D'Addario's XL Nickel Wound electric guitar strings — their most popular strings — give your guitar a bright and detailed sound with spot-on intonation. Sweetwater knows that choosing the perfect string is vital to a musician's sound. With their hexagonal high carbon steel core and nickel-plated wrapping, D'Addario XL electric guitar strings are built to last and ready to tackle any style of music.
Behind every set of D'Addario strings is fine craftsmanship that spans over three centuries. The D'Addario family tradition began in 1680 in the tiny town of Salle, Italy, where they made assorted instrument strings for over 200 years before relocating to New York in 1905. As the modern string making industry began to develop, the D'Addario family emerged as innovators by designing the winding machine most string makers still use today. And while their techniques have modernized, the pride that goes into each set of strings dates back to the D'Addario family's earliest roots.