Anyone still using Elixir nanoweb strings?

[fourfinger]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[guizzy]

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

Liking them so far.

 

[theunknowndude]

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!!!)