Ernie Ball Super Slinky Stainless Steel Wound Electric Guitar Strings - 9-42 Gauge

Quick note to the people confused about the material on the high strings- they are indeed stainless steel. In fact, even on the nickel slinkys the high three are steel- the nickel is only in the windings, as is the case with all nickel wound strings. With that out of the way- these are everything i could want out of a string. Sound good, feel good and don't break the bank as hard as some other nickel alternatives. If you're a smart player and change your strings fairly regularly (once a week if you're an obsessive like me, once a month if you're normal) then you can't go too far wrong. Bear in mind that "stainless" does not mean "immune to wear", however! These are not and were never designed with a heavy focus on longevity as some may presume- the choice of material is purely a sound and feel thing. In fact, depending on your body chemistry nickel may even last longer for you. So if that's your concern, look elsewhere. If you want a good sounding and feeling set of strings, these are worth your time.

Good strings at a Great price.

Very round winding on these. One downside is they stick at the nut more than other strings so make sure your nut is set up right and lubed sufficiently. Great tuning stability and tone. Really bright - made my hot rails sound like fat single coils. Great for a dull sounding guitar and AMAZING at cleaning up high gain tones.

I found these strings to have a really clear definition on the notes, with good balance between the wound and plain strings.They also retain their brightness well, as long as you're diligent with wiping down the guitar after you play.There are only 3 actual stainless steel strings in the pack (these are the wound ones) with the plain strings being super slinkys.Setting up may take a little longer as I found that the stainless steels took a little more stretching before they settle. Once they're done though, they're as rock solid as any other Ernie Ball sets.The wound set, in my opinion, has a slightly grippier feel than other string sets. This makes it good for low register bends and pinch harmonics.If you have more than 2 or 3 instruments these are a great, cost effective and quality product. You can get 3 sets of these for the price of 1 set of Paradigm strings.Great value.

I don’t get to play as often as I would like. But even after a week the tone is bright and crisp. I also have quite sweaty palms and these resist rusting brilliantly. Definitely getting some more

Easy to attach and super smooth on the fingers.

The price and delivery were excellent as always. Ive never had these strings and decided to try them. I purchased two packs for two of my guitarsGot to the high E string during the string change and the string clean snapped! Is wasnt even nearly tight enough either. I wasnt too happy obviously. I had to use the other string out of the second pack as a replacement. Luckily this one didnt snap. I know strings snap occasionally but not generally during the re-stringing stage, it kind of defeats the point. I now have a pack of the strings with one string missing which is annoying and pretty useless.Once strung and tuned the strings are actually quite nice. They sound good, feel nice and bend nicely and once stretched a little they seem to hold tune rather well. I didnt even have any problems with tuning the intonation.All in all nice strings but a bit disappointed with the lasting quality of them. I'm sure it was just an odd one but it kind of puts you off. Usually I buy elixir strings which are unbelievable quality and now I know why they are twice the price. You get what you pay for.

great