I bought these strings to restring my Ibanez GSRM20B-WNF, which costed less than 200 euros. The Ibanez strings rusted, becoming dangerous, so a hunt for stainless steel strings lead me to the La Bella ones. They're tape wound and so very smooth to play unlike the Ibanez ones which were like handling a chainsaw. At first, the cost of the La Bella might seem expensive, but you are buying something to last longer than a lifetime.