[font=trebuchet ms]I have yet to find a set with a plain G string that sounds well-balanced across all of the strings. I played D'Addario EXL-115W's for years. (The W indicates a wound G) I moved up to EJ21's a couple of years ago, but after I injured my hand, I never did regain enough finger strength to bend those 12's the way I want to. So I'm getting one of my SBG1000's converted to EXL-110's to see how I like 'em. But I fully expect to wince every time I sweep something on the G, B, and E strings. The tonality of a plain G string just sounds wrong to my ears. [/font]