Thomastik-Infeld Strings for Guitar & Bass

Special strings for Guitar&Bass

Thomastik-Infeld Vienna is the world´s number one manufacturer of strings for violin, viola, cello, bass and secret of many top guitarists. The Company is legendary for handmade strings of highest quality standard. Thomastik Infeld produces strings for bowed instruments & guitars: electric guitar, classical guitar, electric bass, jazz guitar, acoustic bass.

Products for guitar & bass: Classic, Spectrum, Plectrum, Jazz, Sliders, John Pearse, Techno-Brights, Power Brights, Acoustic Bass, Jazz Electric Bass, Power Bass.

The Thomastik-Infeld Website provides full product catalog , and lots of background information about endorsing artists like Ray Brown, Wayne Darling, David Friesen, sponsoring activities, events and more.

Founders: Dr. Thomastik and Otto Infeld, Margarethe Infeld

President: Peter Infeld

Thomastik-Infeld is based in Vienna, Austria. A Company with history: 80 years in the heart of Vienna 1919 two former officers of the Austrian monarchy, violin maker Dr. Franz Thomastik and engineer Otto Infeld, decided to become co-workers. The founded a company, invented the steel string and caused a revolution in the music world. With this, the conventional gut string was challenged by a new string of the highest tone quality, precision and reliability. Virtuosi all over the world were enthusiastic. Even to the present, these "sound exciters" for bowed and plucked instruments of all kinds are produced with incredible variety in the heart of the music capital Vienna. Thomastik-Infeld constructs and manufactures machines for producing strings in its own workshop. With a staff of 190 people, it produces yearly over 3.000 different
strings. 97% of them are exported to more than 100 countries.

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18 thoughts on “Thomastik-Infeld Strings for Guitar & Bass”

  1. short scale round wound elec. bass strings
    Capt. Ron

    Attempting to purchase individual strings to customize a set of ‘short scale elec. bass strings. I own a Gibson (early 70’s?) Les Paul Triumph and am hoping to balance out the sound a bit. Presently has .040-G, .050-D, .075-A, .090-E. Wish to go next size larger for top two strings (.042 -G & .052 -D or something close) Bottom of bass is almost in the muddy area for timbre and don’t believe the width of the narrow neck will allow anything larger w/o rolling off on the low E. I do not wish to alter nut if I can help it. Can I purchase individual short scale strings anywhere? I believe it presently has a set of Rotosounds on it. Looking for a punchy, full sound (maybe even bright, due to the bass’s muddiness in lowest range.) I have recently encountered a brain hemorrhage and require the short scale due to loss of reach and dexterity. Feels wonderful to be able to get some emotional kick-back from something that has been lost, recently. I may not be as quick or as ‘witty & inventive ‘as I once was, but I swear it feels like I was given a slice of a miracle to just be able to feel the magic once again! Keep the playing faith and don’t take a second for granted…

  2. short scale round wound elec. bass strings
    Capt. Ron

    Attempting to purchase individual strings to customize a set of ‘short scale elec. bass strings. I own a Gibson (early 70’s?) Les Paul Triumph and am hoping to balance out the sound a bit. Presently has .040-G, .050-D, .075-A, .090-E. Wish to go next size larger for top two strings (.042 -G & .052 -D or something close) Bottom of bass is almost in the muddy area for timbre and don’t believe the width of the narrow neck will allow anything larger w/o rolling off on the low E. I do not wish to alter nut if I can help it. Can I purchase individual short scale strings anywhere? I believe it presently has a set of Rotosounds on it. Looking for a punchy, full sound (maybe even bright, due to the bass’s muddiness in lowest range.) I have recently encountered a brain hemorrhage and require the short scale due to loss of reach and dexterity. Feels wonderful to be able to get some emotional kick-back from something that has been lost, recently. I may not be as quick or as ‘witty & inventive ‘as I once was, but I swear it feels like I was given a slice of a miracle to just be able to feel the magic once again! Keep the playing faith and don’t take a second for granted…

  3. 5 string Violin tailpieces
    Vincent Lamberti

    I run a retail musical instrument store in Australia and need to buy 3 of your 5 string violin tailpieces, but neither Lamberti Bros or National Music stock them. How can I get these?

    1. Re: 5 string Violin tailpieces
      Jitesh Jain

      : I run a retail musical instrument store in Australia and need to buy 3 of your 5 string violin tailpieces, but neither Lamberti Bros or National Music stock them. How can I get these?

      We can supply you 3,4,5 or 6 string tailpiece for violins in best quality in ebony, rosewood or boxwood as per your requirements.

      We can also supply you fingerboards, pegs, chinrests, tailpieces, etc for violins , violas, cello and double bass.

      I look forward to your reply

      Best Regards

      Jitesh Jain

    2. Re: 5 string Violin tailpieces
      Jitesh Jain

      : I run a retail musical instrument store in Australia and need to buy 3 of your 5 string violin tailpieces, but neither Lamberti Bros or National Music stock them. How can I get these?

      We can supply you 3,4,5 or 6 string tailpiece for violins in best quality in ebony, rosewood or boxwood as per your requirements.

      We can also supply you fingerboards, pegs, chinrests, tailpieces, etc for violins , violas, cello and double bass.

      I look forward to your reply

      Best Regards

      Jitesh Jain

  4. Thomastik Infeld
    JOHN P. THOMAS

    In my opinion Thomastik Infeld’s Spectrum Series Bronze Med Light’s are the best Acoustic Guitar Strings I have found so far. Intonation is important to me as a fingerpicker and their strings get the job done period.

  5. Thomastik Infeld
    JOHN P. THOMAS

    In my opinion Thomastik Infeld’s Spectrum Series Bronze Med Light’s are the best Acoustic Guitar Strings I have found so far. Intonation is important to me as a fingerpicker and their strings get the job done period.

    1. Re: STRING AVAILABILITY?
      paul beck

      : DOES ANYONE KNOW IF SLIDERS BLUE SERIES COME IN A HEAVIER SET THAN 10? MAYBE 11 OR 12 GAGE???
      yes they do…go to yahoo then john connolly music co. follow the links from there

  6. Crash Beat
    Paul Harald / Crash Beat

    Sehr geehrte Fr. Johanna Hofinger!

    Vorerst möchte ich mich vorstellen:
    Ich heiße Harald Paul, bin Mitglied und Songwriter der Pop, Rock Band : Crash Beat.
    CB wurde in Frühjahr 1998 gegründet und hat nach intensiver Probe- und Vorbereitungszeit bereits zahlreiche Auftritte
    inÖsterreich absolviert (Festivals, Eigenkonzerte…).

    Der Hohe punkt unserer musikalischen Laufbahn war eine Indonesientournee im August-September 1999 bei welchen
    wir unter anderen in der Fernseh-Musiksendung PESTA (Einschaltquote 20 Mio) – Anmerk. Indonesien hat ca. 260 Mio
    Einwohner) und 2x Jakarta Fair (vor ca. 20.000 Zusehern) mitgewirkt haben. Während dieser Tournee wurde ein
    namhafter Produzent und Songwriter (17 Hits in Malaysia, Brunei, Philipinen, Singapur und natürlich in Indonesien)
    namens Oddie Agam auf uns aufmerksam, welcher uns produzieren möchte. (Album Produktion Start Juni2000,
    10 songs, davon 5 in Indonesisch und 5 in Englisch).

    Einige Informationen zu unserer Bandmitgliedern :
    Paul Harald (1974, Wien), Musikschule Penzing :Rockgitarre, seit 1997 Student an Vienna Konservatorium :
    Fusiongittare, Songwriter, Gitarrist und KOmponist von CB.

    Cecilia Liswardi (1978, Indonsien), Sängerin von Cb, Chorgesang, Privatunterricht, trad. Instrumente von Indonesien :
    Gamelan, Kolintang, Angklung.

    Reinhard Patscheider (1976, Tirol), Jazzpianist, Student am Gustav Mahler Konservatorium, Keyboarder von CB.

    Martin MOndl (1969, Oö), Bassist von CB , zahlreiche Jazz- und Funkprojekte, Student am Gustav Mahler Kons.

    Achim Balzer (1969, BRD), Drummer von CB

    Martina Neuhauser (1980, Oö), Sängerin von CB, STudent am Vienna Konservatorium

    Für diese Produktion und die Vorkosten (Flugkosten…) suchen wir dringend oesterreichische Sponsoren zusätzl.
    zu den bereits vorhandenen indonesischen Sponsoren, welche eine jungen , österreichischen Band unterstützen
    möchten. Natürlich stehen wir Ihnen als Werbeträger (geplante Mindestauflage 30.000 St. Tonträger und Live Auftritte:
    Jakarta Fair, staatl. Fernseh-Auftritte, etc.) zur Verfügung.

    Es würde mich freuen, von Ihnen ein Feedback zu erhalten.
    MFG,
    Paul Harald
    xxxxxxxxxxx

    P.s. Das Fernsehvideo, Verträge, Bio-data von Produzenten kann ich Ihnen natürlich gerne persönlich übermitteln.

  7. Saiten für klassische Gitarre
    Bärbel Schnellen

    Hallo!

    Ich suche dringend Alternativen zu den "üblichen" Saiten für klassische Gitarre. Könnt Ihr mir weiterhelfen? Bitte schickt mir Informationen über Eure Produkte und Händlernachweise für Deutschland bzw. Nordrhein-Westfalen. Vielen Dank im voraus.

    Bärbel Schnellen
    Brinkmannstiege 1A
    D-48161 Münster

    1. Re: vinyl covered bass strings
      Nicolas Lessard

      : I c’ant find any. Can you?
      Rotosound makes a flatwound nylon on steel core set,
      and Fender makes a tapewound and a roundwound set.
      Now, if you really need vinyl , look for Pyramid, they accept special requests… good luck

        1. Re: vinyl covered bass strings
          kc

          yeah, they rock. They’ve got a really smooth sound, and they seem to last a long time. I’m probably about 2/3’s the way through my first set.

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