• Reviews around nickel (4.32 of 5)

    Fender 150L Pure Nickel Ball End 9-42, Electric Guitar Strings

    • Can't recommend pure nickel strings enough for that classic blues or jazz tone
    • If you're used to mixed alloy, pure nickels might seem a little "dull", but wait a
    • So, if you haven't tried pure nickels, spend a buck or two more (or maybe less!) than you normally do and give these bargain-priced nickels a try
    • But these Fender pure nickels are very very nice, and at 4.75, they're a real deal
    • Tubes and pure nickel are like Gilmour and Strats or Angus and SGs
    • I like Nickel for the reduced fret wear and the sound.
    • Pure nickel tone is great for my bluesy style of playing
    • I have to say these are the worst sounding pure nickel strings I've ever put on my Mustang
    • I think there's an electrical cohesion between pure nickel and good pups and tubes that is simply sublime
    • I have to say these are the worst sounding pure nickel strings I've ever put on my Mustang
    • I like these 9-42 Pure Nickel strings ... nice tone, work well on my Stratocaster with Fender locking tuners ... great combo, even with ghost bends, slides, and pounding with Drop D and Open G tuning.
    • Stainless doesn't sound quite so good as the nickel, but they do last a lot longer for me
    • I just like pure nickel strings.
    • My go to strings have been Dr. Pure Blues, and I've always used Ernie Ball (Pure Nickel and Slinky) and D'Addario strings on it
    • These are the strings of the ancients, and there is just something good and magical about pure nickel strings and the way they sound
    • Fender pure nickels sound amazing, feel great, and hold up at least twice as long as D'addario or Ernie Balls.
    • I have since changed over to original bullets (pure nickel)
    • I know that my ears sure love them when things are really cranked up; those Zep and Jimi riffs just sound and feel so much more right with pure nickel
    • I believe that Medium Fender Pure Nickel Electric Guitar Strings are a perfect match with my vintage 1966 Fender Jazzmaster.
    • They have a nicer feel under my fingers than nickel strings do, the tone is (I think) a little brighter than nickel, and I overall like these better than nickel based strings in every respect.
    • They're inexpensive, last a long time and the "pure nickel" wrap is easy on the frets.
    • In my experience they sound warmer than most popular nickel wound strings and have less tension for a given size
    • If you're used to mixed alloy, pure nickels might seem a little "dull", but wait a
    • Can't recommend pure nickel strings enough for that classic blues or jazz tone
    • But sometimes we could make more tonal difference by just spending five bucks!Case in point: pure nickel strings
    • The pure nickel 3150's are nice and warm and vintagey
    • Pure nickels are the way to go.
    • Most pure nickels run nearer to ten, and these sound pretty much the same, and I don't seem to break many of 'em neither
    • The bluesy stuff just begs for pure nickels
    • Instead of pure nickel, I got nickel wrapped steel.
    • Pure nickel is the way to save your frets
    • Pure nickel - won't eat into your frets like nickel plated strings do after the nickel wears off.
    • First, these strings are really loud on for pure nickel strings
    • The lower E, A, and D wound strings were fine, but the higher E and B strings just had no life
    • E (1) string broke before I could even get it half way tightened up to be in tune