Fantastic strings for a player in search of a full, ringing and crisp sound with plenty of bottom and resonance, too. Everything is just so different with Pearse strings it's hard to believe the strings are not expensive at all, nor are they that different in appearance either. I don't know how they do it, but I'm happy to enjoy the results of a fine design. The strings don't last in their prime as long as coated, Elixir-type strings, but with a sound like this, it's hard to go back to anything else. Coated strings also tend to suffer from extensive use of finger picks, which makes John Pearse the perfect alternative for me.