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I vote for Dean Markley Blue Steel. (I am endorsed by them but they are the best http://www.deanmarkley.com/EndArtists/EndorsingArtists.shtml)
Rickson Gracie said:pyramid gold flatwounds. theyre expensive but they last about a year (im told) and sound beautiful especially for classic rock, 60s sounds.
That's 4 packs of Boomer 10s. That would let me change every two weeks and last me two months.Henry Mars said:All of the Pyramind strings are great. I have used them on my electric 12 string and the do last a very long time, not a year though... I paid $22.00 for a set of these strings. Ouch!
philboyd studge said:I use Elixers and never change 'em. I don't play the electrics much so it's nice to have them sounding fairly fresh when I do. They seems to go about 3 years.
andyhix said:I've had the opposite experience with Elixers. They sound great right out off the bat, and stay great for a few weeks or maybe even as much as 2 months (depending on use and humidity and cleanliness, etc), but when they start to die they die an ugly nasty death. Specifically they lose the ability to stay in tune - they seem to get "stretchy." Just my .02.
This observation was probably 3-5 years ago, but I never went back because I felt I could get better life out of metal strings, with an occasional swipe of fastfret to maintain brightness.
chiz said:I used to play Boomer's, but I discovered the greatness of DRs about a year ago. I wouldn't play anything else now.
Dani Pace said:In 40+ years of playing I think I've tried all the major brands and quite a few that no one has heard of. The only strings I have ever had to last more than a couple of weeks were made by Martin. DR strings do sound the same for a month, but they sound dull to start with. Elixers are nice but not nice enough to cover their cost. I hate to dissagree with you guys but I can kill a set of GHS in a couple of hours. Fender strings break before they have a chance to go dead (especially Bullets). DiAderios stretch forever and go dead by the time they will stay in tune. Ernie Balls get fuzzy sounding and loos their bite pretty fast. I could go on but I need to go change the strings on a couple of my guitars. Face it guys, no strings last for more than a few hours of serious playing. And the lighter the strings, the faster they go. One last thing, single coil pickups will tell you to change strings faster than humbuckers and no matter how much distortion you use dead strings sound like crap.