String Set Elixir 12027 Custom Light 9 46 Electric Guitar

Specifications:

• Reference: Elixir 12027 Custom Light 009-046
• Brand of coated strings protecting the entire string with an ultra-thin coating, keeping dirt out of the spaces between the windings
• Extended Tone Life - musicians report that the sound of these strings is longer lasting
• Consistent performance and tone
• Smooth feel, pleasant to the fingers
• Reduced noise (fretnoise), which is good for both performance and recording
• Anti-rust coated smooth steel strings, which resist sound-dampening corrosion, ensuring a longer lifespan for the entire set

Elixir Strings was born in 1997. Previously, systematic research had been started on coating strings with polytetrafluoroethylene (PFTE). Strings with this coating worked very well as cables, but they sounded poorly like guitar strings. Then came the idea of changing the coating and tinkering with the construction process so that the strings would sound good.
After laboratory study and many prototypes, today Elixir uses various combinations of original POLYWEB® coating and ultra-thin NANOWEB® coating strings for acoustic and electric guitar, bass, mandolin and banjo. Each coating makes a different sound, but they are all variations of the same basic idea: a microscopically thin, advanced polymer tube that wraps around the rope to protect it from corrosion and dirt, without making any contact with the critical area between the windings, where the "critical zone of sound" is found and one is born each perfect note.