Pyramid Electric Strings 009-042

009-042

very affordable and high-quality strings, no worse than other well-known brands. quite soft, reliable and durable. a good choice

Swings and roundabouts

First and most importantly, these are good strings at a very competitive price. When it comes to the makeup of the set, though, it's a case of swings and roundabouts.

I've always found the presence of an 11-gauge B string in a standard set of nines a bit odd, in that it doesn't give balanced tension across the plain strings. Pyramid fix that by substituting a 12. They also deviate from the standard mix, however, by substituting a 22 gauge D string for the more usual 24, which makes it a bit slack compared to the neighbouring A string.

You pays your money and you takes your choice...

My standard set for a while

I have user these strings on a Strat and recommended them to other Strat players as well. What I see as a win on this set, and some other 9s' sets from Pyramid, is the .012 instead of .011 for the B string. A lot of times the .011 has felt wonky for me, but not with this set. I have experienced similar standard in these strings (consistent size, quality, wrapping) out of the box as I have with D'Addario. The only set I have used after this one is again Pyramid, this time Nickel Classics, again with the .012 on the B string.

They do the job.

So far so good. I'm fortunate in that strings tend to last a long time for me (light touch and non-corrosive skin oils I guess). I mainly used D'Addario strings when I was gigging but being retired now and owning a dozen guitars I've been trying cheaper strings. I tried a few budget brands and found them dull and they seemed to lose integrity pretty quick so I went back to D'Addario. Got a few sets of these to top up an order for free shipping and so far....several months now...they seem pretty good. Worth trying, I think.

Great for those other guitars

These strings have good sound, intonation and tuning stability,

the sound of those pure nickel ones is nice and smooth but retaining presence because of the thick winds around the core of the string.

This ups the treble and pick attack but also ups the left hand finger noise and they feel a bit sticky, like stainless steel strings.

For the price they are fantastic, I use them to always have fresh strings on my studio guitars but for my favorite guitar I still use Dunlops.

Amazing value

I wanted to try these as I've read some good comments, and they are good deal cheaper than other brands.

Didn't expect much but I love them. Great sound, and they seem to be holding up really well. I had them on for a week now, still good as new.

Ordered 3 packs, I'll probably order 10 next time :)

Decent strings, v good value

Sound good, well packaged, hopefully they will last a while.

They hold tune after stretching in. They seem to be a good balance between low price and quality. I've bought much cheaper strings in the past and they're not worth it. These ones seem good.

wear of the strings

rapid wear of the strings (especially G string); the sound is nice. As long as the strings show no wear (which is of very short duration).

A bit over the limit

These are actually to thin for jazz strings. Unless they are used for some other "jazz". Maybe if one bends its jazz :P

They'll produce a less mellow tone than the thinker models.

The touch is also not tense enough for jazzy chops.

Best value for money

You can spend as much as you like on strings, but if you use a lot of sets then this can really add up. For my own and my customers guitars I use around 20 sets a month. You can do the arithmetic yourself.

So it's nice if strings are not expensive but they must always be good. Almost all of the budget strings also feel and sound and look budget, but Pyramid Pure Nickel Roundwounds have excellent tone. They look and feel good. Intonation is accurate and yes they keep their tone for a very long time. If you use a lot of strings, why pay more?