yeah, honestly, i really liked the slinkies...and maybe it's because i played that guitar nonstop for like 3 weeks straight since i JUST got it. and it did break when i was doing a preeeetty rough bend on the 2nd fret, and i do play pretty hard. idk though....i'm not really digging these hybrids. i think over the weekend i'm going to pick up some regular 10's in boomers, and just replace the EAD strings. atleast then i'll have fresh GBE strings in the package, then have EAD's to replace on my strat that uses 11's. bah! lol