D'Addario EJ60 5-String Banjo Strings, Nickel, Light, 9-20

I use these on my old Deering Goodtime banjo with the Gumby head. I did not need to make any alterations to the nut or the bridge to make them fit. (Not saying you won’t need to, but I didn’t need to with mine) Awesome sound and very durable, but they do take a while to tune-in due to the amount of stretch that they have. This is not a flaw by any means, it’s absolutely normal for these types of strings. I may have taken a good week or more, until they set.It’s hard to compare these to a metal strings, but if I did, I would say that they hold their sound better in the long run. Metal strings seem to lose the sound after a while, but these things sound just as good now as the day that I put them on months ago. I play in all sorts of tunings and keys. I’ve tuned down low, as well as up to standard A, Double C and D tuning.

Good price. works well. These strings have lasted a long time.

I use the Light gauge set strings with the phosphor bronze wound 4th string. On here they're listed as Custom-Light and incorrectly categorized under Nickel even though the 4th string is bronze. I personally do not enjoy nickel wound 4th strings, I find that they do not have that warm tone I love so much.These strings are great, I go through a set about once a month or so and that's playing every day for at least 20-30 minutes. They stay in tune well. I find that this gauge is slightly smaller than the Ernie Ball frailing strings that I've tried which give it just that little extra when it comes to brightness of tone AND clarity that I'm looking for without sounding muted or dead. I play clawhammer style if that matters.In the year and change I've been playing I've only had two strings snap on me and that was while I was restringing the instrument and I was very new to the instrument as a whole which I attribute the snapping more to my lack of experience at the time then to quality of product. It is important when stringing your instrument to press down on your strings occasionally in between tightening them while tuning to help them stretch in a more gentle fashion when getting up to tune instead of just cranking on the tuner until you reach pitch. Tuning them without that small step makes them more likely to break. Think of it as towing a car, you never just leave the rope loose in between vehicles and suddenly accelerate - that will cause the rope to break almost immediately when it comes under tension. You instead take the slack out and gradually increase tension until you're under load and you're off and rolling.TL:DR Best strings I've found so far though I'm always trying new ones just to see what's out there. Have fun!

Good sound. Nice strings

nice strings, easier on fingers

Typical D'Addario strings. Durable, sound great

Exactly what I was expecting and needed.

makes your banjo make banjo noises, 5 strs