Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Paradigm Electric Guitar Strings P03621

Feels like the’ll last forever…

Great strings though

Elles fonds très bien sur ma guitare électrique.

TL;DR – These strings are awesome for heavy playing: Amazing Tone with Stable Longevity, Staying in Tune, and just Not Breaking for many shows.

I’ve waited years to write this, because on my first two sets, I had almost immediate breakage on at least one string – however, I was able to get a couple sets before they were available to all the public, and my later experience as not the same, but I wanted to be sure before posting a review.

Some background…

I’m a heavy handed Gibson (endorsed) player, playing rock music akin to The Who or QOTSA – I usually wear down a 60mm pick to unusable in a couple sets. I’ve played hundreds of shows in the past five years, and D’addario EXL110 was what I used forever, because that’s what my Luthier always put on after a setup, so I figured they were the best choice. But with the D’addario’s I was almost always out of tune on multiple strings by the end of a song – so tuning between songs was always a mood killer, banter and jokes required to fill the gap in music. Worse, I was breaking 2-3 strings a set – in random fashion, not always the high E or B string – the D string maybe the highest break rate. I always had to have a backup guitar, and someone to change the broken string so it would be ready when I broke the next string. At times, I had to borrow a guitar while multiple strings were being worked on. I constantly wiped down the strings after each time playing and always stored the guitars out of the air asap. I tried many different string treatments, but nothing really mattered.

I tried the new NYXL, but for me they still had short and unpredictable lives, and the tone would change rapidly, I never knew what to expect.

As stated earlier, I was able to get in on the early batch of Paradigm strings (I use the 10-46) and though I did have some almost immediate breakage (within a few hours of playing) on those pre release sets, the replacements and others lasted what was, for me, amazingly long times. Weeks-long, and when I switch over completely to the Paradigms, I ended up actually changing strings (all of them at once) before they broke, something I hadn’t done in years, unless popping on new strings for studio work.

The Paradigms were a life changer for me. Not have strings break mid-set anymore is a pure godsend. I almost never use the backup guitar anymore because of a broken string.

And there is a super bonus for me – THEY STAY IN TUNE for the entire set.

And there there is the TONE.

My experience is that the “brand new” tone takes a few hours to calm down and then the (very excellent) tone stays stable for weeks. For me, tone-wise, these blow away the former D’addario strings. In the studio, I had some extra D’addario sets left over, so I strung up a guitar and it sounded like a toy compared to another with the Paradigms. To be sure, I restrung with Paradigms, and it was full rich tone immediately.

For years, I thought I had bad guitar tuner hardware causing the strings to go out of tune. But apparently it was the strings themselves.

If I had anything bad to say, it would be that I don’t love the “brand new” sound, so I don’t like to play live until I’ve had a chance to work the strings for a few hours. But that new sound is still far better than what I was used to, just not the great sound that happens after broken in.

Also in the maybe bad department is that I am still worried about the strings breaking when new even though it hasn’t been the case in years. Usually when I put on a brand new set of strings, it’s because I have studio or a big show that is being recorded or something, when I least want a string to break. That said, since I have to play until the “brand new” string sound goes away – when I have done that, I am confident that I have gone past that point where a bad string would have broken.

I’ve seen reviews in which the tone was unsatisfactory for the player, and I suspect that it is a matter of how heavy handed a guitarist you are. If you never wear out picks, I think it might not be the right type of string tone for you. For me, I haven’t found other strings that come close to the richness and pureness of these strings.

I realize that everyone is different. I know some lighter touch (usually Fender style) players that are jaw-droppingly good, that have real emotional power to their playing who swear by D’addario’s and won’t break a string in years of playing. But that was clearly not my case.

Do they still break on stage for me? Yes, but it’s very rare and probably I should have changed the strings by then.

To sum up, for my style, Paradigms changed my music life. I just feel super fortunate that these exist. I recommend them constantly to other players – especially when I see them break a string on stage. The Tone and Tuning stability alone would have justified switching over for me, but what I really needed – and didn’t really expect to find – were strings that could taking a regular beating and not break. These do that. Just awesome.

(Note: These were bought as a gift by me – the review is from the person I buy them for)

Comprei pra testar numa guitarra que possui ponte vibrato estilo Jazzmaster, mantem bem a afinação e não “desfia” proximo as bolinhas. preço alto mas acredito que vale a pena.

Hubby just switched to these strings a couple of weeks ago and loves them!

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