Stringjoy 12-56 Balanced Heavy Gauge Signatures - Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings shoptok and stays in the tune

and stays in the tune better

This results in a set that feels tighter

11s are the perfect middle ground—enough tension to get a nice meaty tone out of your guitar

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and 7th strings

Stringjoy 12-56 Balanced Heavy Gauge Signatures - Nickel Wound Electric Guitar Strings shoptok and stays in the tuneSmooth, yet heavy. That's what we aim for with our Balanced 12s. They're equally great for lending extra power to metal and giving a fuller sound to jazzand it says something to have strings that can work equally well for those two worlds. Sound good? Rad. Hit the red button below to add these to your cart. Gauges: . 012 . 016 . 020p . 032 . 044 . 056 Want to customize? Load these gauges in our Custom Set Builder.