When I asked Bob Beck about this ( I was concerned about storing them in my van) he said that hanging straight was superior to storing coiled. They ship coiled because it is cheaper. At one time, Mapes marketed a set of guitar strings called Nashville Straights whose main advantage was touted to be that they had never been coiled into small guitar string packages. I am not sure of the reasoning behind this. I have stored them both ways and find no practical difference except, like snakes, they are easier to handle when not coiled. Dale Probst
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