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One of the biggest factors in the sound of electric guitar strings is the wrap wire. This wire is wrapped around a core wire to provide deeper and more sustained mid-range and bass tones for your electric guitar. While tone will vary slightly in each guitar's pickup, here are general characteristics of different wrap wire materials:

• Steel Electric Guitar Strings offer a penetratingly bright tone, with powerfully precise lows. Generally the brightest and most magnetic guitar strings, they are known for great crunch and sustain.
  
  
• Nickel Electric Guitar Strings offer bright tone, with excellent intonation due to the 8% nickel-plated wrap wire. These are great for magnetic pickups and a wide range of playing styles.
  
  
• Pure Nickel Electric Guitar Strings offer a warmer, vintage tone. The warmer timbre comes from the pure nickel wrap wire, compared to the brighter tone of the 8% nickel. Great for blues or classic rock.

The profile of the wrap wire also effects tone and feel with:

• Round wound being the brightest and roughest
  
• Half round being warmer and smoother
• Flat wound being the most mellow and smoothest.

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