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They're very good and I'd still be using them if I hadn't recently been given a stack of normal D'addario XL110's.
Here's what they say about them.....
"D’Addario NYXL guitar strings will bend farther, sing louder, and stay in tune better than any string you’ve played before. Envisioned, perfected, and manufactured by D’Addario in New York, this newly engineered, break-resistant, high-carbon steel core and plain steel alloy delivers a whole new level of freedom, confidence, and power. NYXL’s provide more strength and 131% greater tuning stability by utilizing a completely reinvented wire drawing process coupled with a revolutionary “fusion twist” process for the plain steels. The reformulated nickel plated string windings have greater magnetic properties resulting in higher output and enhanced mid-range frequency response for more presence and crunch.NYXL's feature D’Addario’s exclusive New York manufactured, high carbon steel alloy for unprecedented strength – play fearlessly Improved tuning stability compared to traditional nickel wound strings - get in tune faster, stay in tune better.
Wound strings with enhanced mid-range frequency response in the 1 - 3.5 kHz range – more presence and crunch to cut through the mix.
NYXL0942 are designed with super light gauges for maximum flexibility: Plain Steel .010, .013, .017, Nickel Wound .026, .036, .046
Environmentally friendly, corrosion resistant packaging for strings that are always fresh"
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/98157/
Anyway...yeah, I tried them for a bit. One of the strings in the 9-46 pack I tried broke within the first week (on a guitar that's never broken a string, ever). I tried 10-52 for a while, and they sounded awesome but I just couldn't get on with the tension. Can't comment on longevity, 'cos the longest they were on my guitar was 3 weeks.
I thought they sounded and felt great, and they're a lot easier to play than Elixirs due to being lower-tension for equivalent gauges. I may go back to them at some point, but for now...I like the slipperiness of Elixirs too much.
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I might just put the 10 or so packs of normal strings I have away as emergency spares and go back to these.
Hmm mm
Anyone seen any good deals on 10 packs of these in 10-46?
In the end, I stuck with my usual XL120+’s for the moment after reading a comment above about the tension being different. Both of my electrics are perfectly set up and I don't want to upset anything with different tension on the neck.
I'm intrigued by your comment about slippery elixirs. I've got a set on my acoustic but haven't played it since fitting them several years ago!
I've never tried an electric with them and my ignorance is worried that they would be duller than uncoated strings and I'd have trouble getting any pinched harmonics out of them.
What would you say are the big differences (positive and negative) compared to regular strings?
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
They are definitely more slippery than normal strings...I happen to quite like that, but you might not. They're also noticeably higher-tension than NYXLs, but I suspect that's a combination of Elixirs being a bit tight and NYXLs being a bit loose.
The main benefit for me is that I rarely have to change my strings (I fucking hate it). In fact, in the last year I've changed my pickups more than I've changed strings. They're not as bright as other brands when they're fresh, but from two or three days on...they stay the same, instead of getting progressively more dull like "normal" strings.