Anyone still using Elixir nanoweb strings? - Page 2

fourfinger · #21 03-10-2009, 10:12 PM

I have them on both my basses right now, and have used them almost exclusively for a while. I rarely change them, but it is getting to be time, and I think I am ready to experiment with flats.

dinghy · #22 03-10-2009, 10:14 PM

I have them on all 3 of my basses - yes thats like $100 worth of strings but on the plus side I haven't changed strings since last year and they're all as bright as new.

chardbass · #23 03-13-2009, 05:19 AM

I have just tried a set- I usually use Hi or Fat Beams.
Is it just me or is there way more tension in the strings? They even feel thicker (I'm using the same gauges that I always use)
The sound is so different too- not in a bad way.

isher1992 · #24 03-13-2009, 05:42 AM

The Elixir coating wears off too fast to me (I play with a pick.) I've had the set of D'Addario EXP's for two months and the coating isn't peeling off yet. And plus, I think the D'Addario have a little bit more low end response.

CElton · #25 03-13-2009, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by chardbass

I have just tried a set- I usually use Hi or Fat Beams.
Is it just me or is there way more tension in the strings? They even feel thicker (I'm using the same gauges that I always use)
The sound is so different too- not in a bad way.

They have a little more tension than Hi Beams. I'm pretty sure the Elixir's are wound on a hex core. They feel just like D'Addario XL's to me in both tension and playability. I really dig 'em. Nice nickel tone that lasts.

RDUB · #26 03-13-2009, 09:24 AM

I still use 'em and still love 'em. They suit my style. I've been buying them at my local music store for $54 Canadian. Usually get 3-6 months out of a set, depending how busy I am.

tom e smith · #27 03-13-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bassistgook

They are good strings but I'd go with some DR color coated strings first. They have a much better tone in my opinion and they feel more like a real string.

Love my Black Beauties!!

Gadolinium · #28 03-14-2009, 06:22 PM

I just think they are way too much. And on mine, the coating started coming off and fraying. People kept asking why i had bits of skin stuck on the strings...

groooooove · #29 03-14-2009, 06:23 PM

there were elexir strings on one bass i bought used from ebay.. to sum it up, i'll never buy them..

guizzy · #30 03-14-2009, 06:41 PM

Bought a set of Elixir nanoweb phosphor bronze for my new ABG.

Liking them so far.

theunknowndude · #31 03-18-2009, 07:07 AM

elixir strings came on my K5, thought they were almost too good to be true!
I previously had DR black beauties and they were far too piano tone for me + sliding on black beauties is the easiest way to get ouchy fingers,... played a gig with a song that was a major long slow slide every riff and at the end I think rope burn would have been nicer!

now have them on my squier fretless jazz but I think theyre a bit tooo dark sounding combined with the ebonol fretboard,... doesn't bother me too much cos I don't overly like that fretless and want to get rid of it! (sooooo much gas for a gwb35 right now!!!)