There is a reason that some things are more popular than others, and this is because they are usually well made. The strings sound just as good, if not sometimes better, as their traditional counterparts, which makes this set a great value for what they provide.ĭ’Addario EJ69 Phosphor Bronze 5-String Banjo Strings, Light The only thing is not to get scared of the extra modern technologies that these strings have been made by and turn away from them. Created with long term great sound in mind, the string has a great tonal range and a mesmerizing sound that lasts well into the years to come. The Elixir Strings Banjo Strings with POLYWEB Coating, medium gauge, are one set of strings that are part of this innovative process. This enhances the durability of the strings, allowing them to sound as good as on the first day for many years to come. Some manufacturers decided that the extra step was need though, which resulted in the polymer covering of strings. It is a pretty straightforward process that is already pretty complicated, without having to add extra steps. You take a piece of metal, stretch it out and either add winding on top of it or you do not. The art of making strings has remained pretty much the same for many decades. Maybe you’re also looking for some guidance in the realm of what strings to buy at all, so that you can successfully experiment? Whatever it is, welcome to the right place.Įlixir Strings Banjo Strings w POLYWEB Coating, Medium Which is what brought you here, the search for the best banjo strings and the desire for the most hypnotic, typical sound a banjo can produce. So when the time came to finally replace your strings for the first time, or for the manyeth time, you decided that you wanted nothing but the best for your instrument and for yourself. It feels like at this point the banjo has become a part of you, an inorganic extension of your being that you could not live without. Since then years, maybe decades have passed where you had not had a single day without picking up your banjo and practicing, playing or just messing around with it. You don’t remember where or how it started, but you know that it began with a passionate explosion of sound somewhere in your room, with the banjo sound ringing out and making you question why you had not, till that very point, thought about buying a banjo.