I'm playing an Ibanez AS93, mostly jazz, blues and sometimes classic rock. I decided to give these strings a go. I am pleasantly surprised with the sound. Perfect for jazz, but not too mellow as to take all the treble from your guitar, like the D'Addario chromes did, that I used before. These have a nice spank to them but are not spikey. Also, the bottom two strings are a bit lighter and have a bit less tension than .011 strings tend to, so forget about down tuning with these babies, not on a Gibson scale length anyway. Could be nice on a Telecaster, I guess. Strings are nicely packaged and have silk wound endings, which I dig.