Black Diamond N477XL 9-42 Nickel Electric Guitar Strings

 

Black Diamond N477XL's are a 9-42 extra light gauge set for electric guitar.  They are made with high carbon steel hex cores, and wrapped with American made round, nickel plated steel windings. They give you classical electric guitar tone, with excellent intonation and tuning stability. 

N477XL		inch	mm
E-1st	Steel	.009	0.229
B-2nd	Steel	.011	0.279
G-3rd	Steel	.016	0.406
D-4th	Nickel Wound	.024	0.610
A-5th	Nickel Wound	.032	0.813
E-6th	Nickel Wound	.042	1.067

Yes, Black Diamond is still alive and doing well.  They are probably the strings you first started with, or that your dad learned to play on; and today they are a dynamic and thriving string manufacturer, with state of the art manufacturing and premium quality.  Black Diamond is a small, specialty manufacturer located in Sarasota, Florida, making musical strings for numerous stringed instruments including acoustic, electric, bass and flamenco guitar, resonator, mandolin, banjo, ukulele, violin and upright bass.  Staffed by musicians, they aim to give you the best strings possible, using high strength cores, traditional windings, and new innovations in string making; building on their heritage of craftsmanship and value to the musician.

 
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