Elixir Guitar Strings

[Gabriel]

Nah they don't have the colored ball ends, thats cleartones that do, which are suspiciously identical to the coated strings D'addario sell.

Either way I've only ever had this issue on one guitar and it turned out there was a burr on the saddle, never broken a string since. Neither have any of my students whom I always recommend to use Elixirs. They aren't for everyone though.

[othomas2]

I use Elixirs, I'm a big fan. For both Acoustic and Electric.

For me they last quite a lot longer than your regular string and because of this they work out around the same cost too, if not cheaper.

On the electrics especially, I was surprised how decent they sounded after 6 months of use. Shortly after that they'd die out a little or be more prone to snapping.

I have had a few high Es break on me but not enough to warrant using anything else. They're the best sounding strings I've heard.

[Simon]

is 3 sets for 24,90 € expensive? i dont think so.

Maybe not to you, but to someone else, that might seem expensive. I know they cost around £13-£14 where I am and I'd consider that to be expensive for a set of strings that only last maybe a month or two longer than regular strings.

They do sound amazing when you first put them on though, I agree. Never tried them with electric guitars before, only acoustics. Maybe one day when I'm feeling flush I'll use them on one of my electrics.

your shopping in the wrong stores then Simon
soundslive have them for £9

Ha! Do they?! I never noticed to be honest! The last time I bought them was from Windows(say's everything really!) and I'm sure I used to pay about £13 for them!

I might treat myself to some in that case!

[weeping_moon]

I used to use Elixirs on my acoustic but had to stop as I found they would break for no apparent reason - by which I mean, lightly strumming a chord and the D string would snap/tuning down a step and the high E snapped/etc. It would happen regardless of whether they'd been on for weeks or were brand new and they always tended to go at the bridge, right at the point where the ball-end winding ends, suggesting some sort of inherent flaw in the way they're made.

If it had happened once or twice I wouldn't have thought much of it, but it got to the stage where it was getting ridiculous, and of course you can't buy a single string to replace the one that broke, so I'd end up with hybrid part-Elixir string sets on my guitar before I wised up and stopped wasting so much money on the damn things.

Nobody else noticed this?

never had this problem. sounds like the problem is lying in your guitar.

[Steve!]

Maybe not to you, but to someone else, that might seem expensive. I know they cost around £13-£14 where I am and I'd consider that to be expensive for a set of strings that only last maybe a month or two longer than regular strings.

They do sound amazing when you first put them on though, I agree. Never tried them with electric guitars before, only acoustics. Maybe one day when I'm feeling flush I'll use them on one of my electrics.

your shopping in the wrong stores then Simon
soundslive have them for £9

Ha! Do they?! I never noticed to be honest! The last time I bought them was from Windows(say's everything really!) and I'm sure I used to pay about £13 for them!

I might treat myself to some in that case!

yeah windows is a strange shop really
they are super overpriced on many things
but then ridiculously under priced on others
i got my Laney Lionheart L5T from there for like £430 which is a massive bargin