystal nylon Imperial and Regal lines and the fluorocarbon Paragon sets - all strings of the highest quality, made in the USA, and designed to offer guitarists a full range of options to bring out the best sound and playability from their instrument.
Paragon Series
Classic Series
Imperial Series
Regal Series
Coder
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2025
They tend to last a long time for me. Even when they look beat up, they still manage to sound good and intone well. I only use carbon trebles, i find the nylons intonation too flat for my setup.I have tried many different brand strings, and finally settled on the Paragon Blues. These are my goto strings on a Cordoba GK Pro Negra, and they do sound good on that guitar, esp for the money. There are better strings that can be be had e.g. Knobloch and HenSe , if you do not mind spending.You can also find cheaper strings that sound good, but those tend not to last nearly as long as these.
Levan A.
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024
Great strings very responsive
鈴木利光
Reviewed in Japan on September 14, 2024
1978年製コントレラスダブルスペシャルに今回弦を張って驚いた。全体的に音量がある楽器ですが、特に高音がかなり伸びのある輝く音質が出て満足している。張りが強いが特に演奏時張りの強さは感じなかった。しかし、40年前の楽器であるので、演奏後、練習後は必ず緩めてしまっている、
miguel bueno
Reviewed in Mexico on May 23, 2023
Mejor de lo esperado gran tono de bajos y agudos limpios excelentes para acordes un poco bajo en picado pero muy balanceado
Carl C. Ferre-lang
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2022
This will be a quick review as I just installed them an hour ago. My favorite thing about these strings so far is the high tension basses. I am familiar with these from other Augustine sets and they seem to be unchanged. The trebles are not as "shrill" nor even punchy as I had been led to believe they might be. This really is my first experience with fluorocarbon strings but I wasn't expecting them to be as warm as they are.. In fact, while I have a taste for the old classic black set Augustines, I have been looking for something with more trebley punch. I'm not sure this set is for me, but it almost certainly will be for someone as it is well made. Coming from a fairly standard set of High Tension Corum/Cristals, the volume is not noticeably louder- though I will certainly report back once I have let these strings break in.One annoyance - and I haven't noticed this before on my other guitar with Augustine strings- The D string is obviously too short. In fact I could do with more material on all the bass strings, but the D is terrible. I actually had to wrap the loose end through the capstan. Normally, I cut all of this off. Again, not sure if that's the fault of the guitar as it's my first time stringing it, but it's the first time i really noticed it being a problem. I've played mostly D'addario and Augustine low tension strings on my Patrie with no issues. I should give these strings 3 stars as they sit now but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt until I get a chance to play them more. They're clearly as high quality as other Augustine strings.Edit: it is now two years later. I have a major gripe with Augustine: the basses! they lasted maybe a month before tarnishing out.. I took the set off. I sat on it for a year or more and only recently transferred it to a midcentury factory guitar. Holy crap the trebles sound good on this instrument! I bought some basses to go with them and this dull and thuddy guitar has come to life! I just wish Augustine basses lasted longer..
AJ
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2022
These strings brightened up my flamenco guitar tremendously. I’m a huge fan of mixing Augustine Regal Blue (high tension) bass strings with La Bella 820 treble strings. That combo provides me with punchy basses and loud/bright trebles. These strings are great sounding.However, these strings are a lot harder to play due to the tension. I like to be able to press soft when I play soft and these strings with such a hard tension disable me from pressing softer. Otherwise, they sound great!
Daniele
Reviewed in Italy on November 24, 2022
Ottimo prodotto, bassi profondi e cantini squillanti. Vanno bene per il genere che suono (bossa). Vedremo la durata
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2021
After a few hours, really brightens up. Put on a guitar that needed punchier trebles.
konstantinos
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021
Great crispy sound at trebles...
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