10 Best Acoustic Electric Guitar Strings of December 2025

• 3 individual sets enclosed in a single, flow-wrap package
• Recipes and Popular gauges created by industry icon Ernie Ball
• Played By Legends around the world including Slash, Jimmy Page, Metallica, Eric Clapton, and more. . .
• Element Shield Packaging Prolongs string life and keeps strings as fresh as the day they were made
• Made in California, U. S. A. Featuring the finest and freshest materials.
• Number Of Strings: 6.0

Ernie Ball

• Considered the pioneer in coated string technology, Elixir® Strings are available in a full range of gauges for acoustic and electric guitar, bass, banjo, and mandolin
• Buy fewer sets of strings
• Change strings less often
• Sound great, any time

Elixir

• ALL-IN-ONE RESTRINGING TOOL - The ergonomic and high-quality design of the D'Addario Accessories Pro-Winder makes string changes quicker and easier than ever before with its built-in clippers, bridge pin puller and peg winder all rolled into one tool.
• MUST HAVE FOR EVERY CASE – Why fill up your case with three tools when you can have one that does it all? This indispensable tool has been designed to fit comfortably in your hand and for use on virtually all electric and acoustic guitars, basses, banjos and mandolins. Also available in a bass guitar version.
• BUILT-IN STRING CUTTER – With the hardened steel clippers on the Pro-Winder string cutter you can cleanly cut through your old strings to remove them quicker and easier, and trim the excess off new strings after looping them through the tuning machines.
• INTEGRATED BRIDGE PIN PULLER- Designed with acoustic guitarists in mind, the Pro-Winder has a built-in bridge pin puller. This makes removing stubborn pins simple without risking damage caused by pliers and other tools.
• MADE IN THE USA - D'Addario Accessories is known for innovative, problem-solving, quality musical accessories that are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA to the most stringent quality controls in the industry.

D'Addario Accessories

• Extra light gauging for playing ease
• Extra-bright tone mixed with deep and projecting bottom end
• String Gauges; Plain steel .010, .014, Nickel Wound .023, .030, .039, .047
• Corrosion resistant packaging for fresh strings, always!
• Made in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance

D'Addario

• ZEBRA Acoustic Guitar Strings are made for acoustic-electric guitars with piezo pickups under the bridge or magnetic pickups in the sound hole
• Alternating nickel-plated steel and phosphor bronze wrap wires every other coil on a round core wire
• DR has created the perfect hybrid string that has significantly better output while maintaining a desirable acoustic tone
• Custom Light
• 11, 15, 22, 30, 40, 50

DR Strings

• Acoustic guitar strings constructed with phosphor bronze wrap wire
• Played for a dynamic balance of rich, full-bodied tone and sparkling high-end clarity
• Ultra-thin NANOWEB Coating provides a traditionally textured, “uncoated” feel
• Our patented coating technology protects against common corrosion, extending tone life longer than any other brand’s coated or uncoated strings (Elixir Strings player survey)
• Custom Light gauge: .011 .015 .022 .032 .042 .052

Elixir

• Three individually wrapped sets
• Natural feel with excellent projection
• Warm rich tone
• Element shield packaging prolongs string life and keeps strings as fresh as the day they were made
• Crafted in Southern California, USA. featuring the finest and freshest materials

Ernie Ball

• MOST POPULAR – Pursue your passion with D’Addario’s most popular acoustic guitar string set, the Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings. Since 1974, phosphor strings have been known for superb, long lasting tone and comfortable playability. They are the choice of professionals worldwide.
• INSPIRING PERFORMANCE – These light acoustic guitar strings help you achieve amazing performances, as they offer a long lasting, warm, bright and balanced acoustic tone with excellent intonation.
• CORROSION-RESISTANT – These strings feature a precision wound corrosion resistant phosphor bronze wire that is carefully drawn around a hexagonally shaped, high-carbon steel core. The result is consistent, long lasting tone.
• STRING GAUGES – The string gauges in this acoustic string set include: Plain Steel .012, .016, Phosphor Bronze Wound .024, .032, .042, .053.
• 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.

D'Addario

• Acoustic guitar strings constructed with 80/20 (80% copper, 20% zinc) bronze wrap wire
• Played for a crisp, bright tone with an expressive, vibrant presence
• Ultra-thin NANOWEB Coating provides a more traditionally textured, “uncoated” feel
• Our patented coating technology protects against common corrosion, extending tone life longer than any other brand’s coated or uncoated strings (Elixir Strings player survey)
• Light gauge: .012 .016 .024 .032 .042 .053

Elixir

• D'Addario's most popular acoustic gauge, ideal balance of tone and playability
• Extra-bright tone mixed with deep and projecting bottom end, EXP Coated for 4 times more life
• Includes D’Addario’s exclusive NY Steel, the same high carbon steel found in the NYXL series for unprecedented strength and pitch stability.
• Environmentally friendly, corrosion resistant packaging for strings that are always fresh
• String Gauges: Plain Steel .012, .016, Bronze Wound .024, .032, .042, .053

D'Addario