Elixir, Acoustic Guitar Strings, Phosphor Bronze, NANOWEB, 6-String, 13-56

I've been using Elixirs since they first came out. I've tried all the copycat coated strings out there, and none compare to the longevity and tone of Elixirs. No, they do not replace uncoated strings in all situations. If you are in a studio in front of good condenser mics, playing quality, fresh, uncoated strings will sound better hands down, no contest. If you are gigging live using piezos, or SM58's, or about any other pickup I've tried, you can't hear any significant difference. You won't save any money, but you will cut down on the hassle of constant string changes. If you're learning guitar, or just noodling around in your spare time, these are perfect. More time playing, less time changing strings or suffering dead tone cause you don't want to deal with the hassle. How long they last depends on how you play. If you pound away with a pick it'll be a lot less than if you finger-pick with your nails and finger tips. In any case, they last a lot longer than uncoated.

The ultimate longest lasting strings. With playing every day. They hold tune and sound great and they last forever. Highly recommended

These strings are the best for acoustic guitar. Tone is incredible!

I’ve been using Elixir strings for over 25plus years . They are on my acoustic guitars , my electric guitar, and my 3 bass guitars . They are the only string I buy . They last and hold there tuning . I highly recommend them!!

Best on the market in my opinion.

These are probably going to be something you end up getting consistently if you don’t care about or can’t notice any significant difference in tone from regular non-coated strings. To me, it defeats the purpose of getting strings that last however much longer if the sound they have to begin with is this brassy, metallic, wholly unimpressive sound that seems to have nothing to do with the characteristics of the guitar anymore because it’s been covered by the coating. That isn’t to say it’s necessarily a bad thing, but you are NOT getting anywhere near the tonal richness and fitting feeling of the sound of an acoustic guitar on a classic record. These strings are for durability and practicality more than anything, but some people really just won’t care as much or won’t notice a difference enough to merit going back to strings that last maybe a week or two before it starts deteriorating and dulling significantly. It’s a shame because I love the strings otherwise. They look so robust and shiny and even though they’re a little stiffer and take some time getting used to, you can easily tell they are high quality and made with that “built to last” mentality, which you gotta give it up to them for. Before assuming that these just won’t sound good at all, I have heard that there is a kind of natural “playing in” and settling the strings have to go through after a bit of time before they start having some more familiar characteristic to them. I’ll see how that goes, but really I think one of the things I go for is an immediate sound that makes me want to play right after the restring. Right now it just feels kind of like a hollow sound to my guitar. It’s a beautiful and amazing sounding Yamaha dreadnought, but whatever tonal characteristics that were present before when I used other strings, which were non-coated, they seem gone now or extremely hollow on account of the coating. It’s a give and take and not something I can blame Elixir for as I imagine that the better the coating, the harder it’s going to be for that sweet classic acoustic sound to come through, and currently there isn’t a way around that, unfortunately. I have tried other strings that were treated to see if the compromise in no coating, but having some treatment to them would be a happy medium between preserving tone an also expanding how long the strings would last, but when I did, there was still a slightly off bit of reduced sound quality compared to those brand of non-coated strings, and the treatment didn’t seem to really hold up that much better, if at all, from the non-coated/non-treated strings of the same brand. I don’t know if these can be updated, but I hope to sit a while with these Elixirs because they are admittedly snazzy and slick. Slick as in cool, but also slick in feeling, as in I feel good about sliding up with ease. Robust would be the word for them, and I’m just trying to see if they’re like a new pair of shoes or something. Haven’t given up on the sound just yet, and I’m hoping they can start to sound better before they start to degrade because that would be key. Please note that the coating does seem to provide a bit more rigidness than what you might expect from the same gauge of non-coated strings, so that is just something else to consider. Projection and volume does seem loud, but the zing really does feel either rounded off or like there is a natural ceiling to how much resonance can come through because of the protection. If you’re like me and you deal with gunk and buildup from your hands that accumulates pretty quickly on the strings, I’d consider giving these ones a go. Definitely a great starting point, but we’ll see if the sound quality improves into something that makes this sound better acoustically, or if the longevity of the strings will be great enough where the difference in sound doesn’t become that negative or unreasonable a factor anymore.

best quality

20 years and still my favorite acoustic strings....!

Le migliori corde per chitarra acustica in assoluto, durano tantissimo ed sono un piacere per le dita

Zero complaints

Amazing as always

Le migliori corde per durata e suono. Le consiglio...

Elixir'den sakın şaşmayın pahalı olabilir ama kullanım ömrü açısından yarışabilecek bir tel markası olduğunu düşünmüyorum paranızı kesinlikle hak eden bir ürün