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DR Strings Announces Dragon-Skin Clear Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings

The new clear-coated strings are designed to have less unwanted overtones, more volume, and greater articulation than standard uncoated strings.

DR Strings Announces Dragon-Skin Clear Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings
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By PremierGuitar DefaultMay 05, 2011
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Emerson, NJ (May 5, 2011) -- DR Strings has announced the new Dragon-String acoustic guitar strings with DR's proprietary K3 coating. The new clear-coated strings are designed to have less unwanted overtones, more volume, and greater articulation than standard uncoated strings. DR Strings says they named the new strings Dragon-Skin, "because their effect on performance seems magical."

The sets feature K3 coating on all six strings and come in the following gauges: DSA-11 (11-50), DSA-12 (12-54), and DSA-13 (13-56).

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