Description
Eight-string guitars live or die by their low strings, and D’Addario built the EXL140-8 set specifically to fix the weak-link problem that stock 8-string sets often have. The gauges run .010-.074, a Light Top/Heavy Bottom spread that keeps your high strings fast and bendable while the extended-range low strings stay defined instead of turning into mush at drop tunings.
These are nickel-plated steel wound over a round core, the same construction behind D’Addario’s most popular XL line, so you get that familiar bright, cutting attack with intonation that stays accurate string to string. On an 8-string, that consistency matters even more since one dead-sounding low string can throw off an entire riff.
Swap a worn set for these and the difference is immediate: chords ring clearer, palm-muted chugs on the low strings actually growl instead of thudding, and pinch harmonics jump out the way they should. Fresh strings are the cheapest tone upgrade you’ll ever make, and on an 8-string where tension and clarity are everything, that upgrade counts double.
- Gauges: .010, .013, .017, .028, .038, .052, .062, .074
- Nickel-plated steel wound, round core construction
- Light Top/Heavy Bottom set built for 8-string guitars
- Bright, detailed tone with precise intonation
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