Elixir Nanoweb Baritone

I've been an exclusive Elixir player for about 10 years now. Elixir truly has the greatest strings with the best sound that lasts. I've also loved baritone tunings, mostly using drop A or drop B. This set provides nothing more than that. This set however has one fatal flaw. It is the unwound .022 string. It is too big for an unwound string. They market it as "feeling the same as a normal set of strings" but the .022 sounds off thus far it actually stands out. If it were to be replaced with a .024/.026 wound string it would be way better. Amazing strings except for one terrible design flaw.

If you’ve got a baritone with a 3+3 style headstock, you should be okay. But if you’ve got a 6-in-line then the top strings are pretty tough to get on with peace of mind. Unfortunately they’re just a couple of inches too short to get a good winding on them! I’m not sure if they’ve just gone for the standard scale length, forgetting that baritones are often made with slightly longer necks.

However, once I did get them on (albeit whilst still expecting the top 2 or 3 strings to slowly come out as I couldn’t get them locked in well), as you’d expect from Elixirs, they feel and sound great!

I would highly recommend these if you have a 3+3 headstock on your baritone. If you’ve got a 6-in-line, I’d recommend looking up some videos on making sure your strings are locked in well at the tuner.