Valuestrings WE 12-53 : Excellent low budget strings

These strings are just as good (or better) as some of other name brands that cost four or five times as much. How can I justify that? Well, I have tried most of the costlier brands and found that it is useless to spend endless euros or pounds in search of "the" tone. What matters more is the strenght/thickness of the strings and how often you change them. The 012 Valuestringt set is a good all-rounder for most acoustics, not too thin, not too thick either.

I've used these on my F-brand acoustic dreadnought where the Valuestrings sounded as good as some previous bronze strings. On my Little M (a very small bodied acoustic) they sound OK as well, but there I usually use 013s (to make it sound a bit bigger).

All in all, these are so inexpensive that it does not hurt to buy severeal sets at once and this means you can also change all the strings when one breaks. No more mismatched sets!