Ernie Ball P02144 Earthwood Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings — Medium 13-56

Mellow, ringing phosphor bronze with excellent clarity.

Ernie Ball Earthwood Phosphor Bronze in Medium 13-56 gives your acoustic a warmer, rounder voice than 80/20 bronze without giving up definition. Ernie Ball describes the tone as "a mellow, ringing sound, with excellent clarity" — strong fundamentals, a smooth top end, and the balanced character that has made phosphor bronze the everyday choice for acoustic players. Medium is the heaviest gauge in the line — maximum volume, projection, and low-end punch for hard strummers, flatpickers, and big-bodied guitars that can take the tension.

Phosphor bronze that holds its tone.

Earthwood Phosphor Bronze wrap wire is 92% copper, 7.7% tin, and 0.3% phosphorus, wound over a tin-plated hex-shaped steel core. The tin and phosphorus in the alloy slow corrosion compared to plain 80/20 bronze, so a fresh set keeps its warmth and clarity longer between changes. The hex core grips the wrap wire for solid tuning stability and consistent intonation. Uncoated, with the light orange-gold color phosphor bronze is known for.

Construction:

• Wrap wire: 92% copper / 7.7% tin / 0.3% phosphorus bronze for warm, long-lasting tone
• Core wire: Tin-plated hex-shaped steel for tuning stability and grip
• Plain strings: Tin-plated high-carbon steel
• Finish: Round wound, uncoated

Specifications

Who It's For:

• Bluegrass flatpickers and hard strummers who need volume and a string that won't flap under a heavy pick.
• Dreadnought and jumbo players whose guitars open up under medium tension.
• Drop-tuned and slide players who want the extra tension that keeps a lowered tuning tight.

Time for fresh acoustic strings? Come to Marich Music in Corning to grab a set of Earthwood Phosphor Bronze in Medium 13-56 — or let our repair shop restring it for you. In stock now.