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D'Addario Guitar Strings - XL Chromes Electric Guitar Strings - Flat Wound - Polished for Ultra-Smooth Feel and Warm, Mellow Tone - ECG24 - Jazz Light, 11-50, 1-Pack

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Brand D'Addario
String Gauge Jazz Light
Color ECG24 - Jazz Light
Instrument Electric Guitar
String Material Type Chrome

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  • MELLOW TONE - XL Chromes are a flat wound electric guitar string, which provide a mellower tone than round wound strings.
  • SMOOTH, WARM TONES - Chromes’ stainless steel flattened ribbon wrap wire is precisely polished for unparalleled smoothness and the warmest tone you’ll find from an electric string.
  • HEX-CORE - Like all D’Addario electric guitar strings, XL Chromes are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and reliable durability.
  • EARN REWARD POINTS - Chromes sets have a code on the recyclable VCI bag, which you can register to earn Players Circle points.
  • MADE IN THE USA – D’Addario electric guitar strings are made in the USA—drawn to our exacting specifications at our New York production facility.
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Customers appreciate the musical instrument strings for their warm, mellow tone and smooth feel. They find the strings well-made, with flat wounds and solid strings. Many consider them a good value for the price and say the strings are easy to play with. However, opinions differ on the durability of these strings.

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311 customers mention "Sound quality"291 positive20 negative

Customers appreciate the strings' sound quality. They find the strings comfortable to play with, having a warm and mellow tone. The strings are easy on the fingers and produce no string noise.

"...The flat-wound design minimizes finger noise and makes sliding effortless, while the polished stainless steel wrap adds a layer of sophistication to..." Read more

"...Chromes don't sound "plinky" on my archtop like the rounds and half-rounds do, and I love it...." Read more

"...I've enjoyed flat wound strings,there's a mellow tone A decent amount of playing time before they get dull and need replacing...." Read more

"...But these are great strings. They sound really good, and the flatwound feature takes most of the unwanted string noise out of the picture...." Read more

205 customers mention "String quality"183 positive22 negative

Customers like the strings. They say the bottom two strings are solid, while the top four are flat-wound and polished. The strings have a great tone and the wound G string is their favorite. The restringing process is easy, and each string feels consistent. The strings are long enough with a couple inches to spare, and the higher strings ring enough for blending of tones. However, some customers mention that these types of strings last forever, but not good for whole step bends.

"...I go back and forth, but these 13-56 Chromes are wonderful -- a great string!" Read more

"...But these are great strings. They sound really good, and the flatwound feature takes most of the unwanted string noise out of the picture...." Read more

"These strings are great! I got them for my Epiphone Masterbilt Olympia, a hollowbody jazzbox with a pickup in the bridge...." Read more

"Wonderful strings . I purchased the #11s for the Strat, I’d probably get 10s next time but all and all, the strings are great sounding!" Read more

126 customers mention "Value for money"116 positive10 negative

Customers appreciate the value for money of these strings. They find them durable, sounding good for the price, and easy to replace. The strings have a nice low end and are great for heavy, grungey music. Customers say the strings get decent life before getting dull, making them enjoyable to play around with.

"...If you have an assertive style of playing, as I do, they're great. You can lower the action and still get no buzz...." Read more

"...My special trick and best solution to turn these into wonderful, easy bending, light playing strings is to not use the #48 heaviest E string...." Read more

"...I've enjoyed flat wound strings,there's a mellow tone A decent amount of playing time before they get dull and need replacing...." Read more

"These are some of the more affordable flatwound strings you can get. I left them on a guitar for years and they still worked great...." Read more

123 customers mention "Feel"111 positive12 negative

Customers appreciate the smooth and soft feel of the strings. They find them easy to bend and natural to vibrate with, with a pleasing tension. The strings hold tuning well and have a warm and smooth tone.

"...Electric Guitar Strings deliver exactly what they promise—a buttery-smooth feel and rich, mellow tones...." Read more

"Flat wound strings have a different feel and sound that I wanted for my 7-string PRS...." Read more

"...They're slick, but they feel great...." Read more

"Feel like butter under the fingers. Hold tuning well. Moody and warm tone." Read more

75 customers mention "Smoothness"72 positive3 negative

Customers appreciate the smoothness of these strings. They find them easy on the fingers and great for rhythm and lead playing. The flat wound strings have a slick feel and smooth out all frequencies.

"...strings feel similar when bending but are obviously smooth when sliding up/down the neck, which I also appreciate...." Read more

"...you should know that the main difference is that there's no texture on the strings like you're used to...." Read more

"...the grungey tone of the lower two strings, and they are smoother than standard strings so slides are much easier...." Read more

"...Love the smooth, silky feel! EDIT: I ordered another set through Amazon to keep for whenever a string change is necessary...." Read more

46 customers mention "Flat wounds"46 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the flat-wound strings. They find the sound crisp and bright, with a smooth finish. Some say the strings are slightly flat without being the wrong note. Overall, customers appreciate the vintage coolness of the strings.

"I love these! Flat wound!" Read more

"...Gibson flatwounds are also made by D'Addareo. Chromes are the best." Read more

"...I love the flat wounds for my archtops and the round wounds for my slab guitars." Read more

"...Again love the flatwounds tone." Read more

37 customers mention "Playability"31 positive6 negative

Customers appreciate the strings' playability. They say the strings are easy to play, have a balanced sound without too much zing, and play cleanly. The strings are responsive and articulate, making it easier to play faster and more smoothly.

"...recommended for musicians looking to elevate their tone with ultra-smooth playability!" Read more

"...You can lower the action and still get no buzz...." Read more

"...They just play more cleanly. The third highest string is wound, which is unusual, but they all feel and look just like like unwound strings, anyway." Read more

"...Aside from the play-ability improvement, the TONES are GORGEOUS! Even before you plug in, you'll notice the vast improvement in tonal quality...." Read more

113 customers mention "Durability"74 positive39 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the strings' durability. Some find them durable and of good quality, saying they smooth out brittleness and keep a light, livey tone. Others mention that the strings break slightly more regularly, with some breaking at the tuning post, snapping after a couple months of normal use, and the purple ball end breaking off before getting the string half-tightened.

"...warmth and depth, these strings maintain excellent intonation and durability...." Read more

"...Their a consistent quality guitar strings...." Read more

"...They just play more cleanly. The third highest string is wound, which is unusual, but they all feel and look just like like unwound strings, anyway." Read more

"...They are highly rated as durable - only time will give evidence of how true this is. From initial use I'd recommend these highly." Read more

Super smooth feel with little sliding noise, can be made lighter with a special trick
5 out of 5 stars
Super smooth feel with little sliding noise, can be made lighter with a special trick
I am a beginning electric guitar player and I learned that on a bass guitar, that flat wound strings are super comfortable on the fingers, especially for slides. This particular set is still a little too heavy for my fingers and when I installed all of these strings as they come, the tremolo system required extra springs and the tension rod had to be tightened in the neck. I did not like the way it played with the extra tension that made the strings hard to bend and hurt my fingers.My special trick and best solution to turn these into wonderful, easy bending, light playing strings is to not use the #48 heaviest E string. Buy a separate .008 or 0.009 gauge string to use for the first E string and then shift all of the others over. See my marked up package in my photo. This trick gives you a wonderful 8-38 or 9-38 smooth set with the following:1-E 8 or 9 (purchased separately)2-B 103-G 144-D 20w5-A 28w6-E 38w48w - not used
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  • RicWellesley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Smoothness and Warm, Mellow Tones!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 11-50Verified Purchase
    D’Addario XL Chromes Electric Guitar Strings deliver exactly what they promise—a buttery-smooth feel and rich, mellow tones. The flat-wound design minimizes finger noise and makes sliding effortless, while the polished stainless steel wrap adds a layer of sophistication to your sound. Perfect for jazz or any style requiring warmth and depth, these strings maintain excellent intonation and durability. Highly recommended for musicians looking to elevate their tone with ultra-smooth playability!
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  • Randall R. Scott
    5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Be Afraid of These
    Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 11-50Verified Purchase
    I keep going back and forth between roundwounds, half-rounds, and flats. Don't be afraid of these heavier gauge flats. If you have an assertive style of playing, as I do, they're great. You can lower the action and still get no buzz. They're not "pitchy," as lighter strings are, and yet you can still achieve enough vibrato with your left hand. Chromes don't sound "plinky" on my archtop like the rounds and half-rounds do, and I love it. Again, I go back and forth, but these 13-56 Chromes are wonderful -- a great string!
    One person found this helpful
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  • Nylo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super smooth feel with little sliding noise, can be made lighter with a special trick
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Extra Light, 10-48Verified Purchase
    I am a beginning electric guitar player and I learned that on a bass guitar, that flat wound strings are super comfortable on the fingers, especially for slides. This particular set is still a little too heavy for my fingers and when I installed all of these strings as they come, the tremolo system required extra springs and the tension rod had to be tightened in the neck. I did not like the way it played with the extra tension that made the strings hard to bend and hurt my fingers.

    My special trick and best solution to turn these into wonderful, easy bending, light playing strings is to not use the #48 heaviest E string. Buy a separate .008 or 0.009 gauge string to use for the first E string and then shift all of the others over. See my marked up package in my photo. This trick gives you a wonderful 8-38 or 9-38 smooth set with the following:

    1-E 8 or 9 (purchased separately)
    2-B 10
    3-G 14
    4-D 20w
    5-A 28w
    6-E 38w

    48w - not used
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    Nylo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super smooth feel with little sliding noise, can be made lighter with a special trick
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2024
    I am a beginning electric guitar player and I learned that on a bass guitar, that flat wound strings are super comfortable on the fingers, especially for slides. This particular set is still a little too heavy for my fingers and when I installed all of these strings as they come, the tremolo system required extra springs and the tension rod had to be tightened in the neck. I did not like the way it played with the extra tension that made the strings hard to bend and hurt my fingers.

    My special trick and best solution to turn these into wonderful, easy bending, light playing strings is to not use the #48 heaviest E string. Buy a separate .008 or 0.009 gauge string to use for the first E string and then shift all of the others over. See my marked up package in my photo. This trick gives you a wonderful 8-38 or 9-38 smooth set with the following:

    1-E 8 or 9 (purchased separately)
    2-B 10
    3-G 14
    4-D 20w
    5-A 28w
    6-E 38w

    48w - not used
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  • another satisfied customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars been playing for 30+ years
    Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Extra Light, 10-48Verified Purchase
    I've used D'Addario Chromes XL flats for a long time. Their a consistent quality guitar strings. I've enjoyed flat wound strings,there's a mellow tone A decent amount of playing time before they get dull and need replacing. An important extra,send your worn out D'addario strings back to them for recycling and you can build bonus pts. to get some free stuff.
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  • D McK
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very good at what they're designed for, if you pay the price
    Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 11-50Verified Purchase
    I suppose the guitarist who purchases these knows these strings are dissimilar from most other guitar strings, and pays the hefty price for their features. (I just paid a little more than a third of the cost of these for some acoustic guitar strings from my acoustic guitar, $7 vs. these, which are $18 after tax.)
    But these are great strings. They sound really good, and the flatwound feature takes most of the unwanted string noise out of the picture. (I suppose acoustic guitar fans have an almost subconscious appreciation of string noise--the sound a finger makes as it moves over the windings on the strings--from listening to masters like Tommy Emmanuel and others.
    Anyhoo, a new set of these installed on a properly set up guitar sound pretty awesome, if you can afford them.
    Did I mention the third string is wound? You can still bend strings 1 through 3, but nothing like an unwound third and lighter first and second. For me though, it's ok, though I did play with an unwound third for some years, because you never knew when you might need it.
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  • Kokapelli 108
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great strings, beautiful tones
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Light, 12-52Verified Purchase
    I am new to flatwounds, having just acquired a jazz box after many years of solidbodies. They threw in a new set of Ernie ball flats which I thought would be fine - wrong! In all fairness, these were 11's, while this big girl really needed 12's to make it sing. The EB strings gave the gtr a kind of banjo-like tone, which had me concerned that I had maybe bought the wrong guitar. Put the Daddario chrome 12's on and man! What a difference, these strings have it all: a certain depth of tone, sweet, full brightness entirely lacking in the EB 11 flats. I'm used to playing roundwounds, so the prices of these (either brand) are a bit hard to take - 20 bucks a set! But I will continue biting the bullet and using these chromes, as they sound beautiful on my big hollowbody!
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Lester Jensen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Flat Wound strings for my 7-string PRS
    Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 7-String, 11-65Verified Purchase
    Flat wound strings have a different feel and sound that I wanted for my 7-string PRS. They also reduce fret wear associated with bending notes that a wound string grinds against the frets gradually wearing the frets flat thus setting you up for an expensive re-fretting repair bill.
    These strings feel similar when bending but are obviously smooth when sliding up/down the neck, which I also appreciate. They are highly rated as durable - only time will give evidence of how true this is. From initial use I'd recommend these highly.
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  • mdkxp
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I tried these sooner
    Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 11-50Verified Purchase
    In the past two years, I've changed everything about my guitar playing. My primary guitar (short scale Jagmaster to long scale Jazzmaster), my amps (from Fender modelling amp to Jazz Chorus + Marshall combo), my pedals (basically none to a large board with a dozen of them), and my strings (from lights, as low as 7s at times, to 10s, also changed brands). Now, I believe the evolution of my guitar preferences has finally completed, with the last change, back to D'Addario brand strings, and specifically to the Chromes flatwound strings.

    Anyone with a Jazzmaster knows that the pickups are pretty generous with the high end. Before getting my first one, I never touched a tone knob before. Now I find myself needing to use it so my ears don't get stabbed to death. However, these strings really mellow that quite a bit, to the point where I could probably leave my tone knob at max and just adjust my pedals or amp settings, ever so slightly.

    On top of the more mellow sound compared to rounds, these feel great on the fingers. At first I wasn't sure, but a few days in and I'm finding it hard to pick up any of my other guitars because of the relative roughness. I did try D'Addario Half-Rounds as well, but they feel even worse to me than round-wound; they almost have a gritty, nail file type feeling to them. So, as quickly as the half-rounds went on to my cheapest Jazzmaster, I think they will be coming off and flats will go on.

    I primarily play heavy metal, and I think these sound good, but it'll depend what sound you're going after. Maybe you want the string noise and a bit more harmonic content rather than fundamental note, so you should stick to round wounds. But these are worth trying at least once, I think. Yeah, they cost more, but I've heard they last a lot longer. I haven't had them long enough to vouch for that. But I really love how they feel so I'm sure I'll find out in due time.

    Only question remaining is, what do I do with these 5 packs of Ernie Ball Slinkys that I've got sitting here unopened?
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  • Cliente Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Caras, mas excelentes e duráveis
    Reviewed in Brazil on November 16, 2023
    Style: 1-PackSize: Light, 12-52Verified Purchase
    A corda que eu sempre uso pras minhas guitarras
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  • Marcio Augusto Damin Custodio
    5.0 out of 5 stars Cordas lisas
    Reviewed in Brazil on December 27, 2022
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 11-50Verified Purchase
    Bom custo benefício.
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  • Raphael Ferreira de Oliveira
    5.0 out of 5 stars Violão de 7 cordas de aço.
    Reviewed in Brazil on December 1, 2021
    Style: 1-PackSize: Jazz Light, 7-String, 11-65Verified Purchase
    Encordoamento perfeito para o violão de 7 cordas de aço.
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  • Solomon Thomas
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great string for Jazz guitars
    Reviewed in India on December 17, 2024
    Style: 1-PackSize: Light, 12-52Verified Purchase
    Mellow tone, no squeeky sounds when moving, good tuning stability. this is my go to string from 8 years… unfortunately strings supplied were old (2019 manufacture ) and broke in two days while tunimg… i change a full set so this was expensive. Return them if they are more than a year old. Will deduct 1 star for old stock supplied by Amazon.
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