Harley Benton Valuestrings WE 12-53 5-stars Reviews

Amazing

I've had a set of these strings on my acoustic for about 3 months now and they still have a fantastic, bright tone to them, for the price you really can't complain and they seriously can take a beating. Even if you buy more expensive strings to use these are great to just keep in your case if the other strings snap.

Buyers Choice

As good a string as I have used, represents HUGE value for money.

Great Strings at a low price

I use this one for a cheap guitar I take to parties and other drunken events.

They are not bad at all.

Good for a quick replacement or for cheap acoustic.

Great price value ratio.

Nice Strings

Well my acoustics are long overdue a restringing (try a year and 5 months, yeah not much of an acoustic player) so im not going to bother comparing them to the sound of the martin and d'addarios I had on them before hand, by my what a difference, the guitars came to life, sounded lovely and the brightness that I love was back, so yeah, they're good strings, do what they need to do and sound great :)

Great strings

I am pleased with what I got. I am not a picky guitar player though.

Impressive quality compared to cost

I bought an acoustic guitar and I wanted some strings for when the inevitable happens and I am left with a 5 string guitar :D

Sure enough I already killed my high e and decided to do a complete swap, the other people who wrote about these strings were not lying, you really get good quality for low cost.

Not the last time I buy Harley Benton strings.

Wow - how can they do it for this price?

I am not a huge fan of bronze strings, they often sound tinny and cheap to my ears. I was more than pleasantly surprised at how nice these sound. They do have some of that "new string zing" but after a couple of days of playing, mellow out into a nice solid tone.

These sound and feel similar to the Martin bronze strings. I put them on my all laminate cheap guitar that I take out to the park or beach and sounded as good as anything else I have tried. Since that guitar is exposed to the elements more than my other ones, it makes sense to buy cheaper strings that can be changed often. I don't want to spend £13 on Elixirs, I can't see them lasting 13 times longer than these HB strings.

I would like to see these strings made in a 12-54 gauge, or in phosphor bronze. I also would like to see them vacuum packed as I don't know how long they will last in the packets they came in. Perhaps it can't be done at this price point.

Definitely worth a try, if you don't like them, you've hardly spend anything on them in the first place.

Good strings

Good backup strings.

Very happy with these strings!

I wasn't expecting much for strings priced at under £1. I took a chance exactly because they were so cheap - I figured I wouldn't be gutted if I had wasted a pound. I bought a few packs - I thought they might be ok for busking if nothing else.

I was extremely pleased to find that not only are these string not a waste of money, but they are quite nice strings. They aren't as nice as say, Newtone or DR Rare, but they are probably on a par with the Martin PB.

I put them on my busking guitar (Japanese 70's spruce top and lam RW back and sides) and was so pleased, I also put them on my Martin D28. I probably will keep using Newtone on the D28 as they suit it so well, but I was not disappointed with the sound or feel of these strings. I will keep a couple of packs of these as spare strings for the D28 and also keep using them on the busking guitar. If money gets tighter, I will have no problem using these on the Martin full time.

Well worth a try!!!

Great value guitar strings

These strings are exceptionally cheap, for the price they do not disappoint.

They are terrific back-up strings to use if any strings happen to snap.

They are also terrific to set up on your guitar for practice strings, for the price you cannot go wrong.

They surprisingly have a good sound and they do seem to last a decent amount of time before needing changed.

Definitely beats having to pay full price for a set of strings to practice on.

These are especially helpful in my position due to the fact I have many guitars and purchasing strings for them all is usually costly.

Good!

I use these strings on my electro acoustic and I really like them, they sound nice and crisp when they are fresh out the packet and they feel very nice.

I bought a set to try them out when I was a little short on cash, I previously used D'Adarrio strings but to me these strings sound just as good to me.

The even look a little different to other strings i've used but not by much, they just look a little darker.

My go to string seem to be Harley Benton again!

Good for no cost

This is awesome. How theise can be this cheap is a mystery. I Bought 10 packets which I have been using for a party-guitar. Overall a good sound for the price of course.

If you just need some strings for a shitty guitar that you dont care about. This is what you should get!

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!

Cheap and practical

there is nothing better than having a couple of emergency spares in your bag, and those strings sit for that purpose perfectly .. you can have a couple of them for the price of one high-end strings .. and surprisingly, they can really compete .. highly recommended for all the beginners like me out there.

5 out of 5

I have used these guitar strings for many years, yes they don't sound as warm or as clear of their rivals but you can buy 6 sets compared to 1 set of "named" strings. When you have over 30 guitars in a collection it is very expensive to keep changing strings. These are just perfect.

Color

When I bought them I was not expecting something good. Not even 1 week strings. But it surprised me. They lasted me 2 months. They had very bright, unusual tone. Gonna buy them one more time.

cheap and better than cheerful

amazingly cheap, bough lots as I sometimes buy cheap acoustics to re sell,, these are more than perfect as they are top quality I thought they'd be poor quality for less than a quid packet, but I really cant tell the difference between these and strings costing 5 times as much. try it I don't think you can tell either.

well packaged, the usual gauges, prompt service.. thanks mr T!

Best option

I use these strings on all my acoustic guitars, They sound good acoustically and sound great when I play live with a pickup. The packaging is great. each string is numbered boldly on the individual string packing, which is great if you break a string live on a dark stage. However, I have yet to break one of these strings. I change the strings when they become dull,(like all strings) I play electric mostly, so these strings are nice and light on the fingers when I do switch to acoustic, but are just heavy enough for a nice rich bass low end. also the strings are sealed individually so they remain rust or tarnish free. Durable outer packaging for sustained life in a gig bag or guitar case.

Awesome stings

i think these strings are excellent , cheap and better quality than other makes i have used ( i wont mention there names but a big acoustic guitar company beginning with M!! ) these were below a quarter of the price and last longer and sound nicer !!! if you need some cheap reliable acoustic guitar strings grab these

Valuestrings....... they really are !!

For the price i dont think you can beat these strings, sound quality is fine and at the cost you can change them regularly to keep your guitar sounding good :)