Savarez was founded in 1770 when the Savaresse family arrived in France from Italy. There they made plain gut strings, rectified by hand. In 1930 Savarez introduced refinements that have since become industry standards in classical guitar string making. In 1950 Savarez were the first company to offer three (high, medium and low) tensions of classical guitar strings. They introduced rectified nylon treble strings. They developed the Savarez Argentine series of Gypsy jazz guitar strings which were famously used by Django Rheinardt and are used on Maccaferri and Selmer guitars. In the 1990’s Savarez Alliance were manufactured followed by  Savarez Red Card and Savarez Blue Card classical guitar strings in 2000. Today the tradition continues.

Savarez 520J Traditional High Tension Classical Guitar String Set

Rectified nylon SAVAREZ trebles and Traditional wound SAVAREZ basses.

The Trebles...
Savarez came up with a solution to a problem which nobody had solved before: how to give guitarists the means to play in tune and to choose the ideal tension for strings and guitar to give of their best. The rectification process created and then perfected by SAVAREZ has risen to this challenge.

Now, “NEW CRISTAL” nylon represents the culmination of the technological progress of these traditional strings. The surface texture of rectified nylon limits finger slipping and improves the control of finger placing for greater playing comfort.

The Basses...
These basses have always been our best sellers, and are the fruit of thorough research into raw materials and manufacturing techniques. This research has been carried out in collaboration with musicians in searchof new sonic horizons.

Both Basses & Trebles...
They are checked with high-precision purpose-designed apparatus, kept up to date with each new wave of technological change (computers, high sensitivity stress gauges, laser beams, photoelectric cells etc.)