Elixir Poll

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Elixirs?

  • Yay!

    Votes: 48 47.5%

  • Nay!

    Votes: 38 37.6%

  • Banjo Mart

    Votes: 2 2.0%

  • Guitar Satan

    Votes: 1 1.0%

  • I gut my own cats :p

    Votes: 12 11.9%
  • Total voters
    101
They sound great on my acoustic. They also cost $10+ a pack. No thanks. I can get just as good or better tone from $4-$5 strings.
 
Never tried 'em, not sure why I would, unless they are free.

They're not free are they?

Do they give out free samples, or just hype,
'cause I've got all the hype I need.
 
mikemorgan said:
They're not free are they?

Do they give out free samples, or just hype,
'cause I've got all the hype I need.
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No, but the music store near my house has a special deal on a full case of Elixers. Financing through Wells Fargo mortgage is available.... :D
 
Cost isn't really a factor for me. I use them on my acoustic and go through about 3 sets/year. My fingers don't squeak when I use 'em, so I use 'em.

ps, I don't want to wash my hands in warm water everytime I fucking pick up my acoustic, but thanks anyways.
 
I don't like them. They came stock on my Taylor and the coating on the strings "ragged out". I tried a couple more sets and had the same experience. To my ears, they were a little less bright than the GHS phospher bronze strings I normally use and didn't last any longer. And for what they cost, I can crank on three sets of the GHS for what one of the Elixers cost. My opinion, they're snake oil (like the Long John strings that came in a 3' long box so the strings wouldn't suffer from being coiled).
 
It depends on the guitar. Phospher bronze, although great sounding on my Larrivee dreadnaught, are too bright for my Webber OM. The Elixers, OTOH, sound great on the Webber and they last. I did not like the GHS on the Webber, they sounded "tinny".

Spending $8 - $10 on a set of strings for a $1,000 - $2,500 guitar is not an extravagant expense IMO.
 
I tried them when they first came out and wasn't impressed.At three times the price of regular strings I won't be trying them again anytime soon. :rolleyes:
 
They are ok, but there's no need to charge so much. Even regular strings are a rip.
 
I like em on acoustic....not so much on my electrics.......
 
I just last week put a set of Elixers on my mandolin. The improvement in tone was so surprising that now I'm thinking about trying some even more expensive strings (arrgh.)

Without a doubt they're my next guitar string. Guitar strings are dirt cheap compared to violin, viola or (god forbid) cello strings.
 
Love 'em - low finger noise, great tone, stay fresh and work out much cheaper over time for me. I'm less keen on the electric ones because they wound ones are a little 'too smooth' for me to dig into, but I really like the bass sets.
 
jam esp said:
Guitar strings are dirt cheap compared to violin, viola or (god forbid) cello strings.
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Good point! You can buy three sets of Elixirs for the price of a set of Thomastik violin strings ... and they aren't even particularly expensive ones!
 
I agree about the fret noise, they help with that a lot. If I wasn't so broke I'd probably use them more often. But $10+ is still too much for strings...

I don't like them on electric though, they break too easily.
 
I don't like them, it doesn't feel natural, and when the oil or whatever it is wears off the strings don't sound nearly as good as before. Not worth the price when I can get better quality cheaper.
 
Elixers

I put them on a friend's acoustic Washburn, and we both loved the feel. I'll have to call him soon to find out how well they held up. If I know him, he's still using the same set I put on around Christmas time. :eek:
 
i love them, there awsome for softer songs, but for shredding and stuff (anything you do with a pick) I'll take something else becouse the coating is not really designed for the abuse of picks
 
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