If you are only going to change strings once a year or less, why worry about a set that only costs what the Elixers do?
What do you want? Cheap string that dull quickly, or more expensive ones that sound great for MUCH longer...?
There's a REASON people pay that price. They might be double the price, but they last three times as long!
Sounds like a deal to me...
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