Item Description
D'ADDARIO XS breathing new life into coated strings.
D'Addario XS Acoustic Phosphor Bronze is a tremendous leap in coated string technology combining D'Addario's most popular acoustic alloy with the most advanced string coating technology, resulting in clear tone, smooth feel, and superior tuning stability - all with the longest possible string life. With its ultra-thin film coating on every wound string and a unique polymer treatment on the plain steels, XS offers the highest level of protection, for maximum life with an uncommonly smooth feel. XS also features NY Steel high carbon core and plain string wire, along with D'Addario's exclusive Fusion Twist, for incomparable break strength and tuning stability. XS is the most innovative coated string ever created.
LASTING TONE, MAXIMUM LIFE
A tremendous leap forward in coating technology allows the string windings to be completely protected from contaminants for lasting tone and maximum life.
INCREDIBLE STRENGTH & STABILITY
With NY Steel at its core, XS offers greater break strength and tuning stability which are only enhanced by our proprietary Fusion Twist technology.
IMPOSSIBLY THIN, ALWAYS TRUE
Thanks to an incredibly thin coating, every XS string stays true to the iconic D'Addario tone.
Gauges:
XSAPB1047 Phosphor Bronze Extra Light 10-14-23-30-36-47
XSAPB1152 Phosphor Bronze Custom Light 11-15-22-32-42-52
XSAPB1253 Phosphor Bronze Light 12-16-24-42-53
XSAPB1356 Phosphor Bronze Medium 13-17-26-35-45-56
XSAPB1047-12 Phosphor Bronze 12-String Light 10-10-14-14-23-08-30-12-39-18-47-27
D'Addario XSAPB1253 XS Phosphor Bronze Guitar Strings Light 12-53
D'Addario XSAPB1047 XS Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings Extra Light 10-47
D'Addario XSAPB1152 XS Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings Custom Light 11-52
D'Addario XSAPB1356 XS Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings Medium 13-56
D'Addario XSAPB1047-12 Acoustic Guitar XS Phosphor Bronze 12 String Acoustic Guitar Strings Light 10-47
D'Addario XSM1140 Phosphor Bronze Mandolin Strings Medium 11-40
Reviews
This led me to try the D’Addario XS light and medium sets on a mahogany Martin 0000 and a rosewood Collings C100 respectively. I’ve had them for over two months now with little wear on the coating, no degradation of tone, the thinner coating still makes them easy to play but there is a bit more finger noise as a result, nothing objectionable.
The main thing that I really like about these strings is their tone. I know this is subjective and probably might have different results based on what guitar they are installed on, but these strings sound warmer and let the wood of the guitar shine through. The Elixirs sounded very bright and somewhat shrill in comparison especially on the Collings which is a bright guitar to begin with.
This is my new go to set for coated acoustic strings.