![]() ![]() Just a small suggestion □Īt the end of the day, they’re a great sounding string that lasts a long time and they’re very forgiving on fretboard noise. For dropped tunings, it would be nice to see Elixir offer even more choices in thicker gauges in the future – especially for more aggressive bands. In terms of brightness and clarity the Elixir OPTIWEB Coated strings are superb and unmatched on the current guitar string market. When I got home from the tour I used their standard gauge six string set and it fit a lot nicer. We did break a few more strings on this tour than, though. The coating never felt like it was coming off and the strings remained mostly untarnished for the duration of the tour and held their tone. In terms of how the strings last, I have to admit they didn’t go ‘dead’ after THIRTY SHOWS(!) and we dragged them through Florida’s humidity and Arizona’s 100+ degree temperatures. The brighter tone does come with a bit of a tradeoff- as Marcos and I found we had to drive our amps to match the same aggressive tone that our previous strings had that seemed to come more naturally. ![]() The brighter and clearer quality of the strings really allows chord augmentations and suspensions to shine through the mix, which is often lost in drop tunings. In fact, I had to dial down a lot of treble from my amp mix and increase the bass to get the same aggressive tone I was used to. Immediately after setting up the guitar I noticed how much brighter and clearer the Elixir strings were than previous brands I had used. If you do have finger squeak problems on an electric, this string will solve that problem for you as well. The OPTIWEB coating is a lot thinner than its NANOWEB and POLYWEB cousins in the product line and while you do feel the coating a bit, after playing for about thirty seconds I forgot it was there.
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