Valuestrings EL 9-42 : Good, cheap strings for electric.

I have been using these for maybe 15 years on my Floyd Rose guitars. They are incredibly cheap, sound well, and feel ok. (they used to feel much smoother until about 2007, when HB seem to have changed either the material or the manufacturing process - since that time, they feel less slinky, and when you uncoil them from the pack, they don't spring out straight like most strings, they retain the coiled shape.) They come in individually sealed packs, so the don't rust in storage. A useful tip for Floyd Rose users.... after every gig, I take the treble E out of the bridge, snip off a centimetre, and then re-install it to the bridge. This completely avoids string breakage during gigs, and the already-used string is much more stable than fitting a new one!