PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings - .0095-.044 Custom Light

.0095-.044 Nickel-wound Electric Guitar Strings with Soldered Ball End - Custom Light

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Q: What kind of tone and feel do PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings offer?

PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings feature a custom light .0095-.044 gauge set, providing a comfortable feel with excellent playability and bending. The nickel-plated steel winding over a high-carbon hexagonal steel core delivers a bright, balanced tone with great sustain, making them versatile for many musical styles. They offer a classic, articulate sound that PRS guitars are known for.

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Q: Who are these .0095-.044 Custom Light strings best suited for?

These custom light gauge strings are ideal for players seeking a comfortable playing experience with easy bending, without sacrificing too much tension or tone. They're a great choice for guitarists who find standard .010 sets a bit too stiff but want more substance than a typical .009 set. They are also particularly well-suited for high-impact players and those who frequently use tremolo systems, thanks to their reinforced ball ends and enhanced durability. They suit various genres, from blues and rock to jazz.

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Q: What materials are used in PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings?

These PRS Signature strings are crafted with a high-carbon hexagonal steel core, which provides strength and stability. The core is then round wound with nickel-plated steel, a popular choice for electric guitar strings due to its bright, clear tone and smooth feel. This combination ensures durability and excellent sonic characteristics.

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Q: Are PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings coated for longer life?

No, PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings are not coated. This design choice provides a traditional, natural feel and allows for the full, uninhibited resonance of the nickel-plated steel. However, these strings are engineered for enhanced durability through other means, including specially soldered ball ends that are highly break-resistant and a reformulated nickel alloy. These features are designed to extend string life and withstand intense playing, especially for those who frequently use tremolo systems.

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Reinforced Ball End for Great Durability

The PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings are made with a reformulated nickel alloy that produces a louder and brighter tone than other strings. Sweetwater knows that tremolo bridges break strings; that's just a fact. These strings have a specially soldered ball end that's as break-resistant as it gets. Each nickel-plated plain string is drawn through high-quality dies while the bass strings' steel hex core is computer wound with a nickel wrap. This winding technique's pinpoint accuracy results in a comfortable playing tension and bright tone. With the soldered ball end and upgraded nickel alloy winding, PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings will sound incredible and still stand up to tons of bending and hard playing without any trouble.

Perfect for high impact players

PRS has produced the Signature series to be extremely high-quality strings that players love for their durability and tone. If you've used a tremolo before, you know the pain of having a string break during a dive-bomb return or an especially hard tug on your trem bar. Thankfully, that's now a thing of the past. PRS's innovative pre-soldered ball-end strings are engineered to break less often than traditionally wrapped strings. If you use and abuse your tremolo system, these strings are for you.

PRS Signature Electric Guitar Strings — Custom Light Features:

Reformulated alloys add extra brightness and volume
Soldered ball ends extend string life
Nickel-plated steel-wrapped strings stand up to intense playing
Corrosion resistant packaging keeps strings fresh
PRS Signature Custom Light set, 0.0095–.044

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Tech Specs

Guitar Type: Electric Guitar
Number of Strings: 6
Coated: No
Gauges: .0095, .0115, .016, .024, .034, .044
Core Material: High-carbon Hexagonal Steel
Winding Material: Nickel Plated Steel
Winding Type: Round Wound
Manufacturer Part Number: 100148:002:001:004

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The strings themselves are awesome.

The company packaged all six guitar strings wound together in one plastic sleeve. This is fine when you go to replace all six strings at the same time, but when gigging and only one string breaks, you are required to remove all of the strings from the package, unwind them, then figure out which string is the one you need for the replacement. This adds significant time to the task when the rest of the band and audience might be waiting. Hopefully, you have a second guitar with you at the gig. Even if you have time to do the change out, like during a break, there are still five other strings, that you didn't use, laying around loose. It's impractical to put them back in the packaging sleeve, so they lay around in some gear bag, with a chance of kinking, until you can store them someplace.

If your a gigging guitarist, I don't recommending bringing these with to a gig. Find a set you like where the strings are individually packaged, easily identified and accessible, and conveniently stored.

Love these strings. Many people claim the strings are made by Daddario's. I do not know who manufactures these strings but these sound better than any NYXL Daddario's I have tried. Strings feel responsive and sound crisp. Will continue to buy these!

Finally, 9.5's for my PRS CE24! I cannot be happier with my new strings. My PRS bolt on CE24 is amazing in every musical category except for blues because of the tension on the strings which are PRS 10-46 from the factory. The amps I play are a Blues JR III Tweed, a Blues Deluxe III Tweed, and a Mesa Boogie Express 550 Plus with a custom finish. My PRS plays above its grade and can share the stage with any other guitar custom or not. However, to play slow blues I had to use a pedal because the tension on the strings required too much effort for sleight of hand slippery blues licks. I have had my factory strings on my guitar for over a year and the quality has been exceptional and I have been reluctant to change them. I changed my strings last night to PRS 9.5-44 and what a difference! My guitar is open now. First impressions are a buttery feel and sound, clarity and much more detail, room on the neck between strings, easy bends, even tone from string to string, balanced output across the neck, now my single coil settings sound airy and breathless, my tone and volume pots have more effect now, my tone is less pokey and dominant in quiet settings and for rhythm passages. My overall sound now allows my 85/15 pickups to shine. I did have to increase the volume on my amp which placed the amp in its sweet spot. The detail is amazing, and the overdrive sounds are easy to find. My guitar sounds complete and natural now. I still have enough string to hold on to and switching from single to humbucker is like adding a boost pedal. The same space my guitar occupied in the mix can be achieved by increasing the volume on your amp by 1.2 digits. The power of the strings is undeniable but now its tamed by you rather than the loudness of the band. Where the power of my guitar blended only when the band was playing, I can now bring the blend to the room and perform by myself without overwhelming the crowd. I am so happy to have these strings. Also, another observation is when changing the strings, I changed them one at a time and roughly tuned them to pitch. When all the strings were changed, I stretched them before the final tuning but was surprised find they were all in the same tuning I left them. The did not need stretching. I played the strings for quite some time and still no tuning is needed. Purchase these strings PRS and Les Paul players when you need a more Stratty feel at your hands but powerful tones and output at the amp. Normal 9"s are often too small for big power. My sales Engineer Chris Defaut was wonderful and knowledgeable. This was my first purchase from Sweetwater. However, Chris has always called to check on my and let me know what offers are available to me from the conversations we had. This is my first review, so I apologize for the wordiness. Finally 9.5"s!

As the title says if they come on your guitar at their phone.
But I wouldn't swap out for anything else. I think I'll stick to either Ernie Ball or elixir.

You don't even have to play guitar to know that PRS instruments are in a league of their own. With their exquisitely figured tops and premium appointments, each PRS is a playable work of art. But it goes way deeper than the surface. Every time Paul visits Sweetwater, we get a deeper look at his amazing instruments. We've even hosted several PRS Custom Shop events, complete with Paul's personal Wood Library! Whether they're his most affordable SE electric guitars, top-quality acoustics, or amps, it's always amazing to see what PRS comes up with. What's more, we keep a ton of PRS guitars in our amazing Guitar Showroom, so the staff at Sweetwater can get hands on with all of their latest models. We'd love to tell you all about them.

See also: Electric Strings, PRS, PRS Electric Guitar Strings