Elixir 14677 Stainless Steel L/M Bass

Dull sound

I'm disappointed in these strings, after the hype. I find the sound to fall somewhere between rounds and flats, but without the positive characteristics of either. Maybe they last a long time, but I found the way they sound out of the box and after about a week of playing extremely dull and uninspiring. I'd avoid these.

Best bass strings so far

I play with Elixir for several years now. Not only they last orders of magnitude longer than the other brands, but I have never broke a string since I switched to them.

Excellence

Always buy these they stay bright for longer and are no more expensive than other brands

My Go-to!

Slap and tone on my mid-range bass is great. The strings stay clean for a super long time, only need to change twice a year. (the bass is used in the studio once a week) My go-to, would recommend to a friend

Long lasting and bright

Perhaps a little too bright for many people's tastes, but I love these strings.

Durable and great tone

If your are looking for a long lasting and great tone strings, this is one of the best and my personal fav. for durability.

Best strings ever!!!

If you need good, stable string with long last sound of new, buy it!

If you like muddy bass tone, don't buy them! :)

Good sound

I haven't used Elixir for many years, and I was again impressed by the sound of the strings, which remains well sounding for months, as long as you clean the strings with proper string cleaning products.

However, the low E-string broke after only a couple of weeks, and when I thought about it I haven't broken a string for many years, since actually I was using Elixir (also the low E-string that time). Maybe a coincidence, but in my thought it points to weak build quality.

So, good sound but use with a bit of extra care

Elixir=Quality

Whatever I bought from Elixir is quality. Totally worth it

Inconsistent quality

Last time I bought these.

They're great when you're lucky. But in the last few packages I've had dead strings, or lots of black spots on new strings.

Not acceptable for this price.

I'll be testing out other coated strings/brands.