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Pros

The guitar is a fairly heavy solid body with a double cutaway. The sound is crisp, clear, and resonates beautifully across all registers.

D'addario xs electric guitar strings are the company's longest lasting coated strings. The nickel coating adds a smoothness to the feel that makes playing a joy, and bends and slides are effortless. I'm a big elixir fan but these stand right with in t...  Read More

Whether you're strumming softly or rocking out with heavy distortion, these strings deliver exceptional tone every time. They stay in tune exceptionally well, even after some heavy bending and aggressive playing. The back says they're for tuning down ...  Read More

This longevity is undoubtedly a strong point for those seeking strings that withstand the test of time. This not only saves me money on frequent string changes but also ensures that i always have reliable strings on my guitar.

The packaging is top notch, and i'm happy with them. They're in a nice zip baggie. Super lt.



Cons

I ended up getting these xs after the raves about their longevity, turns out that they lasted 3 days and voila, they are brown.

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Quality


The smooth feel advertised is present, enhancing playability, and the strings maintain their smoothness even after weeks of use.


The xs strings are the perfect combo of sound quality, feel, and durability.


After about 48 hours they started feeling gunky and crud was building up already.


With standard daddario strings, when playing every day, after 3 or 4 weeks strings start to feel stiff, tune up poorly and lose...  Read More

Price


I would have gone through 2 or 3 sets of standard strings in the time i've had these so these are worth the extra cost already.


This not only saves me money on frequent string changes but also ensures that i always have reliable strings on my guitar.


I drop more than $15 on stuff every week that can't possible bring me this much satisfaction.


Price is little high but might be worth a try.

Shipping


We received them quickly and he was able to put them on with no issues.

Packaging/appearance


The packaging is top notch, and i'm happy with them.


These came in a thin cardboard case/sleeve with a resealable bag (i love this, because i can reuse the bag for spare strings th...  Read More


The packaging stated "d-tuning," which wasn't stated in the product description.


These strings aren’t bad, they were packaged in an air tight package so it is possible to stock up on these without worrying ab...  Read More

Competitiveness


They really do last a really long time in comparison to same price tag competition!


Previously, i've been very fond of the nyxl series of the strings from this very same company, but these strings are multiple t...  Read More


I'm not sure he will go back to any other brand at this point.


This set of d'addario strings with "ultra thin xs film coating" sounds similar to the elixir nanoweb strings in terms of market...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, good, nice, coated and long.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 44.0% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 1,386 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 8 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Great tone that lasted a couple months playing only 12 times a week


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I put these on a guitar i dont expect to be playing very often not yet anyway im not worthy


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Id forgotten that these were coated strings i didnt really notice any difference


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Im guessing this should be a great string set for guys like me that will not bother to wipe their strings after playing but will leave the guitar in its case for months after playing it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As a general statement i dont like coated strings at all feel sound etc


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Theyre a little expensive but so is buying 34 other sets and having to spend time changing them as well to get to the same longevity of these


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I play on average 4 hours a week

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