I bought a few brands, this one among them. I was surprised by these. While they are still very new ( a couple of days) , they actually have a "thing" that they do, sort of a little extra tone thing in certain ranges. I would love to catch it on a recording, but that is doubtful. By the time they have been on the instrument long enough to stay in tune reliably, they sort of quit doing it.
I likely would have awarded a 5 star but they can be a bit shrill on really high notes. Admittedly, I am using a closed cabinet which throws curve balls at a lot of guitar noises, but I didn't hear it on the other "trial" strings, so, yeah - 4 stars.
Gratuitous comment, I am not finding good reasons (yet) to switch to 9's.
- A hint of a signature tone when brand new
- Can be shrill on very high notes
Bend like crazy and play as smooth as velvet.