GHS Boomers GB LXL 10-38

I've been using 10-38 strings on all my electric guitars the last 15 years and I use these for standard D tunning (one tone lower).

Over all these years I've try and been using also Fenders (both bullets and ball ended) and Dean Markleys (when they were available) and as far as the sound, longevity and price is concerned, the GHS are my strings to go.

The sound is balanced (not super bright or muffled) and while they will not last forever (no string will anyway) they will last for a long time before they get extremely tarnished and dull.

One star off because over these years and after more than 50 sets used, there have been quite a few sets that came kinda tarnished out of the box (especially the G string). Not a real problem in real life (you can remove some of the "rust" with #0000 steel wool) but provided that the strings are packed in an -in theory- air sealed package, is a little strange.

One thing to keep in mind: the GHS 10-38 Boomers come (or used to come at some point) in three different flavors in terms of packaging: 1) Orange unsealed package with individual strings unsealed, 2) Black sealed package with individual strings unsealed and 3) the so called Nitro package (per GHS themselved) which is black sealed package with the individual strings sealed. I had all these different versions and the "rust" issue was only with the first two "flavors". After contacting the GHS company they replaced all the problematic sets and let me know about the Nitro package so make sure you buy those (black sealed package, and every string inside the package is sealed as well).

Still, for the sound/performance/price these are hard to beat.

I used to be a die-hard buyer of Fender and D’Addario strings.

Untiil I found these here LXL Jimi Wise strings and put them on almost all my guitars, and I can assure you that you need a lot of sets, considerimg my giant collection tele’s, strats, juniors, doublecuts, hollowbodies and jazzy style guitars.

Every time, so without any exceptiom, the guitar seems to become more alive after putting on these beautiful clear and resonant strings.

As Amanda Lear once said: ‘ Follow me”.
You will not be disappointed.

Have a good one, and Thomann thanx agaim for keeping up your deliveries throughout the COVID pandemic. My compliments!

You may be wondering why the odd gauge to certain strings in this pack, or you may be slightly more curious and have heard that Jimi himself used something other than the norm. You ma ybe like me and just always wondered why your G string sounded louder than others and that when you switched to bass strings and power chords the contrast was.... well overpowering and bass heavy.......
and so the search began for some sort of hybrid set that addressed some of these feelings of wrongness, that initially i just couldn't articulate.

Its subtle, the difference you will hear, but it is audible. The strings sound closer and more even. Bass can still be added if that's your bag, unless you don't have a tone control on your guitar or amp. For someone who plays primarily on the rhythm pickups this will help with articulation of the bass strings and remove some of the boominess experienced with some guitars and amps.

Overall brand quality is good and i like the sound that i get from this gauge for certain guitars and certain styles. Give it some thought..... try a pack and see what you think, after all its not like your changing a pickup or something equally as drastic or expensive in search of the sound in your head.