LinoM

Got my strings a few weeks ago and decided to put them on my Musicman. I was a bit apprehensive at first because I use a drop d-tuner and I thought that the set I received (super light) which are 40 - 95 wouldn't be able to cope with it. Once on I found that they felt very sleek underhand and made the neck feel a lot faster than it did with my old strings. Then the big test came. How would the E cope when dropped to D and I was pleasantly surprised. I dropped the tuner to D expected a lot of flap and farty bass sound but it coped incredibly well with it. Not much flap at all and quite a nice round sound rather than a rattling fart that I've had with other bass strings. They don't appear to be as bright as my usual brand of string but that's not to much of a problem either. My only real criticism, if that's what it is, is that it seems to take a lot longer to stretch the strings than normal. This isn't a bad thing. I've just got to spend a bit more time stretching once I've put new ones on which isn't that much of a big deal. I've hammered them through rehearsals and a few gigs and they still sound as they did when I first put them on which quite amazing. All in all a great brand of string for me and I'll probably use them again in the future although I'll probably go up a gauge. Cheers

[list] [*][b]Have you tried Elixir strings before?[/b] [*]No [*][b]What other brands are you familiar with?[/b] [*]Elites, Rotosound, Ernie Ball, D'addario, [*][b]What bass(es) will you try the new strings on?[/b] [*]Musicman stingray (drop d) and a Jaydee Supernatural [*][b]What sort of environment will you be playing them in (e.g studio, gigging, practicing)[/b] [*]Gigging and practice [*][b]Why do you think you'll be a good candidate to test the strings?[/b] [*]I play in a covers band and I play a large range of styles from rock, pop, funk, Fingerstyle, Slap, Plectrum, [/list]