Electric guitar Nanoweb strings:
Swee Lee: $15.00
Davis Guitar: $15.00
Guitar Connection: $14.00
Guitar Connection: $14.00
Electric guitar Optiweb strings:
Swee Lee: $17.00
Davis Guitar: Unsure
Guitar Connection: $17.00
Guitar Connection: $17.00
Acoustic guitar Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze strings:
Swee Lee: $20.00
Davis Guitar: $20.00
Guitar Connection: $23.00
Acoustic guitar Nanoweb 80/20 Bronze strings:
Swee Lee: $21.00
Davis Guitar: $19.00
Guitar Connection: $21.00
So we are back at this topic again. Basically, there are a few new updates regarding Elixir strings so I have decided to make a separate post and not touch the old one. For starters, the packaging for the Electric guitar strings have changed. The old slim, bright blue and fancy packaging is no more. Now it's just some darker blue and bulkier packaging. The better change lies in the fact that now different coatings are represented by different colours at the sides. Same goes for the acoustic packaging.
Now, as some might have noticed, there's this new coating for the electric strings. It's called the Optiweb coating, one grade higher than the Nanoweb. Elixir company claims that the Optiweb gives it a more natural feel. Another promoter at a guitar shop told me that the tension feels lighter on the Optiweb, that a Medium gauge Optiweb can feel like a Light gauge Nanoweb, but still sounds Medium. All I need to do now is to fit those Optiweb strings on one of my guitars and test it out!
And finally, I'm done with trying out different string gauges. After a year long of trying different gauges, I can safely say I'm sticking to the Light gauge (.012 to .053) for my Acoustic needs. I don't need my acoustic to be bright sounding because the guitar itself is already brighter sounding than others. If possible, I would certainly try out some Electric strings on my acoustic. Seems like a good experiment if I'm slightly richer!
As for Electric needs, I will most likely be going for Custom Light (.009 to .046) if I'm using Nanoweb and Light (.010 to .046) if I'm using Optiweb. Sadly most of the time, the Custom Light gauge will be out of stock. But still, I prefer brighter sounding strings for electric just because it can cut through the band better. Don't think I will ever go for Polyweb though.
So yeah, that's all for this post. Any future updates to this topic of strings again will most likely spur me to create a third post for strings alone. Because honestly, strings are one of the overlooked things for a guitarist who is desperately trying to chase tone.
Edwin Ang
17th June 2017
Swee Lee: $20.00
Davis Guitar: $20.00
Guitar Connection: $23.00
Acoustic guitar Nanoweb 80/20 Bronze strings:
Swee Lee: $21.00
Davis Guitar: $19.00
Guitar Connection: $21.00
So we are back at this topic again. Basically, there are a few new updates regarding Elixir strings so I have decided to make a separate post and not touch the old one. For starters, the packaging for the Electric guitar strings have changed. The old slim, bright blue and fancy packaging is no more. Now it's just some darker blue and bulkier packaging. The better change lies in the fact that now different coatings are represented by different colours at the sides. Same goes for the acoustic packaging.
Now, as some might have noticed, there's this new coating for the electric strings. It's called the Optiweb coating, one grade higher than the Nanoweb. Elixir company claims that the Optiweb gives it a more natural feel. Another promoter at a guitar shop told me that the tension feels lighter on the Optiweb, that a Medium gauge Optiweb can feel like a Light gauge Nanoweb, but still sounds Medium. All I need to do now is to fit those Optiweb strings on one of my guitars and test it out!
And finally, I'm done with trying out different string gauges. After a year long of trying different gauges, I can safely say I'm sticking to the Light gauge (.012 to .053) for my Acoustic needs. I don't need my acoustic to be bright sounding because the guitar itself is already brighter sounding than others. If possible, I would certainly try out some Electric strings on my acoustic. Seems like a good experiment if I'm slightly richer!
As for Electric needs, I will most likely be going for Custom Light (.009 to .046) if I'm using Nanoweb and Light (.010 to .046) if I'm using Optiweb. Sadly most of the time, the Custom Light gauge will be out of stock. But still, I prefer brighter sounding strings for electric just because it can cut through the band better. Don't think I will ever go for Polyweb though.
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Edwin Ang
17th June 2017
This is really helpful! Thank you. :)
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