I've used many string brands over the years, on every type of guitar, be it electric, e-hollowbody or acoustic, and Daddario always beats the competition. I'm sure there are other brands that I haven't tried, but for a mainstream company, they are pillars in guitar string manufacturing. Prestine tone, tailored to each one's taste in different gauges and wounds. Sure, other might come up with a gimmick or two, but at the end of the day, you want reliability and uncomprimising security in tone, feel and doing justice to your axe and skills. I usually go for heavier gauges but needed 10s for a more twangy feel on a telecaster. The EPS510 are excelent strings, bright and present! The feel for a .10 is really smooth and not sharp at all on the finger as I would expect, as I recall in my earlier years. Packaging is always top notch and helpful. Enviromentally conscious (as can be), neat and simple. Superb.