• Reviews around guitar (3.57 of 5)

    Elixir Strings 80/20 Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings w NANOWEB Coating, Light (.012-.053)

    • They'll make a great guitar sound downright glamorous.
    • I put these on an ash back spruce top guitar and they sound great
    • The AJ (also from Amazon) sounded pretty good for a cheap guitar except amplified their piezo sounded rather tinny
    • Many guitarists probably think its crazy to use heavy strings on a 12, but if you're smart, the guitar can still play well and sound much better.
    • These strings have a nice, bright tone and will make any acoustic guitar sound great
    • and now our son enjoys playing the guitar again.
    • They last a very long time before going dead and make a cheap guitar sound good.
    • There are many fine guitar strings, of course, but I think that these are the gold standard to measure others by.
    • My guitar sounds great.
    • After that I got a Taylor 110 one of the most beautiful sounding guitars ever, and I've been trying lots of different companies for my strings from ernie ball, to fender
    • These are my favorite guitar strings
    • and now it sounds like a much more expensive guitar
    • I have a Taylor 514 ce acoustic guitar and Elixir Strings are what this very nice guitar came with from Taylor when new.
    • Great acoustic guitar strings!
    • Best guitar strings you can buy
    • They are great guitar strings
    • These sound good and require changing about the same amount of time I need to give my guitar a really good cleaning.
    • These are my favorite acoustic guitar strings
    • I don't think my guitars have ever sounded this good
    • Even my grubby dirty handed guitar playing band mates cant break through the coating
    • This is preferable for me since my guitars tend to err on the lower side of the sound spectrum.
    • My guitar now sounds like a beautiful princess!
    • i use them all my guitars and the acoustic strings are great.
    • ok, so the first time I used Elixir Nanoweb strings I ended up taking them off after only 45 minutes of playing or so----they sounded extremely bright to me and my beautiful guitar now sounded like a shallow, metallic box
    • The best guitar strings you can get
    • These are great guitar strings, no question in my mind.
    • These worked great for our son's acoustic guitar
    • It simply made the sound so amazing it sounds like an expensive guitar
    • The sound is excellent on my guitar (nice deep sound).
    • it seems to dampen the rich harmonic overtones you would normally associate with a vibrating guitar string, much the way dirt and rust do on older strings.
    • Elixirs are some of the best guitar strings out there.
    • After breaking my old guitar, I took off those strings from old guitar and I still keep them
    • So i guess that if you have a larger spruce or maple top guitar, these strings may be worth trying
    • I purchased the Elixir strings a couple of years ago to compliment the Martin guitars I bought for my husband and step daughter for Christmas
    • Best guitar strings out there for the price
    • Also, I don't like how it eliminates the squeeky noise when sliding chords and whatnot--makes me feel like I have a silent guitar
    • Great guitar strings at a reasonable price.
    • He does not play the acoustic often as the electrics are his preferred guitar.
    • I have a cheap acoustic guitar, I bought these to help me learn how to change strings and tune a guitar
    • Much easier to play with these strings than the medium strings my guitar came with (I'm a beginner)
    • I have an Ovation Deluxe guitar and
    • I've used their lights and their mediums on other guitars and liked the way they sounded and lasted
    • I always thought my guitar sounded good, I mean it's a Martin!
    • oh yeah, guitar strings, far less thrilling.
    • My favorite acoustic guitar strings
    • The only reason I saw to change them was when they became overly dirty or broke, usually every few months of regular playing.+Very bright sound, which cuts through well playing live with a full band, and livens up the sound of cheaper guitars.
    • My favorite guitar strings
    • This is the best acoustic guitar string I have used
    • It made a very good sounding guitar into a great sounding one
    • My guitar sounds like a sweet, sweet Tom Petty tune now
    • These are the best sounding, most comfortable guitar strings I've ever used in over fifty years of guitar playing
    • nice sound, totally improves mid range guitar.
    • Elixir is my husbands favorite guitar
    • Decent guitar strings.
    • Great guitar strings!
    • I have an Alvarez acoustic-electric guitar and these strings sound bright and clean, and they last at least a month even with almost daily use.
    • They tend to dominate the sound of the guitar, which is good for cheaper guitars without quality woods or construction, but not so good for a guitar that already resonates well.
    • I've always thought that my guitar sounded nice enough for no better than I am at playing it
    • These are great-sounding guitar strings.
    • Amazing guitar strings
    • My husband (whom was already an avid guitar player) had been talking about teaching his daughter to play for as long as I can remember
    • My Yamaha sounded terrible with the old strings on and thinking, the guitar was hopeless
    • I don't have a very nice guitar, but these strings make it sound a lot better than typical $7 ones
    • If you're a casual player (or put them on one of your less-frequently played guitars), and you clean your strings/neck after every session, it's not unusual to get a year out of these things
    • The most popular acoustic guitar string
    • Whether your guitar was $300 or $3000, I haven't heard a guitar who's tone was not improved by putting on a set of these strings
    • My guitar sounds way nicer with these strings
    • They last a very long time before going dead and make a cheap guitar sound good.
    • but when i put on any other brand the guitar took on whole different tones and the wood vibrated in my chest
    • Awesome guitar strings, highly recommend
    • Some of our favorite guitar strings.
    • Best acoustic guitar strings
    • the strings I replaced were some real killers and these make it possible to enjoy my guitar again
    • bought a set for my acoustic (yamaha, fg series from ~1980) and they sound great. for a cheap guitar the yamaha's have a great sound and these strings really pronounce it.
    • Cheap guitar+awesome strings= expensive sounding guitarAfter stringing and tuning, the first strum taken was noticeably improved
    • And it makes my guitar sound like a toy
    • I tried these on a cheap laminate guitar that i keep tuned down 1/2 step.
    • I now replace my guitar strings every year and each time my Gibson guitar sounds like new
    • I can only imagine what they would do for a nice, solid wood guitar
    • These are quality guitar strings that last well beyond the life of other brands
    • The guitar was properly tuned but the sound is so bad that I wanted to smash the guitar in frustration and buy a new one
    • What can i say.. my most favorite guitar strings
    • NICE QUALITY GUITAR STRINGS!
    • It took me a while to figure out that the guitar sounded like nanoweb strings
    • Great Guitar Strings
    • Ive started with elixir from my first guitar which was a takamini jasmine, a very cheap guitar but bulletproof, the strings definitely worked very good and lasted a long time.
    • As a person who plays very regularly (often as much as 2 -3 hours per day or more when I'm gigging), I do change my strings often and the sound of a fresh, traditional guitar string is just much more appealing.
    • I had to be dragged into trying these by the guy at a guitar store, I was always a dyed in the wool Phosphor Bronze acolyte, never looked back though, probably the best acoustic guitar strings I have used especially from a feel and durability standpoint
    • They also make my guitar look much nicer and shinier
    • The guitar is great and I highly recommend
    • My guitar is so happy now
    • Feels like I have a brand new guitar and the tone is magnificent
    • If you like CLEAN sounding guitar strings you may not like these, especially the base strings
    • The guitar plays like butter with the DR
    • Best guitar strings.
    • The sound you get with the Nanoweb strings are amazing and they enhance the results from an already great guitar.
    • This is the perfect guitar string in my opinion, and the only ones I'll use.
    • Excellent guitar strings....
    • On the 12 string they were acceptable, but that guitar had an abundance of highs to begin with
    • You can get a cheap guitar, but don't cheap out on the strings
    • You can get a cheap guitar, but don't cheap out on the strings
    • Remember - if you're using these strings you should tune down your machine to C# to compensate for the increased tension being created and prevent damaging the guitar.
    • I can't afford them for all of my forty-odd other guitars.
    • The fifth string broke untunig the guitar!
    • I suspect that IF these were the only guitar strings available, given time I would eventually get used to the feel, however I simply found myself thinking more about how annoying they were than I did about my playing...not a good thing for a performing musician
    • There are many fine guitar strings, of course, but I think that these are the gold standard to measure others by.
    • and so can't really rate them for long term use, but I know that my older, cheaper guitar strings started showing some sort of deterioration.
    • Enjoying the new guitar.
    • my guitar sounds so clear and it wasn't an expensive one
    • These are my favorite guitar strings
    • Simply amazing!This string made my guitar sound so good
    • I'm definitely not a great guitar player, but I am smart enough to know that I like these strings
    • The best guitar strings Hands down!!!
    • However My guitar sounds horrible now
    • Don't put cheap strings on a fine guitar
    • Great price on top quality guitar strings
    • these are a great guitar strings sound good stay in tune i have been using the light they have good volume
    • i dont know about expensive guitars but this thing does marvels with semi-cheap acoustics...
    • These are great guitar strings and are all that guitarists say they are
    • But before I pulled the trigger to buy a more expensive higher quality guitar I decided to replace the strings to see if the sound gets better
    • Cheap guitar+awesome strings= expensive sounding guitarAfter stringing and tuning, the first strum taken was noticeably improved
    • I can do a couple gigs with them, but broke the G in middle of solo in front of 300 people
    • They were hard to play; the G and B strings were killer on my fingers
    • Then the G string broke after less then 2 weeks
    • poor tone, G and B string lots of extra noise when plugged into a
    • e.g. Low E and A strings and the vulnerable G string
    • The G-string broke while trying to tune down a step
    • The complaints regarding the g-string and other strings breaking are valid
    • By this promotion, are "normal" strings suppose to last only about a week or less?Also, the last set I put on had a "dead" G string
    • and I can not play for at least a day until my fingers can recover (I've been playing for five
    • I know they can, but, holy S**T !!
    • Buy a couple sets...you WON"T be disappointed :)
    • I recently played these strings on both a Martin, as well as on a Seagull to provide a fair and objective comparison, To my ear, right out of the box they sound very artificial
    • I personally love the coatings as they help me to slide around on the strings easier.
    • I've been using a set on one of my guitars for at least 4 months now, and after playing at least 4 times a week for at least an hour or two, the strings sound nearly as good as the day I first strung them
    • For a couple of days, they will lose their tuning quickly as you play, but then they are extremely reliable and stay in tune
    • Great as always!
    • I used to use Martins but they kept breaking as I use a multitude of different tunings
    • I have had them for about a month now and they sound just as good as when I first bought them
    • Perfect A+A+A+A
    • I've been using a set on one of my guitars for at least 4 months now, and after playing at least 4 times a week for at least an hour or two, the strings sound nearly as good as the day I first strung them
    • I released the tension on all the strings as fast as I could and left it