Black Diamond N477XLB, 9-42 Black Coated Nickel Electric Guitar Strings 

BLACK STRINGS

These are the mysterious BLACK STRINGS you's probably seen or heard about.  They're Black Diamond's N477XLB's, an Extra Light Gauge set for 6-string electric guitar, featuring the Black Diamond's proprietary black coating, for exceptional endurance without loosing tone and responsiveness.  Featuring nickel plated high tensile strength, hex cores, the give you true intonation and tuning stability, while playing and sounding great.  The bare strings are also nickel plated, and all strings in the set receive the famous "BLACK STRINGS" coating, that makes them so different.

N477XLB		inch	mm
E-1st	Black Coated Steel	.009	0.229
B-2nd	Black Coated Steel	.011	0.279
G-3rd	Black Coated Steel	.016	0.406
D-4th	Black Coated Nickel Wound	.024	0.610
A-5th	Black Coated Nickel Wound	.032	0.813
E-6th	Black Coated 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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