DescriptionXL Nickel Wound, D’Addario’s most popular electric guitar strings, are precision wound with nickelplated steel onto a carefully drawn, hexagonally shaped, high carbon steel core. The result, strings with long lasting, distinctive bright tone and excellent intonation, is ideal for the widest variety of guitars and musical styles.D’Addario offers a full range of electric guitar singles for all your replacement or customization needs..017 gauge nickel wound electric guitar stringRound wound with nickelplated steel for distinctive bright tonePerfect as a replacement string or for creating customized setsMade in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance