I have a question for long-time Elixir users, I have noticed a degradation recently in Elixir's quality.
I have both a new batch of Elixirs some time last Feb and March (both online and Lyric) and have noticed that only after a couple of months the strings are already showing some wears, the others also are being rusty. The sound is still bright and snappy, it's just that they are wearing off quickly compared to the older batches. For some reason I didn't expect this to be with the Elixir's that is why I am wondering if some of you may have noticed.
I have an Elixir that I bought and installed in late 2010 on two of my guitars, up to now the sound is still bright and it even looks newer compared to the newer batches that I bought.
PS, I am not ranting, I'm just posting my observations.