D'Addario EXL120-8 Electric Guitar Strings (Super Light, 8-String, 9-65)

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Get that booming eight-string range without sacrificing string-bending with an super light set of D'Addario EXL120-8 electric guitar strings.

The EXL120-8 starts with D'Addrio's popular EXL120-7 set and adds a wound 065 (tuned to F#) to create a super light gauge set optimized for 8-string electric guitars. This combination delivers powerful low end for heavy chording and flexible plain steel strings for bending.

XL Nickel Wound, D'Addario's most popular electric guitar strings, are precision wound with nickelplated steel onto a carefully drawn, hexagonally shaped, high carbon steel core. The result, strings with long lasting, distinctive bright tone and excellent intonation, is ideal for the widest variety of guitars and musical styles.

Features:

- Optimized for 8-string electrics tuned F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E
- Round wound with nickelplated steel for distinctive bright tone
- Environmentally friendly, corrosion resistant packaging for strings that are always fresh
- Made in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance
- String Gauges: Plain Steel .009, .011 .016, Nickel Wound .024, .032, .042, .054, .065

Item # Note Inches mm lbs kg
PL009 E 0.0090 0.2280 14.190 6.440
PL011 B 0.0110 0.2790 11.900 5.400
PL016 G 0.0160 0.4060 15.860 7.190
NW024 D 0.0240 0.6090 16.980 7.700
NW032 A 0.0320 0.8120 16.740 7.600
NW042 E 0.0420 1.0660 15.520 7.040
NW054 B 0.0540 1.3710 14.310 6.490
NW065 F# 0.0650 1.6500 11.510 5.220

- Optimized for 8-string electrics tuned F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E
- Round wound with nickelplated steel for distinctive bright tone
- Made in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance
- String Gauges: Plain Steel .009, .011 .016, Nickel Wound .024, .032, .042, .054, .065

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-323-2746

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 1.5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted August 27, 2013 by Sean Tousey-Pfarrer in Northampton, MA

"Waaay too Light"

Overall: 1.5 out of 5 stars
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The normal 6 strings do alright, though they're still far too light for my taste. But the bottom two, especially that outrageously floppy F# - it's no wonder people complain about the muddiness of extended-range guitars! It's 90% the strings' fault. I recently ordered my own custom set of D'Addario Singles (9.5, 13, 17, 24, 32, 44, 60, 80) and they made all the difference the world to my tone and to the strings' playability. The high strings are still fairly light, but get progressively heavier towards the bottom, which is what the pickups need in order to give out crisp tones. I love D'Addario strings, but this SET of strings is a dud. If you're not quite as picky as I am, at least order separate B and F# strings with heavier gauges so they don't sound like mud and give us 8-stringers a bad rep.

Musical Background:

Clarinet 9 years, Guitar 2 years, 8-string guitar 1 year

Musical Style:

Metal, Jazz, Rock, Folk, Classical, World, and odd combinations
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