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I've never been one to write reviews however my few purchases at zZounds compels me to. They have enabled me to get top shelf medicinal music gear that I cud never afford without their payment plan. I have 4 deployments to war zones and am retired early now however my credit not to Shiney from a previous relationship. Their no credit check really is a blessing for people like me that have the integrity but not the credit score. Too my point. I never knew strings made such a difference. These elixirs are a little slick but wonderful once you get used to it in about an hour. Every note is very defined and the highs dont hurt your ears and lows and miss are great. I find these strings extremely good if you have ceramic pickups. Just some magic about them. I gave a shot and they improved my sound technique and overall experience with a guitar. I thought I found the magic when I got some Erie ball cobalts. The feel is similar but the sound of the elixirs optiweb are much better. Harmonics come through much better as well. I will definitely be using elixirs for a while until I may find something better in my tone search.

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I've always played Ernie Ball strings, only straying and trying out new sets occasionally. In the past year or so the quality went down and noticed strings breaking much more often and sets aging faster. I have 4 guitars. Put 4 different sets on 2 months ago, the Elixirs being put on my Gibson Les Paul. In that 2 months these strings haven't rusted any and still sound good. I still plan on changing them soon with more Elixirs. Price wise they are worth the few extra bucks for sure. I'll be buying 4 sets for my 4 guitars

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