After 10 hours the orange powder was flaking off.

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As the title says, these strings are mostly to show off at a gig, not for studio or home rehearsal. The coating can peel of off within a long live concert if you use pick. If you use fingers only, maybe one could get a good looking and sounding strings for 3 liveshows, but no more. The coating is somewhat sticky also, so its not a bad idea to use beewax on your fingers. BUT it looks cool, and thats the point of these strings

I started using these 5 or 6 years ago and they are great- they look good and the paint makes them easy on my fingers and they also stay cleaner so they last longer!

me renvoie un son de basse très limpide