Gauges 12-16-24-32-42-53.John Pearse is a small string company, known quite well in bluegrass circles. Great strings!

The Alvarez PD90S Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar delicately balances unparalleled performance and stylish cosmetics. Solid Canadian spruce top with scalloped bracing, matched with solid Indian rosewood back, offers superb tone and projection. The traditional dovetail neck joint ensures optimum transfer of string energy between the neck and body, and guarantees the structural integrity of the instrument. Uncompromising performance is only part of the picture. The PD90S features labor-intensive maple binding, genuine abalone shell inlays and gold hardware, creating understated elegance and classic visual presence.

Gauges 12-16-24-35-45-56. Elixir Acoustic Guitar Strings are covered with an ultrathin, space-age polymer tube that contacts the string on the tops of the windings only. This leaves the all-important winding-to-winding-to-core space free from the fear of the enemies of tone! No more gunk and goo. No more DNA evidence. No kidding.Elixirs are the first major innovation in guitar strings in over forty years, and deliver what they promise: great tone and long life no matter what you put them on or how often you play.