Description

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.

• 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

Tension Chart

		Diameter		Tension
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