Sweeeet!! Coated Bass Strings!!!

[agplate]

Finally, a reasonable and well thought out review!

[ChuckD]

Played 2 gigs now with these Coated 5's! And all I gots to say is Ahhhhhhhh Yeaaaaahhhh! These are the greatest. I was afraid they would be slime coated like an alixer string but these are way cooler. Rather than feeling like plastic they feel like the original Slinky 5 bass strings but better! I am shocked at how amazing these are. Especially for the playing I do. I sweat a lot and these strings stay dry the whole time! They feel tighter and resonate incredibly. The tone is still great as I sit here and practice. Incredible. Thankyou Ernie Ball for once again making an unbeatable and innovative product! I can rip like never before and its thanks to your passion in creating the best strings and guitars possible. Cheers!

[Bloodfist]

Anyone got any sound clips with the new coated strings?

[Stereo_Monkey]

Anyone got any sound clips with the new coated strings?

Ed Friedland made a nice comparison with slinky nickel, steel and coated. Furthermore his Big Al review was recorded using coated slinkys...

[Colin]

so a product recall is not on the cards then?

[agplate]

I've sent my coated slinkys back to CS as requested. Two sets in a row were 'unsatisfactory' after only days. I also sent them my still somewhat playable, 4 month old Elixirs for comparison. I'm hoping to be somehow helpful to CS and not just a complainer.

I would love to have the EB coateds be the Elixir killers, but in my experience so far, Elixirs are the ones to beat for extreme longevity and value.

[sloshep]

Finally got a set of Coated 100-45 strings on my Stingray today. Regular Slinky bass strings last 3-4 months. Sad but true, I don't get to play as much as I'd like to. So let the longevity test begin.

[danny-79]

There still going strong an sounding bright, just cant get rid of the darn squeeking (finger noise) im getting off them ! but appart from that im very happy with them

[shakinbacon]

darn it... I ordered a set

[sloshep]

Finally got a set of Coated 100-45 strings on my Stingray today. Regular Slinky bass strings last 3-4 months. Sad but true, I don't get to play as much as I'd like to. So let the longevity test begin.

Its been 5 months. All I have done is dry wipe my strings when I am done playing. The E string is starting to sound a bit dull. The A, D, & G are OK. I will probably change them out this week. To get 4 months out of the Regular Slinky strings, I would wipe them down with alcohol or EB string wipes once in a while. I put only about 8-10 hours a month of playing time. My sweat is low ph so I don't rust strings. Hope this helps if your interested.