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Has anyone noticed the imbalance between the plain strings and the wound/coated strings on the original Elixirs. The new generation of coated strings exhibit less of this imbalance, but I personally don't care for any coated string due to this factor. Plus, I can't see the rationale for paying twice as much for strings that are dead when I put them on. If I want a dead-sounding string, I'll just leave some uncoated strings on forever. They still exhibit more harmonic content than a coated string when the coated strings are new. when I put a pick to a string, I expect to feel and hear some interaction between the pick and the string. Coated strings feel and sound something like a loose rubber band, imo.
As for lasting a long time, it is true that the coated strings do not change their sound. On other undeniable fact is that intonation goes flat within a relatively short period of time due to metal fatigue, which no coating can prevent.
I continue to try all of the options on the market, but the imbalance issue, the feel of the attack, and the lack of harmonic content of coated strings keeps me using non-coated strings. Just my preference. When I decide to sell the high-priced coated alternatives, I suppose that I will sing a different song in the mname of profit. I sometimes tire of demonstrating to customers the difference between traditional strings and these new, high-dollar thuddy sound strings.
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