Elixir String Set 12002 Electric Guitar Super Light 9 to 42

Specifications:

• These coated strings protect the entire string with an ultra-thin coating, keeping dirt out of the spaces between the windings
• Prolonged tone life, there are reports that the tone lasts longer than any other string, uncoated or coated
• Consistent performance and sound
• Smooth feel, pleasant to touch and not aggressive to the fingers
• Reduced noise, which is good for both performance and recording
• Smooth steel strings with anti-rust coating resist sound-dampening corrosion, ensuring a long lifespan for the entire set
• Avoid frequent string changes

Elixir Strings was born in 1997. Previously, systematic research had been started on coating strings with polytetrafluoroethylene (PFTE). Strings with this coating worked very well as cables, but they sounded poorly like guitar strings. Then came the idea of changing the coating and tinkering with the construction process so that the strings would sound good.

After laboratory study and many prototypes, today Elixir uses various combinations of original POLYWEB® coating and ultra-thin NANOWEB® coating strings for acoustic and electric guitar, bass, mandolin and banjo. Each coating makes a different sound, but they are all variations of the same basic idea: a microscopically thin, advanced polymer tube that wraps around the rope to protect it from corrosion and dirt, without making any contact with the critical area between the windings, where the "critical zone of sound" is found and one is born each perfect note.