Gauge: .10-.13-.17-.30-.42-.52

Price: $7.95 single set (November, 2007)

Comments:
A girl who is like a niece to me has a boyfriend in one of those bands where you're judged at least as much by your tattoos and body piercings as you are by how loud and fast your band is (let alone how long your singer can hold a scream).  Ah, youth.

[I probably shouldn't be doing a "review" of these, because my experience with them is limited to jamming on his guitar right before (or after) a show, and even that wasn't through an amp.  Once i get the blog up and running (and i think of it) i'll transfer this over.  But this is just too funny not to post right now!]

So this is what kids are calling "light" strings these days?  .30, .42 & .52 D A & E?  That's great!  I'm just trying to wrap my head around eight dollar electric guitar strings... they're not even coated!

Here's their claim: "seasoned between -320F and +350F for 24 hours to reduce the micro-cracks that cause tonal loss and premature breakage"

I don't have access to a metallurgist but i think they may be on to something with regard to strength, because his $900 Dean has fret wear like i've never seen on a less-than-two-year-old guitar.  The heavy gauges of the D A & E of this set don't  account for it either, because the majority of the fret wear is beneath the E B & G strings (especially the G).  I don't know what will end up being more expensive: the strings he uses, or the re-fret job that he is already in need of (buzzing like crazy).

He is an aggressive player, and i'm not saying that i for sure think that his strings are doing more harm than good.  I'm just thinking about string hardness versus fret hardness and their relative costs.