Do expensive strings sound better? (The Ultimate String Test!)

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  @PaulDavids · 3 years ago (edited) · pinned

  Corrections/Additions: <br>- The right guitar at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU3FALjd_m4&amp;t=935">15:35</a> is strung with Elixir Optiweb, instead of the labeled Nanoweb. My dearest apologies!<br>- We concluded that 4/5 strings in the semi&apos;s where coated. But neither the Rotosound Roto Yellows, nor the D&apos;addario NYXL&apos;s are coated which makes it 3 out of 5.

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  @vanguard9067 · 3 years ago

  I bet the video took an enormous amount of work. &nbsp;It was fun to watch, and I watched through the end. &nbsp;Thank you.

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• PA

  @pabloblue999 · 3 years ago

  Very interesting. Would love to see an acoustic strings test.

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  @shouldireviewguitars7908 · 3 years ago

  I was absolutely not expecting the tone differences to be this significant!

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• MA

  @Majerly_Annoyed · 3 years ago

  Shout out to the person changing the strings for you. An absolute legend in my books! I really despise changing strings but to think they had to keep swapping out the strings and then keeping track of which were which etc... &nbsp;what an incredible job!

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  @Kiirxas · 3 years ago

  I played ernie ball slinkies for so long, but when I tried the NYXLs I just fell in love. Many times I find myself just playing unplugged when they&apos;re new since they sound great even by themselves

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• CH

  @chubi167 · 3 years ago

  I was very impressed with the Harley Benton strings considering the price.

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• OR

  @Oreologyst · 3 years ago

  This video is insane… SUPER useful, especially for someone like me that has a very basic untrained ear/just a casual with guitar. Major props to you and your team on all the strings swapping and planning that went into this! I’d love to see an acoustic version sometime in the future as well

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• RE

  @reedoburrito7456 · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU3FALjd_m4&amp;t=1157">19:17</a> the tone on this is incredible!

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• HA

  @HarleyBentonOfficial · 3 years ago

  Wow! Thanks for featuring us!

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• SH

  @shoresaybow · 3 years ago

  Interesting that the low budget Harley Benton strings did not get kicked out straight away. They did a great job for that price point. In the end the winner is also very affordable. You could also repeat that shoot out in a mixing context, how the strings help to cut through the mix and sit well :-)

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• LL

  @LloydPerryMusic · 3 years ago

  Every guitarist watching this is gonna be massively grateful to you! Would take some of us years to reach these kind of conclusions. &nbsp;Never heard the XS before and soon as I heard them in this video thought they&apos;d win, but the rotos do sound fuller with really nice low end

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