Daddario EXL158 Reviews

Great strings!

I have been playing guitar for 40 years. I've had time to try out many different brands of strings in that time. I started using Daddario about 20 years ago and now I use them almost exclusively on my electric guitars. Most are great and I recommend them to other players all the time.These particular ones are perfect for Drop A# (Drop Bb) and I strongly recommend them for people who enjoy down tuning. They sound nice and clear, have good sustain, they stay in tune and lasts a long time. From now on tone is something I never have to worry about now when I tune down.

Nice Strings!

The Daddario EXL158 are my favorite strings when it comes to detuning. I'm using them for C# Standard and they sound just great. Work perfectly with different low tunings like drop C, drop B etc. as well.

Perfect for gjent

I use these strings on a baritone PRS SE Mike Mushok guitar and i love this combination. The tuning I use mostly is standard B - tuning. The strings seem to be made for this tuning. Absolutly recommendation - buy buy buy

High quality nickel wound strings!

I use these strings on a 27" baritone guitar tuned to Drop B-flat and find the tension to be ideal.

As one of the other reviewers mentioned the .062" gauge wound string may be a bit too thick for the tuning posts on the majority of locking tuners, but don't let this deter you if you are after a really nice sounding set of nickel wound strings.

Daddario EXL158

Well, Deddario is the best in this business, no doubt. EXL158 is actually optimized for B tuning. So if you are planning to play in B, only then you should look for these. Feel is nice, tone is very bright and quality is fantastic.

Great quality as ever from D'Addario

I use these on a 28 and 5/8" Warmoth necked baritone guitar and they perform just as well as D'Addario's other nickel strings. Personally, I found the 2nd thinnest string -tuned to F# (when the guitar is in standard B tuning) felt a little too light when compared to the 1st string (tuned B) and the 3rd wound string (tuned D). So I now use a plain 18 instead of the supplied 17 -but this could just be a matter of preference. Buying each string separately and making a custom baritone set would never be as cheap as buying a set like this and even after changing out the 17 for an 18 saves me money. I use 10 gauge D'Addarios on my normal guitars anyway, so can always use the extra 17 gauge strings as G strings in standard tuning. The thickest string (a 62) might be too thick to go through some tuner posts, but you can always drill/file out the hole slightly to accommodate thicker strings like these if necessary (I did this with a Schaller locking tuner and it works perfectly).

D'Addario string are still my favorite

Good quality strings. These in particular work very well for C standard and Drop B.

perfect for heavy metal in B/C tuning

The string tension is just perfect if your tuning is B or C. It would be too tight for higher tunings. If you are going to play some seriously heavy metal in low tunings, i would certainly recommend these.

The two higher strings feel a bit too smooth in the beginning, but 8-10 hours of playing and they start to turn black, and feel much grippy. !!