D'Addario NYXL Nickel Wound 7-String Electric Guitar Strings – Strandberg Custom Light (9.5-64) | No Limit Guitar Co, Idaho Falls

The D'Addario NYXL is D'Addario's premium uncoated electric guitar string — built from NY Steel core wire and reformulated nickel-plated steel wrap wire with Fusion Twist technology for superior break strength, enhanced tuning stability, and accentuated mid-range frequency response that gives the signal more presence and crunch to cut through any mix. This specific set — the 9.5-64 Custom Light — is designed and optimized specifically for Strandberg 7-string guitars, with the gauge selection and string construction calibrated for the variable scale length of the Strandberg multiscale platform. Made in the USA at D'Addario's New York production facility to exacting specifications. A Players Circle registration code is included for reward points toward D'Addario products and merchandise.

Product Overview

The NYXL is what D'Addario developed when they decided to revisit the electric guitar string from the ground up rather than simply refining an existing formula. The NY Steel core wire is the foundation of the NYXL's performance advantages — a reformulated high-carbon steel drawn to tighter tolerances at D'Addario's New York facility, producing a core that is measurably stronger, more dimensionally consistent, and more resistant to the break fatigue that standard string cores develop under the stress of repeated bending, vibrato, and tuning. The result is a string that handles aggressive playing, heavy bending, and repeated tuning cycles without the premature breakage that standard strings can develop at high-stress contact points like the bridge saddle and nut.

The reformulated nickel-plated steel wrap wire is the specification that most directly affects the tonal character — D'Addario's premium wrap wire formula produces an accentuated mid-range frequency response compared to standard nickel-plated steel, giving NYXL-equipped guitars more presence, definition, and crunch in the frequencies that cut through a dense mix. For 7-string playing contexts — where the extended low-B or low-A string can easily obscure mid-range clarity in a band or ensemble mix — the NYXL's enhanced mid-range presence is a meaningful tonal advantage that helps each string in the set maintain its own voice in the overall sound.

The Strandberg-specific 9.5-64 Custom Light gauge set is where this string becomes particularly specialized and valuable. Strandberg's multiscale guitar design uses a variable scale length — longer on the bass strings for better tension and intonation on the lower strings, shorter on the treble strings for comfortable fretting. A string set designed for a standard fixed-scale 7-string guitar is not optimized for the tension distribution that a multiscale instrument requires at each string position. D'Addario's Strandberg-specific gauge selection accounts for this variable scale length, calibrating the gauge of each individual string to produce the intended tension, feel, and tonal balance at the specific scale length that Strandberg's fanned fret design creates at that string position.

Fusion Twist technology at the string termination points — ball end and loop end — creates a more secure, stable string seating that resists slipping and maintains pitch stability through the full range of playing stress that a 7-string guitar under aggressive technique generates.

Ideal For

• Strandberg 7-string guitar players who want a string set specifically designed and gauged for their instrument's variable multiscale architecture
• 7-string guitarists who want the NYXL's enhanced mid-range presence and crunch for better definition and cut in dense mix environments
• Players who want D'Addario's premium NY Steel core construction for superior break resistance and tuning stability over standard string alternatives
• Progressive metal, djent, and extended range players who demand consistent performance and enhanced tuning stability from heavy playing and repeated string stress
• 7-string guitarists in Idaho Falls looking for the Strandberg-optimized NYXL Custom Light 9.5-64 set made in the USA

Key Features

Specifically Designed for Strandberg 7-String Guitars
The 9.5-64 Custom Light gauge is calibrated for the variable scale length of Strandberg's multiscale platform — tension, feel, and tonal balance optimized at each string position for the Strandberg's fanned fret architecture.

NY Steel Core Wire — Superior Break Strength
D'Addario's reformulated NY Steel core is drawn to tighter tolerances for greater tensile strength and dimensional consistency — significantly more resistant to break fatigue at high-stress contact points than standard string cores.

Reformulated Nickel-Plated Steel Wrap — Enhanced Mid-Range
Premium wrap wire formula produces accentuated mid-range frequency response — more presence, definition, and crunch to cut through a dense mix compared to standard nickel-plated steel winding.

Fusion Twist Technology — Superior Tuning Stability
Advanced string termination technology creates a more secure, stable string seating at both ends — strings that stay in tune through demanding playing and repeated tuning cycles.

Premium Uncoated Construction
NYXL strings deliver all the performance advantages of D'Addario's most advanced string technology without coating — the natural feel and immediate acoustic response of an uncoated string.

Made in the USA
Drawn to D'Addario's exacting specifications at their New York production facility — domestic manufacturing with consistent quality control on every set.

What's Included

• D'Addario NYXL Nickel Wound 7-String Strandberg Custom Light Strings (9.5-64)
• Players Circle Registration Code
• Free standard shipping

Technical Specifications

Series NYXL

Instrument 7-String Electric Guitar (Strandberg)

Gauge Custom Light

Gauges 9.5, 11, 16, 24, 32, 42, 64 (approx.)

Number of Strings 7

Wrap Material Reformulated Nickel-Plated Steel

Core NY Steel

Construction Round Wound

Coating Uncoated

Technology Fusion Twist

Made In USA (New York)

Get Your Hands on These Strings Today

The D'Addario NYXL 7-String Strandberg Custom Light Strings are available now at No Limit Guitar Co in Idaho Falls. Stop in to pick up a set or reach out online to order yours — the only string set specifically optimized for your Strandberg's variable scale length, built with D'Addario's most advanced construction.