ECG23 : Surprised that I like them so much

Bought to try with a Esquire Tele for the Johnny Cash sound. I am surprised how good they do sound. You get instant 50's/60's vibe. The only issue was that the wound G string intonation is way off on the 3 saddle tele bridge when the D string is in tune even though I have compensated saddles, its also hard to bend over a semi tone . I am not that surprised due to the thicker diameter compared to standard and of course having 6 saddles would cure this, I ended up changing it to a plain string from a set of 11's so an 18 guage , it is a common hack.This cured all problems I had so am now delighted with the compromised set. D Addario should offer this option in sets without the wound G. The sound of the low strings is brighter than I was expecting but apparantly the longer you have the them installed the better it will sound. I am over all very happy I decided to try them and will keep them on this guitar. I do have other teles with round wound strings so I am covered anyway. They dont need much stretching either and seem to stay in tune well after little effort. Id give 5 stars if it had the plain 18 G string as I would not have the issues I did but I suppose flats are not aimed at tele players with 3 saddle bridges.