D'Addario XT Strings

crunchman · October 2019

FarleyUK said:

Yep - I've got alien acid for sweat!

Some people are like that. I lent a guitar to someone for a weekend once, and it came back with the strings black.

I could have played it until I'd worn through the strings and they would never have gone like that.

If you do have than kind of body chemistry, the compromise of coated strings might make sense. I don't know if the plain strings are coated though. If they aren't, then they are probably a waste of money.

Greatape · October 2019

Much preferred Elixir Optiwebs.

Bidley · September 2020

Recently put a set of these on one of my guitars... Aaaand after a month the G and B strings are black and gross like you would expect from the regular XLs at half the price.

Thin hydrophobic coating my arse. I'm disappointed. I've used D'addario for donkey's but I might have to switch to Elixirs.

PonchoGreg · September 2020

I hate to admit it but elixir optiwebs have been a revelation for me... I've had sets on guitars for nearly a year and they're still super playable.

I would say I still prefer the feel of (fresh) ernie balls. But my weird sweat means the plain strings start to really drag after 2-3 weeks. I'd be happy to change strings on the regular if I had 1-2 guitars, but with 5 (some of which will be played less for weeks at a time), being able to pull a guitar out of its case months after the last string change and with strings still feeling nice and smooth is great.

thegummy · September 2020

Bidley said:

Recently put a set of these on one of my guitars... Aaaand after a month the G and B strings are black and gross like you would expect from the regular XLs at half the price.

Thin hydrophobic coating my arse. I'm disappointed. I've used D'addario for donkey's but I might have to switch to Elixirs.

Do you play the guitar after being down't pit?

Bidley · September 2020

thegummy said:

Bidley said:

Recently put a set of these on one of my guitars... Aaaand after a month the G and B strings are black and gross like you would expect from the regular XLs at half the price.

Thin hydrophobic coating my arse. I'm disappointed. I've used D'addario for donkey's but I might have to switch to Elixirs.

Do you play the guitar after being down't pit?

I am't pit.

WiresDreamDisasters · September 2020

I'll be the pendulum then.

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