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GHS Boomers Electric Guitar Strings

These roundwound strings are GHS' most popular electrics. They feature nickel-plated steel wrap and are designed for Heavy Metal, Rock, Country, Blues, and Pop styles. Learn More...

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Overall User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * . . . . 6 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * . . . . . 5 out of 10
Support:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10

Individual User Ratings

Overall:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Features:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * . 9 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* * * * * * * * . . 8 out of 10
Support:
* * * * * * * . . . 7 out of 10

Quality:
I feel that for the money boomers seem to last a fair amount of time before that start losing sound. Like I said before I give mine heck and they very seldom break before they have a right to.

Sound:
I have used bommers for about 5 years now. I tried alot of lot of others before I settled on these. I like to bend my stings and I like em heavy. .11-.50s Some other brands just don't hold up no matter how "slinky" they might claim to be. I like DR's better, but when value meets price it stops at boomers for me.

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Overall:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Quality:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Value:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
I Want It:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

Quality:
These strings are industry standard quality and tone, and aren't expensive at all. Again, these are the only strings I use on my electrics.

Value:
You can't get a better string for under 5 bucks.

Sound:
I've been using GHS Boomer 10's on all of my electrics since 1992. Most of my guitars have never seen another string. Before I discovered these, I tried every brand under the sun including DR's, Dean Markley, Blue Steel, Ernie Ball (used them all through the 80's and they always broke), D'Addario (sterile, break), etc. I have always found the Boomers to be made well and they have a lively, punchy tone. They have never rusted on me (in fact I've never had any strings rust on me, so I don't get the previous reviewer), and I've only broken one of these maybe 3 times in 15 years. I gig every weekend and practice about 3 times a week. I change sets every two weeks. Changing strings is nothing to me, where some people like to strain out 4 bucks and keep them on for 2 or 3 months. Chances are the previous reviewr isn't having any better luck with other brands.

Overall:
There's nothing I would change about these strings.

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Overall:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Features:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Quality:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Value:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
I Want It:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Sound:
* * * * . . . . . . 4 out of 10
Ease of Use:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10
Support:
* . . . . . . . . . 1 out of 10

Quality:
these are the absolute worst strings EVER! and its not just these strings its all of ghs strings that suck. the best strings there is (in my opinion) are sinisters, although they are a little pricey. D addarios are good all-around strings, dunlop zakk wylde icon series strings are pretty good, Elixirs really suck, and any strings that are Ernie Balls are really awesome strings. the best sounding strings are heavy but the easier-to-bend and average sounding strings are light. the best sounding metal for strings is steel or stainless steel, nickel sounds good, but nickel plated steel doesnt sound very good. make sure when you buy strings you check if they are coated or not because a lot of people dont like coated strings, including me plus the coating on the string CAN differentiate the sound.

Value:
cheap price but definitely not worth $4

Desirability:
if you dont believe me, go buy a pack of any ghs strings, put them on your guitar, play them for a little bit, take them off, put on some ernie ball strings, and listen to the difference

Sound:
they dont sound that bad when you first put them on, but after a couple of days they will start rusting/corroding like hell and when that happens, it will sound like you have an old, rusty piece of barbed wire for strings

Ease of Use:
Its not that I think putting strings on a guitar is hard, but when you have to change to different strings every three days it gets real freaking annoying,

Support:
dont know, dont care

Overall:
TAKE MY ADVICE! spare yourself of the difficulty and crappy quality of the worlds worst guitar strings!

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