brite wires

Nickel Plated Steel Wound
Brite Wires are specially formulated to give your guitar a crisp attack, with the nickel plating adding warmth to the overall tone. These strings feature our Swedish steel "hex" core for added tuning stability. Brite Wires tune up fast, and hold their tone longer. No matter what style of music you play, you'll hear why Brite Wires are the choice of professionals world-wide!

Says Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell, "I love my Brite Wires. They don't break. They don't rust. They never get out of tune. They have the perfect tone. Why change it if it's working? I trust 'em that much...."

See also our Legendary Series of signature electric guitar strings featuring Les Paul, B.B. King, Ace Frehley, and Dickey Betts.

Vintage Reissue

Nickel Wound
Gibson Strings re-invents the modern guitar string. We go back to the days of using only the finest pure nickel wire, slowly wrapping it over the highest quality Swedish steel "hex" core for maximum strength and stability. The warm, full tone gives your guitar a solid new voice. These strings show why we are still the favorite with top players around the world! Vacuum sealed for freshness.

Les Paul 

Nickel Wound
Les Paul strings are wound with pure nickel for a smooth, warm tone that deliver a punch when you need it! The Swedish steel "hexagonal" core wire makes these strings tune up faster and hold their tuning longer. When you want to get all of the pure tone and response out of your Les Paul, choose the real Les Paul strings!

Humbucker

The only guitar string optimized for the humbucking pickup, Gibson Humbucker strings utilize a special composite core wire and a specially formulated wrap wire. This design offers a unique magnetic formulation to make the most of dual-coil, high output pickups. Each set is vacuum sealed for freshness and extended life.

"I really love the new Humbucking strings! They have a real rich tone to them. I noticed the difference right away. Normally I change my strings after 2 gigs maximum, but the with these strings I've found that I can do at least 1 or 2 more nights than with the previous ones. I don't know what you are making them out of, but they don't sound or feel like the "coated" strings. These are terrific strings, keep up the great work!"

---Danny Hoefer (credits include Tower of Power, members of Earth, Wind & Fire, Lee Oskar Band, Michael Shrieve)

 L-5

Nickel Wound
L-5 Pure Nickel Wound Jazz Electric strings are intended for players who want a heavier, jazzier feel to their guitars, but still want the crisp attack of a round wound string. The nickel wrap gives these strings a warm tone, and the combination of gauges let you enjoy a superior balance of feel and volume. Vacuum sealed for freshness.

Flat Wires

Stainless Steel Flatwound
Flat Wires combine the silky smooth feel of our highly polished flatwound wrapping with the long lasting performance of stainless steel. The sound is focused, not dull, and has the perfect balance of tone and magnetic response for jazz playing with total clarity and definition.

Powerlines

Slow wound, nickel plated steel outer wire with Swedish hex steel core wire, chromed ball ends and gauges specifically designed to accommodate lowered tunings without adverse affects on the guitar's set up. Each gauge is balanced to provide great feel while producing thunderous low end.

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Powerlines string packs feature an image created by noted underground artist Derek Hess.