D'Addario Guitar Strings - XS Phosphor Bronze Coated Acoustic Guitar Strings - XSAPB1253 - Maximum Life with Smooth Feel & Exceptional Tone - For 6 String Guitars - 12-53 Light

I have these strings on several guitars, and they are the best strings I've found to balance initial tone and feel along with longevity.I am a fan of coated strings. The plusses outweigh any minuses by a distance for me. Even if you think the initial tone is better for non-coated strings - how long do you retain it? Not that long before coated strings sound newer and continue to do so for the rest of the string life. When you do session work as I do, I want my guitar to sound consistent over a few days/weeks working on a project, being able to come back and drop in with identical tone - coated strings have been a huge blessing.These (XS) are the very best coated strings I have played, both acoustic and electric. Best feel and tone.Okay D'Addario, where are my choices for XS bouzouki strings?

Great strings D it adarios best in my opinion

For years I have been a D'Addario J16 person. I've had numerous guitars set up for them. However, I saw a talking head on YouTube raving about these strings and decided to try them on a guitar I was having serious doubts about keeping.My goodness, what a transformation! The guitar has gone from being one I avoid to one I pick up first when I have a choice. The strings have created greater volume, a more clear bass (before it sounded muted) and after 4 months have still not dulled (some people in the reviews have used their set for a year or more). All I can say to recommend these strings is that I now like the guitar they are on so much I feel it worthwhile to spend the money to have it set up with these strings, which is an investment of at least £100 or more.

good sound

Fantastic strings. Bright and feel great

Good quality & durable. Recommended

I have used many, many different brands of strings over the years and I really feel as though I have found the 'Holy Grail' with these ones. I believe Taylor put them on all of their new guitars as standard now, and I can completely understand why. They last FOR AGES! I play the life out of my guitar and I haven't seen any tarnishing at all. They take no time at all to 'bed in' and stay in tune well. Very easy strings to play, not too hard on the ol' fingers. Value for money as well due to the quality being so high. I genuinely believe if you fitted these to a mediocre or low end guitar, you would improve the sound quality drastically. They have such good tone and really bring my guitar to life.

Was really looking forward to trying these new strings on my Faith guitar - the reviews were so good and these seemed to suit the style of my guitar and playing. Really disappointed that on increasing the tension (ie not even at the tuning stage) one string snapped at the bridge end. Have contacted D’Addario directly and hope just a dud string as these were much more expensive than my usual silk and steel.Update: within an hour of contacting D’Addario they replied, resolved by sending a replacement string and free set no issues. The staff member who dealt with it was excellent and professional and very apologetic for the problem.