The nanoweb coating that elixir puts on their strings repels this.
Elixir nanoweb custom light acoustic guitar strings review.
As for tone the nanowebs offer a far brighter tone than the polyweb guitar strings giving you crisp and vibrant sound.
Elixir acoustic nanoweb strings don t just sound great their micro thin coating keeps them sounding better for a lot longer than average strings.
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Well i don t like the sound one little bit.
Reviewed in the united states on october 15 2019.
This was always the claim on these strings but i wasn t sure how effectively they would be able to do this but the evidence is there after 8 months and counting the strings are still perfectly clean.
Players swear by elixir strings over any other string insisting tone sounds new and strings feel fresh the longest.
They sound like old ready to be changed strings.
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Their coating actually cuts down on unnecessary finger friction.
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On the other end of the tone spectrum elixir s 80 20 bronze acoustic guitar strings with nanoweb coating deliver a brighter crisper tone alongside the same traditional feel as these phosphor bronze strings.
My local luthier says elixir is the best string available and i thought with all the five star reviews on amazon these would be the best i could find anywhere.
Elixir is the first name in coated guitar strings and this coated phosphor bronze light medium hybrid 0 013 0 053 set has been treated with nanoweb which not only keeps the strings fresh longer and protects the entire string but reduces finger squeak.
To make it quick and short check your strings to make sure you received the real elixir nanoweb strings even if it s sold by amazon mine were both shipped and sold by amazon.
Like i said before the nanoweb strings have an ultra thin coating which makes the strings feel and sound uncoated while still giving you some of the longest last strings available.
Of course the kind of string you play is all a matter of personal preference.
If you want to keep your guitar tone consistently great day in and day out put on a set of elixir acoustic nanoweb strings.
They are dull they do not ring on like i would expect high end string to ring.