XL Chromes

I used these on both my Jaguar (Am Pro II) and Jazzmaster (Am Original 60s). How they're different form round wound strings: Flat wound = no string sliding noise. This can be considered a pro or a con depending on your preferences. It's also useful considering the next point... Wound G = nigh impossible full step bends. The ECG24s are already thicker than typical round wound strings, and the G string in this set requires a lot of effort to get a full step bend. It's possible, but requires a more effort than I'm used to - or even capable of - doing casually. But with the noiseless sliding, it's easy enough to slide up that full step when you can to compensate. Thicker = Setup adjustments. I used these on guitars that were set up with 9s prior. It took a little bit of tweaking to get the action back to where I liked it. Not a ton, but a little. There were zero changes needed at the nut, these should slot right in to any guitar set up for standard gauge strings. On the Jaguar, they replaced what I set up most of my guitars with; a set of D'Addario EXL120s. They, unsurprisingly, darken the tone compared to a set of light gauge strings and create a very mid-forward timbre. I like the way they feel, and it's a fun change of pace, but I'll probably buy the ECG23PLs next to see if I can get back some of that brightness. If those don't do it, I might go back to EXL120s. That's just how I like my Jaguar to sound. Your tastes and preferences may be different. On the Jazzmaster, Wow. I had always heard that Jazzmasters benefit greatly from flat wounds, but I never wanted to believe it. Now I'm a believer. Anyone who's picked up a JM can attest to the amount of treble they typically put out. The ECG24s took that treble heavy EQ and effectively flattened it out. It now has an excellent and pleasant balance across the whole frequency range to my ear. The treble bite remains, but it's been tamed to a level that isn't as harsh on the ears. They also seem to have deadened the sympathetic vibrations that JM bridges are known to inherently have. They've been effectively eliminated from mine, and I'm still using the stock threaded saddles that the guitar came with. I will definitely continue using these for my JM. Overall, I say they're worth a try on any guitar you may own. But, they are a must-try for anyone that owns a Jazzmaster. Pro Tip: If you want to try flats and still want brighter tones, get an EQ pedal. Everyone should have a Boss GE-7 in their arsenal anyway.

I'm sure why I bought these and had no idea what I was getting into. I like to play a jazzmaster heavily overdriven through a boss blues and then a fuzz pedal, preceded by a wah, through a fender Princeton. Sound is like heavy david gilmour. These strings are very different from anything I've used in the past, which have always been cheap ernie ball wound strings. Here are the cons (after a couple days of playing): They feel weird - very unnatural without the regular wound feel. My fingers do not slide as well on them - they feel sticky, kinda like a suction cup feel. Also, the G string (well I tune a step down, but you know what I mean). - is really weird. It is not your typical thiner string. It is a fat one, and it's really hard to bend it up a half step. I mean, it IS possible, but you have to bend it really far to bring the note up a whole step. Weird. The B & E are bendable, yet thicker than I'm used to. When I first installed these strings, I was like WTF, and actually was thinking to rip them off and replace them. But, I didn't have any other strings on hand, so I just played my guitar like usual, jamming out to some blues, classic rock, psychedelic backing tracks. Then I began to notice - the guitar's voice had been significantly altered. And here is the reason I'm not really sure what I'm gonna do, and I may even leave them on, or buy a second guitar, maybe a strat, which I can set up with regular strings --- the Jazzmaster, with these strings, changes sound so much, it's unbelievable. It adds balls, weight, grit....it almost makes it sound like what I'd imagine a reallly good Les Paul might sound like (that's a guess). For anything that involves non-soloing - playing chords, playing songs, there is a significant improvement in sound. The guitar now, through the setup I'm using, has without a doubt the best sound I've ever been able to produce in my life. I'm going to have a hard time taking these strings off this thing because of that. I was a little concerned my fingers might take too much of a beating trying to bend these fat ass strings, but idk - I think I'm gonna try to limit my playing to ~30 min / day while my fingers adapt and stick with these, and like I said, maybe get a second guitar that's set up with regular strings ( nickel wound 10 - 13 - 15 xxx ). Here's another thing - so an issue I have when soloing is I am going in the direction where I play so many notes I kinda sometimes feel like I'm just jabbering away and making sounds without making musical statements. What these thicker strings do for me, is they kinda make it harder to play quite as fast, but each note you do play will have more character, so it encourages me at least to slow down a little and really enjoy the articulation??? ( the character ) you can put into less notes. In other words - my playing actually sounds, to me, more professional, more like what I hear on great records....bottom line, these are friggin amazing, yet uncomfortable in ways, strings.

D’Addario XL Chromes Electric Guitar Strings deliver exactly what they promise—a buttery-smooth feel and rich, mellow tones. The flat-wound design minimizes finger noise and makes sliding effortless, while the polished stainless steel wrap adds a layer of sophistication to your sound. Perfect for jazz or any style requiring warmth and depth, these strings maintain excellent intonation and durability. Highly recommended for musicians looking to elevate their tone with ultra-smooth playability!

Purchased these for a Ric 320 and the look and sound great. D'Addario is the best (have never used any other brand).

These strings have a very nice low end and are great for heavy, grungey riffs. However, I find them less than optimal for normal playing, as they are difficult to bend and the high end is not very pronounced, making solos sound dull, and making playing riffs on the first three strings sound muted. I also made the boneheaded mistake of putting them on a floyd rose bridge meant for much lighter strings, so the string action on my guitar was very high with these strings. I would definitely put them on a different guitar with a fixed bridge though, as I do really like the grungey tone of the lower two strings, and they are smoother than standard strings so slides are much easier. Perhaps a hybrid setup would be optimal on something like a Les Paul. On any other 24 fret guitar though, I would stick with Ernie Ball Super Slinkies.

I have these on my headless 7 string guitar, my 6 string guitar, my 5 string bass, and my short-scale 4 string bass. The only guitar I currently own which DOESN'T have Chromes is my acoustic, although I did try them for a while. I found that the acoustic sounded odd, but the rest sound great. Obviously, 'tone' is subjective, but I find that these strings are mellow without sounding 'dead', and they sound that way for YEARS. I change strings when one breaks. I have no doubt that the bass guitars will last forever, and my electric guitar strings last for years between changes. Unlike every set of round-wound strings I've ever used, there's little or no difference in the sound between fresh strings and those that have been on there for a long time. They stay in tune, feel great, and although they cost a little more, the fact they last so long means they're less expensive overall.

I am a beginning electric guitar player and I learned that on a bass guitar, that flat wound strings are super comfortable on the fingers, especially for slides. This particular set is still a little too heavy for my fingers and when I installed all of these strings as they come, the tremolo system required extra springs and the tension rod had to be tightened in the neck. I did not like the way it played with the extra tension that made the strings hard to bend and hurt my fingers. My special trick and best solution to turn these into wonderful, easy bending, light playing strings is to not use the #48 heaviest E string. Buy a separate .008 or 0.009 gauge string to use for the first E string and then shift all of the others over. See my marked up package in my photo. This trick gives you a wonderful 8-38 or 9-38 smooth set with the following: 1-E 8 or 9 (purchased separately) 2-B 10 3-G 14 4-D 20w 5-A 28w 6-E 38w 48w - not used

Picked up a pack of the ECG24-7s for my Ibanez RG7421, since I have flat-wound on my Schecter Hellraiser (ECG24 6-string set), and love the feel of them. Let me say, they do NOT disappoint. Guitar is in Standard (BEADGBE) and these strings sound phenomenal. Have also tried guitar in Bb, A, and G. (G was a little floppy, but still usable). Amazing at all of them. I was a little worried, playing predominantly progressive metal/djent, that I would gain a lot on my prog tones (Opeth-y stuff) and lose on my djent tones (Periphery, Meshuggah-y riffs and mutes). Boy was I wrong. At least about the latter. The more proggy tones did open up and become much more warm, however these flat-wounds can "djent" better than any "roundwound" I've ever tried. You can't get the pick to "scrape" the string as much with the flats, but you almost don't need to the tone is already so thick. I plan on buying a set of ECG26 (6 string) to throw on my C-tuned Les Paul, next. I have already gotten a few friends (metal and jazz players) to switch, and have gotten the local guitar shop to carry flatwounds as well as round (it's a VERY small store). Caveat: While these might be good for a nice full prog sound, or even a thick mechanical "chug" in djent, I have noticed that a lot of "thrash-ier" 80s metal comes out .. dull. Master of Puppets era Metallica, and Iron Maiden are two fantastic examples of this. They just sound dull, and are missing a lot of the characteristic harshness of the string noise, and it's VERY notable. Tried on the Schecter and the Ibanez (both of which sounded great for 80s metal/thrash on roundwounds) with the same results, active and passive pickups.

A must have! The best flat wound strings on the market, you might want to get 2-3 packs at once!

These are fantastic strings they give my strat a nice mellow sound.

Pas de surprise. Comme je n’utilise que ce type et marque de corde pour ma strat, rien à signaler.

I’ve been a huge fan of elixir brand stings ever since I got my acoustic Taylor’s and then switched to elixirs on all my electrics. It’s been 3 weeks of using these flat wound strings and love it. The feel is easy, It’s become comfortable playing extended chords. And fingers crossed it lasts as long as my elixir’s and since their flat wound start sounding better & better as the months' pass.

Teuer aber gut... Spiele die Saiten seit Jahren als Ersatz für die EXP (Beschichtet) auf meiner LP aber auch inzwischen gerne auf meiner Western mit Vibrations-Lautsprechern. Klingen aber auch trocken ohne Elektronik für mich brillant genug. Das wirklich schöne ist die extrem lange Stand und Spielzeit der Saiten die ich so bei keinem anderen Produkt bisher hatte. Bei dem 12er Satz, aufziehen, drei mal drüber stimmen und man kann schon wieder weiter spielen. Vielleicht wegen 12er nix für Anfänger aber ich bin sehr zufrieden.