Elixir Polyweb Medium Acoustic

Best strings for my acoustic. I use 13s for my Gibson J-35. This is a short scale guitar (Gibson scale - 628mm), so the 13s feel not so sharp to your fingers. Then I use 12s for the regular scale (Martin scale - 648-650mm) guitars. Of all the brands, Elixir is the one that last the longest and always feels and sounds like new. Highly recommended!

I gig quite heavily and am very heavy handed whilst strumming, these strings can last quite some time and feel great to play

they are really really good

My experience with this size is that it is suitable for baritone acoustic guitar in open B, C or conventional acoustic guitar in open D, G - but a capo on the second fret is necessary for comfortable playing.

I don't know anymore if the Elixir is the right choice for me. Every time after just a couple of days the G and the D strings on the 2nd and 3rd fret look a bit rusted. And after a week of light use, the coating already comes off.

I'm using medium guage strings to maintain tension on a slightly shorter scale guitar (a GS Mini.)
I live close to the sea, and the salty air causes havoc with ordinary strings. The polyweb coating means I can get about twelve gigs out of these strings before they start to go noticeably dead.
Some complain about Polyweb's slickness in feel, but I have never had a problem with it. Perhaps it's like anchovies on pizza, you either love it or hate it...

Good balance in tone, intonation, feel and evenness across the neck. If your guitar is bright and you want to calm it down then these strings do the job. A smoother feel and warmer more tonally balanced set of strings than the Elixir Nanoweb phosphor bronze. Don´t be put off by the heavy white coating on the wound strings when you open them up. You don’t notice it once you get playing. As with all coated strings they will start to fray at the picking hand if you use picks or have a long ring finger nail but this doesn’t affect anything really. Great for recording.

I bought my first set of elixir strings years ago; they are a lot dearer than most guitar strings, but more than worth it! They never go rusty, and keep their tone for ages! They are the best guitar and mandolin strings on the market!

I've bought Elixir strings before and never been disappointed by their durability. Even though they cost nearly three times as much as regular strings the time saved in changing over strings and the brightness in their sound is retained over a much longer time. I would happily buy these strings again.

the first week sounds perfect, after a while looses the edge