I am interested in trying out some Elixir Polywebs.... But I can't seem to find them anywhere online. Are they discontinued?
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Elixir Polywebs??
- Thread starter Corvette19
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What's up fellow upstater!?
But yeah, Polywebs were discontinued maybe 5 or 6 years ago. The new ones are much better and don't shed. Don't bother going to that place on Laurens Rd, get them from www.bassstringsonline.com
But yeah, Polywebs were discontinued maybe 5 or 6 years ago. The new ones are much better and don't shed. Don't bother going to that place on Laurens Rd, get them from www.bassstringsonline.com
I really like the nanowebs and use them on all of my basses, but I'd like to try the polywebs too. Guess I won't be doing that though hehe but there are some going on ebay right now.
Yeah there are probably some NOS still out there. Think of the Polywebs as Nanowebs that have been dipped in plastic and with no high end. Actually it looks like they quit making Polywebs in 2006!
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Hopkins
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I actually don't really care for the Nanowebs, but I liked the Polywebs. I believe the Nanowebs use a coated winding instead of the string being coated after it was wound like the Polywebs. The Polywebs seemed to last forever, where in my experience, the Nanowebs don't really last any longer than an uncoated bass string. I haven't used Elixir in years though, I find that other strings sound better.
Old thread, I know, but I just picked up a 2006 Schecter C-4 (underrated bass, by the way) from GC, and it had -probably the original- Polywebs on it. Of course, they were shredded to hell, and yeah they were "mostly dead", but they still felt and sounded better than many popular strings sound and feel after two weeks to a month. This is 10-12 years later! I, for one, think I know exactly why Elixir discontinued the Polys for bass.
