Newtones are excellent strings. So are those made by Daddario & John Pearse. They all work well, but the Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze from Elixir beat them all. The set currently on my Collings has been on since December 1, 2012 and have played loads of gigs, made at least two CDs and they still sound good.

I hate changing strings so these work for me in a big way - I simply can't say enough good things about them. They might be more expensive (I recently bought 10 sets at £11 inc vat - not bad) but in the long run they're way cheaper than anything else.

Just my 2p....