I've played 30 years now and have tried all the coated strings more than a few times and have the best luck with these. My Collings sounds like it should and they last longer than any other coated string I've tried. I just played my second weekend of bluegrass on the same set...unheard of with ANY other coated string I've tried.

I Tried these strings out and switched from Elixers. Once trying them I will stick with them. Not only do they provide a deep baseline tone and nice melody tones, they hold thier tune and last much longer than the elixcers.

Great strings, a little pricey.

I have been playing acoustic guitar for 25 years and play in the studio and live weekly. These strings are bright and hold their tone longer than any other brand. Elixirs are my 2nd choice. These strings are so good that Acoustic Music Revival (A local Denver Acoustic Guitar Shop) puts them on all of their instruments.

I purchased a set of these to try on my Larrivee OMV-09E acoutstic guitar in comparrison to the Elixir nanoweb, polyweb, and nanoweb phosphor bronze strings (all of which I have used in the past, with my favorite being the phosphor bronze nanoweb). My initial impression was that the sound was nice and balanced, with a little less high end and a little more low end responce than with the Elixirs. These strings seem to have a more vintage type sound to them. An immeadiate turn off was the feel. These strings, as advertized, feel just like uncoated strings, which I think feel too rough and tend to stick when sliding your fingers over them. The final nail in the coffin is that these strings simply don't last as long as Elixirs. I can use a set of Elixirs for a month before noticing any tone deadening and can usually go two or three months before they are totally dead. I've had the Cleartone set on my guitar for a month now and they are TOTALLY dead. Additionally, they are starting to get discolored and sort of grimy despite that I wash my hands before playing. I have not had this problem with the Elixirs. Bottom line, these strings don't measure up to the longevity or tone of the Elixirs, they are too expensive, and I don't care for the feel.

these strings were all hype. elixir's are far superior, and i think that if anyone had to "a" and "b" them with a set of elixir's, none of them would walk away with cleartones. the price being asked is ridiculous. the only upside of cleartones is that i haven't broken a string yet; elixir's have yet to correct that flaw. on the back of most coated string boxes it might read, "last's as long as 2-3 sets of uncoated strings." the funny part is, you can buy 3-4 packs of uncoated strings for the price of one set of cleartones. i don't recommend them.