D'Addario EJ24 Phosphor Bronze True Medium DADGAD Tuning .013-.056

£6.95 at Strings Direct.

Newtones are one of only two brands of string that I have put on and then taken off immediately and thrown away. Sounded like rubber bands. The other was Red something-or-other. Although I have to say that the "Stay-in-Tune" strings (apparently a US trade mark) that came on my ESP that is starting to settle down nicely after a shaky stanrt were pretty crap too.