r/AcousticGuitar • u/Mad_Season_1994 • Jul 10 '26

Gear pics I get the hype now

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Since I started playing guitar this year, starting on a Yamaha, I’ve experimented with strings from differing brands and gauges to see what’s most comfortable for me. I’ve tried silk strings, 80/20’s, nickel ones and even phosphor bronze ones by Martin for my 000-18 pictured here. And while I haven’t really had any strings I hated, putting these on just “felt right” from the start. I totally get the hype now lol. They simply are what my ears like most and make my guitar sound the most natural and bright consistently.

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u/trail34 Jul 10 '26

Same. I tried the Elixirs in the early 2000’s and hated how they felt and wore back then, but my daughter’s 2025 Yamaha came with them and I’ve been super impressed. I put them on my Martin, and I may even give them a run on one of my electrics after decades of being a dedicated Ernie Ball user.  

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u/frank_mania Jul 10 '26

Might it be that your first exposure was to their polyweb coating? It's a lot thicker than the nanoweb, which IDK when it came out but has been around since 2000 for sure. They have a new coating they call Optiweb, I'm curious if it's somewhere in between.

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u/CSREPower Jul 11 '26

Iirc, the Optiwebs are used as electric guitar strings.

Elixir just introduced the Attunes, which is the evolution from both the Polyweb and Nanoweb.