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Elixir® Strings are brought to you by W.L. Gore and Associates, an innovator in PTFE polymer since 1958 (PTFE is much like the non-stick coating you find in baking pans). If you're a skier and a hiker like me, you've probably used Gore-Tex® clothing for years. Now, they turn this expertise to making polymer coatings for their Elixir® guitar strings, and the results are striking. You don't have to spend long in any guitar-related discussion before someone eventually begins praising the long-lasting tone of these popular strings. It's this long-lasting tone that has led many major guitar manufacturers—including Taylor and Goodall—to ship their guitars already strung with Elixir® strings.

Elixir® String varieties:

Polyweb - This is Gore's original polymer formula for Elixir® Strings. Any steel string plays bright out of the box, and then mellows over time. These Elixir strings are designed to produce that already-mellowed sound.

Nanoweb - This is the brighter version of Elixirs®, and in our shop it's the better seller of the two by far. Its coating is thinner than the Polyweb coating, which gives it a tone closer to the out-of-the-box brightness of standard strings, as well as giving this style of Elixir® strings a grip much more like uncoated strings. Please note that Elixir® strings for mandolin are only available with the Nanoweb coating.

Electric - Elixir's® electric strings get their own description here, because while the wound strings on these have always been coated with either the Polyweb or Nanoweb coatings, now even the unwound strings have a rust-proof coating. So, no more switching out the uncoated strings just to keep up with the coated wound strings.

Phosphor Bronze - This is a new alloy for Elixir® strings. In uncoated strings, phosphor bronze strings far outsell all other alloys, such as 80/20 or 85/15, no matter who the string manufacturer is (I prefer phosphor bronze on all my guitars). It is also the base string for D'Addario EXPs. At least for now, the phosphor bronze Elixir® strings are only available with the Nanoweb coating.

We've recently introduced a new way to buy Elixir® strings, and I think you're going to like it. The principle is simple: If you only want to order a single set of strings, then you get our lowest possible price for one set—and it's not just our lowest price, but the lowest price anywhere online. If you know you need more than a couple of sets, then the more strings you buy, the cheaper they get. The best part is, our standard free shipping applies even to small orders, so that you can buy a single pack of acoustic Elixir® strings at a delivered price of less than $13. Please note that, at least for now, bulk discounts on Elixir® strings only apply to individual gauges. If you'd like to mix and match to get the bulk discounts, please contact us:

Every Elixir® string order shipped free, regardless of size.

Please note: Gore prohibits us from shipping Elixir® strings outside the US.

Standard Elixir Acoustic Guitar Strings		Extra Light (.010-.047)	Custom Light (.011-.052)	Light (.012-.053)	Medium (.013-.056)	Bluegrass (.012-.056)
PolyWeb	1-2 sets: $12.95 each 3-5 sets: $11.95 each 6-11 sets: $11.50 each 12+ sets: $11.00 each
NanoWeb	1-2 sets: $12.95 each 3-5 sets: $11.95 each 6-11 sets: $11.50 each 12+ sets: $11.00 each
Phosphor Bronze Elixir Acoustic Guitar Strings		Extra Light (.010-.047)	Custom Light (.011-.052)	Light (.012-.053)	Medium (.013-.056)	Bluegrass (.012-.056)
NanoWeb	1-2 sets: $14.50 each 3-5 sets: $13.50 each 6-11 sets: $13.00 each 12+ sets: $12.50 each
Elixir Electric Guitar Strings		Super Light (.009-.042)	Custom Light (.009-.046)	Light (.010-.046)	Light/Heavy (.010-.052)	Medium (.011-.052)
NanoWeb	1 set: $11.50 2-3 sets: $10.50 each 4-11 sets: $9.75 each 12+ sets: $9.00 each
Elixir 12-string Acoustic Sets				Light (.010-.047)
PolyWeb	1 set: $19.95 2 sets: $18.95 each 3-5 sets: $17.95 each 6+ sets: $17.45 each
NanoWeb	1 set: $19.95 2 sets: $18.95 each 3-5 sets: $17.95 each 6+ sets: $17.45 each
Elixir Bass Strings			Super Light (.040-.100)	Light (.045-.100)	Medium (.045-.105)	Heavy (.050-.105)
NanoWeb 4-string/Long	1 set: $37.95 2 sets: $36.95 each 3+ sets: $35.95 each
NanoWeb 5-string/Long	1 set: $46.95 2 sets: $45.95 each 3+ sets: $44.95 each
Elixir Mandolin Strings				Light (.010-.034)	Medium (.011-.040)
NanoWeb	1-2 sets: $12.95 each 3-5 sets: $11.95 each 6-11 sets: $11.50 each 12+ sets: $11.00 each

*All prices on Elixir strings include free shipping anywhere in the US. CO residents add 2.9% sales tax (7.4% in La Plata county). Please see our Shipping page for additional shipping information.