D'Addario EPN120 Pure Nickel 09/41 Guitar Strings

XL Pure Nickels feature a wrap wire of pure nickel roundwound over a hex core. This construction yields a tone that recalls the blues, rock, surf, and country music of the mid-20th century — an era when pure nickel-wound strings were by far the norm — while maintaining the durability and intonation modern D'Addario strings are known for. Compared to nickel-wound steel guitar strings, D'Addario XL Pure Nickel strings have a decidedly smoother — plus a purer and warmer — response. They're perfect for cooling down hot-wound humbuckers and taking some poke out of a vintage single-coil. But that's not to say these strings can't cut. At Sweetwater, we've channeled these strings for everything from icy-cool cleans to smooth, Pink Floyd-esque saturated leads. And, quite unlike true vintage strings, D'Addario XL Pure Nickel guitar strings feature a digitally controlled winding process that yields perfect consistency from set to set.