Daddario EXL158 5-stars Reviews

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. !!