Harley Benton Valuestrings EL 10-46

Let's face it, you're not going to put these on your main, or a backup guitar, if you're already on the live playing circuit or even higher.

Where you DO WANT to put these on is the guitar you might use for practicing finger gymnastic, a guitar you carry around in your car on a business trip... I put the strings onto a Harley Benton guitar kit - which I have in my office at work, you know, some people do jogging, some do yoga at work, I play guitar dry.

Having said that, the strings are pretty decent and they can be useful even if you play live often.

Imagine you're in the middle of a gig, your string breaks - do you want to unpack a set of expensive strings? No. Just replace it with a single string from this pack and you're good to go.

The price is fantastic, the quality better than the quality (or lack thereof) of no-name/fake name strings you can get off eBay, so when you're onto your next Thomann order, just throw in 2-3 packs to your basket. Heck, this might get you over to the free shipping realm.

I get a good month of use out of each set. I thought all was good and my pickups were not good enough. Then I bought a new Harley Benton L450 Cherryburst, which came with Diaddario strings. I got such a shock when I replaced the strings with the Harley Bentons that I am now waiting to buy more Daddarios with my next Thomann order.

The Harley Benton strings were not so bad with the high output Ceramic pickups on my L400 Goldtop. With the alnico v pickups on the Cherryburst the difference was immediately noticable. Just no sing at all.

They do last a long time however, and the Daddarios dont last long at all before they go black. I need to experiment more with strings and the Daddarios are a good standard to measure to. Now to find the perfect strings which sound as good yet don't go black. When I find them I'll repost here.

In the mean time, the Harley Benton strings are fantastic for use on a practice guitar where you want great feel and long life and play mostly unamplified. Great price for this purpose, and keep the Daddarios for gigs.

Uso Harley Benton Value Strings em várias guitarras, com medidas que variam entre 0.9, 0.10 e 0.11

Talvez não mantenham o "brilho" como algumas cordas de outras marcas mantém durante tanto tempo. Mas mesmo assim, duram bastante.

Não me apercebi que fossem menos duráveis que as cordas de marcas mais caras. A durabilidade é bastante razoável

As cordas também vêm seladas em saquetas individuais de plástico, pelo que não me parece que oxidem facilmente mesmo estando guardadas durante algum tempo.

Pelo preço e pela razoável qualidade parece-me impossível encontrar melhor

Cheap set, but the do their job.
My packet was new and fine, no opaqueness or rust inside.
Initially bright sounding and after some they will become slightly more dark, but this is for all strings set, even the expensive one.
After long use are still good, haven't broken any, and resisted to sweat so all in all it's ok.
More expensive sets can give you more sharp sound and sustain but these, if you're in need of saving a bit, are ok. Can go for it.
Btw, I'm "light hand", playing mildly on the guitar and normally, not much pushing, so If your playing is aggressive or heavy maybe buy more than one set (are cheap so you can) or go for a more expensive kind, but I'm guessing here.
Cheers