Harley Benton Valuestrings EL 9-42

I regularly buy HB strings in bulk because they are so much cheaper than any other brands. I use them on every instrument I own.

The main reason for getting these is obviously the price, and you know what, I feel like these are better quality strings than the price would suggest. I currently use these on all my guitars, and if you secretly replaced all the strings on them with different "big brand" strings, I wouldn't notice.

Now the one thing I noticed about these strings, and thats why I'm deducting a star from my feedback, is that when I put a fresh set of these on my guitars, they are sometimes sticky. Not sticky like jam, more like kinda plasticky. It does go away after about a day of playing though so it's not a big deal, but I still find it strange.

Tuning stability is good IF YOU STRETCH YOUR STRINGS PROPERLY.
Sound quality is also good, as I said earlier, I would not be able to tell these apart from other brands.

Overall, I recommend these strings.

I've purchased and used many sets of these strings down the years and haven't had a set that has let me down yet, be that at home practising or out gigging.
The strings aren't the best strings in the world, but they are also a very long way from being the worst. Upon unravelling them from their individual plastic wrapping, they stay a little curly (unlike big brand strings that straighten out), but once they're on the guitar and up to tension, all is fine. They feel a little funny (especially the unwound strings - they feel like they're coated in something) fresh out of the pack, however, this is nothing a spot of Fast Fret can't rectify. Fresh on, they're nice and bright and stay that way for quite some hours of playing. Under the fingers, they feel fine and in a way, slightly softer (a bit nylon-esque) to the touch than other brands.
All in all, really good 'no-frills' strings at a really good price.

I installed the strings on a Harley Benton Electric Guitar Kit Single Cut. In comparison with the standard d'Addario Strings: .010 - .046 on my other HB-35 Plus guitar, of course, it is not quite correct to compare strings of different thickness, but I do not see a big difference in quality and sound. The structure is held perfectly, the winding is tight, except that the diameter of the hole in the lower string holders is a little smaller, it may be a problem with Bigsby, but I don't have it, I can't check it. I liked the strings, for a small price the strings are good, for everyday use in rehearsals, the very thing!