Daddario NYXL vs XT - Tone Comparison and Analysis!

In this video, we'll be comparing the two best sets of strings by Daddario, NYXL, and XT. Daddario NYXL are one of the best strings on the market, proven and used by many guitar players, and are known for their crystal clear tones and loudness, as well as durability. Daddario XT is supposed to be the next iteration of Daddario strings, where they introduced coating of the strings that are to extend the life of the strings as much as possible. How much difference in tone between the Daddario NYXL and XT are, find out in this video!!

👉 Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Testing Process Explanation
04:29 - TESTS
06:20 - Final Thoughts, Analysis and Outro

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Guitar: Caparison TAT II (with Bareknuckle Juggernaut in the bridge, and Dimarzio Liquifire in the neck) and tunned to Drop C
Amps: ENGL Savage 120, Fame / Yerasov Bulldozer, Laney Ironheart 60
Pedals: Lichtlaerm Audio - The Key and The Gate (Noise gate pedal), Lichtlaerm Aesahaettr, Airis Effects Savage Drive V4
DAW: Cubase Pro 11
Audio Interface: Audient ID 22
Strings: D'addario NYXL 11-64
Camera: Fuji X-T3 with kit lens
Microphone: Rode Video micro

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👉 Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - Testing Process Explanation
04:29 - TESTS
06:20 - Final Thoughts, Analysis and Outro

[reljanikolajevic]

Veoma profesionalno odradjen video sa domacim naglaskom :)

[Kornel.S.]

Hi! Very professional video. I've watched some guitar strings comparison videos before, but It was always a bit about personal opinions. The "TESTS'' part is almost like scientific proof. I looked for few more videos on your channel and subscribed right away! Keep on doing quality videos like this!

[cwwisk]

This is a fantastic way of comparing strings! Thank you!!!

[drummingjeremy]

awesome video. thank you. Can you please do this kind of comparison video but now including the XS?

[woocifer]

Thank you very much for showing the difference in spectrum! :) Very helpful.

[sdbracht]

Terrific vid thanks so much for doing it!!!

[NinthDensity]

Excellent video, thank you for doing this.

[sergius]

Amazing, well done my friend ! 👍👍👍👍👍💯 👍👍👍👍👍💯

[shred]

There is one pretty major con with NYXLs which is they have a stiffer wire. This results in the strings feeling stiffer. Personally, I hardly noticed it with 9s when I put them on my Les Paul and when the local music store was closed during lockdown, they held up amazingly well on my Les Paul, so I stuck with them ever since. I tried a set of 10s on my strat however, and it felt like 11s - I could barely play the thing. That said, I likely had pure nickel 10s on the strat before, which feel more like 9s as well which accounts for some of the great difference. I put a set of 9s I bought for my Les Paul on the strat pretty quickly after that and they actually felt right where regular 9s did not feel right on that guitar at all.

They also do have stronger high end and fewer mids than regular strings as well but that is both personal preference (or maybe situational for the rig too) and it's fairly minor too.

[chrisholmes_]

Good test! I always played elixir, but after I moved to NYXL they are definitely the best strings on the market. I love how good they feel and how they sound.

However. I was going to move back to elixirs, just because I feel the NYXL does feel a bit dead.

After watching this though, I’ll give the XT a try first!

Thanks

[arnaldosound]

I was using NYXL 10 46 and decided to try XT 10 46, i think the XT its more clear, soft for bends, and skinny than NYXL. Do You think the XT 11 49 it's like NYXL 10 46?

[Brad]

Hi, i never try D'Addario before, which D'Addario string do you recommend for, i mean With nice sound and Long Lasting life, Thanks buddy

[MagnusOlssonGuitar]

Very well done test man.

You should have done it with normal (not overwounded) singlecoil and the difference would be bigger.
The real highs were the difference is are not present in humbuckers.

The XT are a hair stiffer on the wounded string (not from the coating but from what the are wounded with).
NYXL have NYXL winding while XT have EXL winding.
So the NYXL have a slight different midd range than XT.

None the less, great work.

[beginask]

You can clearly hear a drop in high end in the 3 mo old strings. I don’t know what you are hearing. The XTs are also slightly darker.

[stevecomins]

I use a custom very-lite gauge of NYXL with a lot of string bending of ALL strings. (studied sitar) So my question is not the sound but what is taking place between the strings and the frets. If one vigorously bends the same string, same note, back and forth over and over it will eventually get gritty. Haven't tried the XT but perhaps the coating protects the frets better. ???

[DbiPro]

Try elixir nano web I think you’ll like them better