Description

EXL140-8 combines one of D'Addario's most popular hybrid sets, EXL140, two additional low strings to create a 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 .010, .013 .017, Nickel Wound .030, .042, .054, .064, .074

Tension Chart

		Diameter		Tension
Item #	Note	Inches	mm	lbs	kg
PL010	E	0.0100	0.2500	17.520	7.950
PL013	B	0.0130	0.3300	16.620	7.540
PL017	G	0.0170	0.4300	17.900	8.120
NW030	D	0.0300	0.7600	26.720	12.120
NW042	A	0.0420	1.0660	27.650	12.540
NW054	E	0.0540	1.3710	25.500	11.570
NW064	B	0.0640	1.6300	19.980	9.060
NW074	F#	0.0740	1.8800	14.780	6.700