Drop C. Drop B. Drop A. If you're tuning that low, you need strings that can handle it without going slack and sounding like rubber bands. The D'Addario XL EXL148 in 12-60 extra heavy gauge is built for exactly that. The heavy tension keeps your low strings articulate and defined even in the most extreme tunings, and the nickel-plated steel wrap delivers the bright, punchy tone that cuts through a heavy mix. These also work great on baritone guitars in standard tuning.

We stock these at both our New Albany Ohio showroom and our Charleston West Virginia location because the metal and heavy rock community across central Ohio and the Kanawha Valley knows where to find them. Players from Pickerington, Reynoldsburg, Pataskala, and Johnstown order these regularly.