10 Best Acoustic Guitar Strings of December 2025

• 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

• 48 Pages
• Includes 13 Songs
• Author: David Hamburger
• Publisher : String Letter Publishing
• Softcover with CD - TAB

Hal Leonard

• Tune your guitar in a huge range of alternative tunings
• Create and save your own custom tunings however you like
• Minimal and sleek interface
• No internet connection required

Deviant Developments

• Songs include:
• Bury Me Beneath the Willow
• Delia
• Frankie and Johnny
• The Girl I Left Behind Me

String Letter Publishing

• D'Addario's heaviest 80/20 bronze set, ideal for heavy strumming and flat-picking
• 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 .013, .017, Bronze Wound .026, .035, .045, .056

D'Addario

• Wound Strings are 80% copper, 20% zinc wire wrapped around hex shaped tin plated steel core wire
• Plain strings are made of specially tempered tin plated high carbon steel
• The most popular acoustic guitar string alloy provides well balanced projection with crisp pleasing highs
• 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.

Ernie Ball

• 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)
• Light gauge: .012 .016 .024 .032 .042 .053

Elixir

• Rich Expressive Sound
• Excellent Clarity
• Made in California, U.S.A. Featuring the finest and freshest materials.
• Made from 92% copper, 7.7% tin, 0.3% phosphorus wire
• Element Shield Packaging Prolongs string life and keeps strings as fresh as the day they were made
• Previously packaged as Super Slinky Acoustic
• Packaging may vary from pictured

Ernie Ball

• 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

String Letter Publishers