Yoyo G String SSE format

[jockeys]

To preface, I am a big fan of Angel Hair and Alchemy string. I thoroughly despise cotton string, I like the feel of nylon. Despite that, I had heard so much good stuff about G string that I had to try it out. I selected the SSE format, which I figured would be more to my liking. I got a few colors, the one in the picture is LiteBrite SSE.

Initial impressions:
Holy crap, this string is bright. Really, really bright. It almost hurts to look directly at it. To say it catches the eye doesn't do it justice: it catches the eye, clumsily restrains it with duct tape and then proceeds to have its way with the eye. Excellent appearance.

Feel:
soft, soft, soft. not like cotton, but soft in a different way. it almost feels luxurious. after having spent a couple years with Angel Hair on my finger (it's great sting, but kinda rough) this was shockingly comfy. Angel Hair is the industrial grade cardboard toilet tissue of yoyo string, this is more like triple ply ultra soft charmin: a real joy to use.

Play:
Alright, here is where I was apprehensive. The string felt like a cotton string, it was way thicker than I'm used to, and to be honest, I thought it would suck. I was wrong. Flabbergasted, I proceeded to spend about an hour putting the string through its paces. It plays well! To my pleasant surprise, the thickness and softness of the string did not affect the responsiveness of the yoyo (my biggest concern) and had some decent slack and whipping ability. It didn't give me the precise feeling of whipping with Angel Hair, nor did I get that satisfying clunk at the bottom of a hard throw, more of a floaty feeling. Still, I didn't have any problems whipping or doing suicides, etc which is cool.

Summary:
looks great, feels great, plays really well. not as precise as Angel Hair, but extremely playable. I don't know that I would ever switch to it for hardcore 1A, but it's my new favorite string for 5A and just messing around.

in the pic: yoyoGstring litebrite SSE on a Cream. if you think it's bright in daylight, dig how it looks under blacklight!

[mOonman vic]

not as precise as anGEl haIr is right but it tied with chaos as my second favorite string.

i too love nylon (i haven't yet had a 100 % nylon string that i didn't like) and i agree, it sort of reminds you of cotton string. i love the feel of cotton, but i hate how short of a time it lasts, and how all the good qualities that you would want to have in a string for, whips etc. die real quick with a cotton string.

but this stuff is the next best thing to me. love g-string and chaos.

[Yo-am]

hows the longevity? im not expecting it to last weeks like angel hair, but im hoping it can still hold up to some heavy play.

[jockeys]

Originally Posted by Yo-am

hows the longevity? im not expecting it to last weeks like angel hair, but im hoping it can still hold up to some heavy play.

been playing it for 3 days now, but not especially heavy as I've been busy with work. I'll update when it shows signs of getting thin

[mOonman vic]

yeah the g-string usually lasts me 3 to four days before i have to change the string.

[Yo-am]

k. thanks

[onedef1]

3 to 4 days??? I kind of expected more out of it....

[jockeys]

Originally Posted by onedef1

3 to 4 days??? I kind of expected more out of it....

yeah, me too, but after about a week of throwing on a Cream (5-6 hours of play?) mine's starting to look pretty raggy. I've got another one on a Project, we'll see how that lasts, for whatever reason the SPR in the Cream seems to be hard on string.

[jockeys]

UPDATE:
after two weeks of hard play on my Project with Kentaro pads (around 6-8 hours of actual play) the SSE is a tad bit frazzled but still going strong. It would seems that for whatever reason the SPR does indeed wear it down faster, and it's lasting very very well on the Project. I'll post some more when there's development.