I play Gypsy Jazz and this Silk & Steel is the type of string used by Django Reinhardt in the late 30's. Gypsy Jazz is such an alien genre here in Malaysia, not only guitar you must buy from oversea... the string as well. It took me over a month to get a set of string ordered from ebay.

Luckily I managed to found this alternative Gally Silk & String there at Guitar Empire Indah Parade. This string is more for guys who play Folk music instead of Gypsy Jazz. Less tension, soft and the sound is a lil bit mellow. But not loud enough for Gypsy Jazz.



Check out the string sound on my Gypsy Guitar:-





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HexxVjpVbbY

This post has been edited by kakamal: Feb 26 2015, 09:41 AM

Hey there thanks for the compliment. There are hell a lot of kool 'mounuche' to recommend to. But my favourite Gypsy Jazz guitarist are Angelo Debarre, John Jorgenson and Fapy Lafertin . The rest like Birelli Lagrene, Stochelo Rosenberg, Romane, Joscho Stephan etc are good too but they are more on skills instead of melodic.

If you more preferred the like of what I playing above, you better listen to Gypsy Valse instead of Gypsy Jazz. Some recommendation:-

Angelo Debarre - La Gitane
Angelo Debarre - Valse De Bamboula
Calliston - Troublant Bolero
Dorado Schmitt - Bossa Dorado
Jimmy Rosenberg - Made For Wesley
John Jorgenson - Man of Mystery
John Jorgenson - Valse De Samois
Joscho Stephan - Made in France
Stephane Wrembel - Bistro Fada
Stochelo Rosenberg - I Will Wait for You
The Rosenberg Trio - Choti
The Rosenberg Trio - Clair De Lune
The Rosenberg Trio - Valse A Rosenthal
Yorgui Loeffler - Boucin’ Around
Yorgui Loeffler - Valse Folle

Haha.. enjoy

Hey kotobuki thanks for the useful info. Yes of course we can order almost anything from them but still we gotta to wait for the stock coming probably 2-4 weeks. And based on my past experience I've spent less by ordering the string through ebay myself.

I only pay RM64 plus shipping for a set of Argentine string while they quoted me RM80 (not Guitar store).