D'Addario EXL140-8 Nickel Wound Guitar 8-String Set 10-74

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 nickel-plated 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. This set was created in cooperation with a popular 8-string guitar manufacturer to support the popularity of the EXL148 8-string electric guitar market and is optimised for F#, B, E, A, D, G, B, E tuning. D’Addario XLs come in environmentally friendly packaging and have colour-coded ball-ends for easy reference.