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Mon July 14, 2008
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67% of reviewers
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$11.00
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2.3
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zachrodis
Registered: July 2004
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Sun July 11, 2004
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $11.00
| Rating: 3
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Pros:
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lasts a long time, especially for people with acidic fingers
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Cons:
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not a good tone, especially for high quality guitars
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I used to love elixer strings, but that was before i spent 1000 dollars on a good guitar. My fingers are really acidic and it saves me a lot of time changing stings but i put them on my new martin and they sounded worse than the black nasty strings (because i played it so much) that the guitar shipped with. The other thing that bothers me is that the high E and B stings aren't coated like the rest of the strings so they get covered in gunk quickly (despite frequent cleanings) and then (especially if you have a dreadnaught) there is nothing but bass; you might as well play power chords instead of barre chords. The tone of the elixers is too metalic and twangy, which is ok if you have a lower end guitar because its going to sounds like that anyway, but if you have anything that you expect a good, full tone out of then i dont recommend these strings.
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Colt W. Knight
Registered: January 2007
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1988
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Review Date: Sun September 16, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 1
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I dont have anything nice to say
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Made my Martin go thud
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Elixers make the bottom end of my 15 year old Martin guitar go thud...Plus the webbing that covers the strings frays and causes buzzing and muting.
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Hawkpromo
Registered: July 2008
Location: Indiana
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Mon July 14, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Price you paid?: Not Indicated
| Rating: 3
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Pros:
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They will last and keep their brightness longer
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Cons:
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Poor tone quality, and more expensive
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Taylor guitars claim that these are the only strings they recommend on all Taylors. So when I went to put new strings on my Taylor T-5, I went with these. I lost all my tone (acoustically) as well as electrically. I lost confidence in the Taylor product and Company. I ended up selling my T-5 on ebay. Not because of the strings... I was just never that knocked out about the guitar. For me... Well I would never recommend the strings to any serious player.
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Joe S.
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