Getting older and thought I’d tray a bit lighter gauge set and super impressed with this brand. They feel great, sound great and stay in tune better than the previous brand I was using. Wish I had switched to these sooner especially for my teles as now I’m able to do the country steel bends much better.

Tone. Feel. Longevity. These strings are amazing. I didn't know what I was missing.

I put these strings on my tele and strat - it's a great compromise between a set of 9's which can be too floppy for me and a set of 10's which are a little too tight on the tele (not too bad with a floating bridge on the strat). Kinda like, oh, i don't know - like they're right in the middle. :-) The Mangan Pure Nickel just kills...

Just put these on a stratocaster. Rosewood board, swamp ash body, don mare robin trower pu's, raw vintage saddles/springs, Callahan block. Curt Mangan strings tune up faster, stay in tune better, and last much longer than any other brand I have ever used. I really love the 9.5 sets. I have been using the nickel plated on my les Paul for a couple of years too. I just wish more mom n pop stores carried them, but CM mailed them out fast and free shipping.

Curt Mangan seems to be one of the few making a pure nickel 9.5-44 set. I really like the sound and feel. They have about 12 playing hours on them (most in 90% humidity at outside gigs)and still sound alive. If you like pure nickel, I think you might really like Curt Mangan pure nickel strings.