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An ultra-fine layer of EXP Coating is bonded to the phosphor bronze wrap wire which is then wound onto the hex-shaped core wire. The result is a built-in barrier against the corrosion and wear that can quickly sap the life out of your strings and your sound. EXP coated phosphor bronze strings have a natural round wound feel and sound fresh and bright with a "new string tone" that lasts three to four times longer than traditional guitar strings.
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By J. Michael Phillips (Central Florida)
I have been using D'Addario Phosphor Bronze since they came out in 1974. I use nothing else on my 2000 Gibson Advanced Jumbo. These coated strings don't keep the new sound any longer than uncoated EJ-16's.
By David Emery Bricker (Miami, FL United States)
I own a number of high-end guitars, some of them custom made. All of that fancy wood is great, but probably the single greatest factor in good tone is good strings. They have to be the right strings for a particular instrument and they have to be fairly new. Keeping good strings on a dozen or so instruments gets to be an expensive proposition, and EXPs are pricier than many others, but they last MUCH longer. I play my instruments all the time, but get several months of good tone from a set of these. Unlike other coated strings, the coating never peels off. In fact, you'll never notice they're coated. I use phosphor bronze strings on most of my guitars and I've never seen these EXPs turn green or black or gray like typical bronze strings that are broken in in a week and then wasted within a month. As a 30-year player, I recommend these wholeheartedly.
By E. Gratis
These exact strings came factory-installed on my Takamine G260 acoustic guitar. The polymer coating on the strings is so slight that I didn't even realize these were coated for a long time. It doesn't really affect the sound, at least to my ears. The coating helps protect the strings from corrosion, so it is a big plus. I also tried the regular phosphor bronze and they are also good. I suppose it's possible that these could slightly mellow the sound by damping ultra-high frequency harmonics, but the coating isn't supposed to be applied to the cracks between the windings, so I doubt it affects the sound at all. If you like super-bright sounding strings, maybe you want regular non-coated, but these are probably the brightest coated strings available. Sound great, have lasted months so far, 5 stars
By Peter Ward (Kearny, NJ USA)
These EXP16s sound better, in my opinion, than the Martins, Elixirs, and others
I have tried. The EXP11s aren't quite as good (they are an 80/20 blend
instead of the Phosphor Bronze used here.
I have them on my Gibson J-100 Xtra, and I love them.
By aspiring saint (in the moment zone)
Good strings, though in 1 use I didnt notice any significant improvement over the standard Diaddario phosphor bronze strings.
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