GHS Strings Launch Limited Edition Infinity Steels

Weren't Infinity Steels previously a old product of GHS?

What's the point of making it a Limited Time product? Possible relaunch as a consumer product if the reception is positive?

 

A toe in the water, as it were.

 

So if I really like the strings and interested in keep using them and purchase more sets, what would I do?

 

If they're decent strings, why make them limited edition? If I end up liking them, I'm SOL. Sounds like lame hype to sell underperforming strings.

 

I would never buy a limited edition string. What if i liked em ?

 

leave em on?

 

Man, what's a set of these...20-25 bucks? It's not like you're out a fortune if you like em or don't, and if the supply gets bought up and response / customer request is high enough, it's not like they couldn't make them again. I will certainly try them, and if I dig them, buy up as much as I can. I only change strings every 3-4 months anyway as I keep them clean and my Ph is low so I don't rot thru them... companies can't do or try anything these days w/o complaints it seems. Good on ya GHS, I'm a Slinky guy these days (after bein a Boomers and Chromes guy for YEARS), but I'll give yer string a go, sure.

 

In case anyone was curious how the infinity steels sounded. I personally love them but with all due respect to GHS I wish they didn't have to make em "Limited Edition" but I guess that just means I'll have to buy 2 sets. One for playing and one for display amongst my other collection of "Limited Edition" bass strings.

 

Well, I'd love to try them.

Let's look here. Oh, wait...no medium gauges (50, 70, 85, 105, 135)? Really? I'm so, so, shocked.

No, I'm not. At all.

I can't give them all my ire, though, no one else does without a hideously expensive custom gauge order, either.

Except Ernie Ball Power Slinkys. Good thing I like them well enough....

Back to the salt mine...

 

I ordered a set of medium gauges from the GHS store. Should be getting them soon; I'll be putting them on my Corvette fretless. I should be getting them tonight or tomorrow

 

Seiki delivers:

ghs infinity steels by Seiki posted Apr 8, 2016 at 12:42 PM

ghs infinity steels by Seiki posted Apr 8, 2016 at 12:42 PM

ghs infinity steels by Seiki posted Apr 8, 2016 at 12:42 PM

ghs infinity steels by Seiki posted Apr 8, 2016 at 12:42 PM

 

how long do they actually last?

infinity implies a while.......................

 

Well they are red so there's that...

 

not sure if these are the same thing but It looks like The bass place in Az has 5 sets of these for $49! Crazy, I might be reading it wrong or they aren't the same. Here's the link.
GHS Rock-its 44-102 4-String Set

 

Try them....possibly love them....then I can't get them. NO THANKS!

 

Yeah, tell me about it... These are my favorite strings to date.

 

Could you please give some more info about them? Like playability, tension, did the sound change already? etc
It's is hard to find any feedback on these new strings...

 

Well, I have them on my Warwick Corvette, fretless, and I find them to be rather soft feeling strings. They were a little sticky when I first got them, but I wore that off in about a day. I don't remember what they sounded like when I first got them (mostly because I generally hate the sound of new strings and play so much I'll kill off the new "zing" of strings within 2 days), but at this point in time, they've mellowed out quite nicely. I can take these strings all the way down to A standard tuning if I want and they hold up well - lot less flopping around than what I tend to feel from some Ernies. I can get tones incredibly similar to what you'd expect from Les Claypool to Bernie Edwards. As for super bright sounds, I can't be of much advice here, since Warwicks are generally renowned for their low-mid growl and cool output instead of bright and aggressive.

The strings keep a consistent volume and the tension they provide is nice and even throughout.

The coating on the strings is still here despite how much I play, but mind you I do so mostly fingers and without frets. I'm kind of hoping it wears away though one day - I think it'd look great.

They're still my favorite strings to date on this instrument