After four decades of being the industry standard, our XL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings continue to be the top choice for musicians worldwide. These best-selling electric guitar strings, renowned since 1974, are meticulously crafted with a high carbon steel core and nickel-plated steel wrap wire. The result is a bright, versatile tone that's perfect for a broad spectrum of musical genres. The XL Nickel Wound strings, D'Addario's flagship product, are precision wound with nickel-plated steel onto a carefully drawn, hexagonally shaped, high carbon steel core. This unique construction delivers strings with a long-lasting, distinctive, bright tone and excellent intonation, making them the ideal choice for a diverse range of guitars and musical styles.
Experience the familiar feel and tone of our round wound strings. This popular string construction marries the strength of the steel core with the tonal properties of the wrap wire alloy, offering a round, wound, and responsive experience. Our state-of-the-art string winding technology, designed and built by D'Addario's expert engineering team, ensures the production of 500, 000 to 800, 000 strings per day. These digitally-controlled string winding machines guarantee productivity, accuracy, and consistency, ensuring every string meets our exacting standards. The hexagonal core construction, a pioneering innovation by D'Addario, allows the wrap wire to grip the core for superior dimensional stability.
This enhances durability and ensures precise intonation, offering six sides of stability for every string. Our in-house wire drawing machines produce musical instrument wire to our exact specifications. This control over materials, equipment, and quality allows us to deliver high-performance products that meet exact standards for extraordinary sounds. Experience the difference with our XL Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings, the benchmark for all other strings.