D’Addario EXP42 Coated Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings, Light, 16-56 – Offers a Warm, Bright and Well-Balanced Acoustic Tone and 4x Longer Life – With NY Steel for Strength and Pitch Stability
Pursue your passion with D’Addario’s most popular coated acoustic guitar string set, the EXP42 Coated Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings that deliver the ideal balance of volume, projection and comfortable playability. With EXP coated phosphor bronze strings you get the familiar warm, bright, well balanced acoustic tone of uncoated strings but with 4 times more life. These coated light acoustic guitar strings feature plain steel strings and hexagonal cores made of our revolutionary NY High Carbon Steel. Envisioned, perfected, and manufactured by D’Addario in New York, this break-resistant, high-carbon steel wire delivers unprecedented strength and pitch stability. Your strings will sound as good at the end of a show as they did during the first set of the night. D’Addario leverages centuries of string-making experience to bring you the most durable, consistent and enduring guitar strings. Made in the USA for the highest quality and performance, only D’Addario strings are sealed inside and out. Unlike other coated strings that are wound then coated, D’Addario strings feature an ultra-fine layer of EXP coating that is bonded to the phosphor bronze wrap wire and then wound onto the hex-shaped core wire. The result is a barrier against corrosion and a consistent, long-lasting tone. And thanks to the corrosion resistant packaging, the strings are always fresh. The string gauges in this acoustic string set include: String Gauges: Plain Steel .016, .018, Phosphor Bronze Wound .028, .035, .045, .056 Since 1905, D’Addario has been providing artists and players with the tools they need to perform their magic. As musicians ourselves, we have the unique ability to engineer products that inspire other musicians. The D’Addario family’s vision, creativity, passion and tradition have made us the world’s largest musical instrument string manufacturer. We put our family’s heart, soul and love for making music into every string and instrument accessory we create, and we never stop inspiring performance.
Product Features
- MOST POPULAR – Pursue your passion with D’Addario’s most popular coated acoustic guitar string set. The EXP42 Coated Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings delivers the ideal balance of volume, projection and comfortable playability. With EXP coated phosphor bronze strings you get a warm, bright, well balanced acoustic tone and 4 times more life than uncoated strings.
- WITH EXCLUSIVE NY STEEL – These coated light acoustic guitar strings feature plain steel strings and hexagonal cores made of our revolutionary NY High Carbon Steel that delivers unprecedented strength and pitch stability.
- COATED THEN WOUND – Unlike other coated strings, D’Addario strings feature an ultra-fine layer of EXP coating that is bonded to the phosphor bronze wrap wire and then wound onto the hex-shaped core wire. The result is a barrier against corrosion and a consistent, long-lasting tone.
- STRING GAUGES – The string gauges in this acoustic string set include: String Gauges: Plain Steel .016, .018, Phosphor Bronze Wound .028, .035, .045, .056
- MADE IN THE USA – D’Addario leverages centuries of string-making experience and advanced computer-controlled winding technology to bring you the most durable, consistent and long-lasting guitar strings. Made in the USA for the highest quality and performance, only D’Addario strings are sealed inside and out.
Way better than Elixirs When it comes to coated strings, I choose D’Addario for their construction. The metal is coated, THEN wound, unlike competitors, which are wound, then coated. Not many players do enough research to know this. This means the coating won’t flake off. Ever. This type of construction also allows for a little bit of natural squeak you get from non-coated strings. They don’t sound coated.I rehearse/practice 2-3 times a week, perform every week for church, and play solo gigs about once a…
My search is over! This opinion is based on my small body guitars, a Gibson LG-3 and Eastman E15-SS, w/ Adirondack top, Rosewood back/sides and a 24-3/4″ scale lengths.. I flatpick, fingerstyle and light strum on these without any issues.My usual strings are D’Addario EJ16, But I don’t like the way they sound at first. Too bright, then perfect after a few days of playing them in.This is the string I settled on after bouncing around from Martin, Elixir, Ernie Ball etc…. Basically, I’ve been…