Having tried the 80/20 variant a long time ago, I got these since I prefer PB. I wish I could say I was pleasantly surprised, but deep down I was expecting them to be good. They are good. They are more than good. They have a real nice, balanced sound to them, they are thin enough where you can bend the 2nd and 3rd string a full step from the 8th fret up; they have a plain 3rd, which definitely adds a different sound to the strumming, making it slightly more metallic. I had a lot of fun playing them and would buy them again.