Elixir 12152 Nanoweb Heavy

I never got the whole thing with Elixir strings before, so I decided to give them a go.
Even though the price tag may seem a lil high at first glance, it's well worth every cent.
Usually, guitar strings would lose their shine from the first few days of playing, and the tone followed closely after. With these strings, I can go for months without losing playability OR tone ! I was pleasantly surprised to see that they didn't lack in any aspect after one month of intense playing! I'm never going back to other strings again (maybe just to try a few, but that's it). Elixir's the way to go.
And even though they're not too heavy (I've had 12-60 once), they do keep their tightness in very low tunings (I like to keep my guitar in C standard and sometimes go to drop A#, and they still don't get flabby).
I'd say that everyone should try Elixir strings at least once in their lifetime, they've been a real gamechanger for me and I'd recommend them to anyone!

I have been using light gauge (10-46) Elixir strings on my Strat and Les Paul and 12 gauge bronze for acoustics for quite a while now and love them, I wouldn't use anything else. Having acquired a rock style guitar (Godin Freeway) that I really didn't really have much use for I decided to experiment by putting heavy strings on and tuning down to D. What a sound!!! It sounds amazing! I'm not really a big metal fan (and it's not really an out and out metal guitar) but I can hear (and feel) that these strings would be absolutely amazing for anyone who would want to play low tuned metal or rock without buying a 7 string or baritone guitar. I use it for heavy blues based stuff ( think Gibbons,Bonamassa, Haynes). They make a pretty ordinary sounding guitar sound massive. Like all Elixir strings they seem to last forever. Highly recommended.

I've been testing different strings from various brands for years. A few years ago I started using Elixir strings due to a few different reasons.

All the other strings I tried, including the well known brands, did not make the grade for me. The reasons are quite simple: I do not like the sound of most fresh non-coated strings, they are a little bit to harsh sounding for me. After a short time of usage these non-coated strings usually reach the sweet spot, where they sound the best to me. From this point it doesn't take long until they sound too muffled.

In contrast to these non-coated strings the Elixir strings tend to keep the sweet-spot sound for almost their entire life span, even out of the box.

Besides the coating makes them really durable, depending on the usage of the guitar they can last up to a few months. This is also the reason why they are worth the higher price in comparison to non-coated strings.

One last thing: of course I compared these strings to other coated strings. I like the Elixir strings better but that might be my personal taste.

I used them on a modded Fender Mexico Stanart Strat with Humbuckers. They feel quite different if You are used to 9 or 10 strings but they are typical Elixir strings, smooth and hold on a veeeeery long time. The sound i really nice and a bit percussiv in my opinion. If you work a lot with bendings you should use thinner ones or train your fingers, they are really hard to bend. Also, if you have a strat or another guitar with a Vintage Tremolo you will need to tighten the springs on the back or add an extra one because the tension is quite high in comparsion to standart 9 or 10 strings. It's a personal thing which sound you like and on which strings you play the best but the quality is goog as always from elixir :)

Like always, these last for a really long time.

Being that I have quite a tight grip when playing, I tend to get a lot of tones go a bit sharp while playing as my tuning is relatively low, so I'm still looking to the perfect gauge to have a good balance. And having played for a long time on 11s and also lately using 13s, I think the 12s might be the perfect fit for me.

The only unfortunate thing is that the third string is wound, but with such thigh gauges, I think that unavoidable.

In any case, I'm sure of the quality of these strings so they should last, and also, big compliments to Thomann for awesome service, always! ;) Thanks guys and gals!