Over a Century of American String-Making
Why American String?
Premium American-Made Guitar Strings Built on More Than 100 Years of Craftsmanship
The same manufacturing expertise trusted by the world’s finest piano makers now goes into every set of American String guitar strings. Premium American materials, complete manufacturing control, and five generations of craftsmanship deliver superior tone, better feel, and longer-lasting performance.
More Than 100 Years of String-Making Excellence
For more than a century, our family of companies has been trusted to manufacture strings for Steinway & Sons pianos and virtually every other premier piano manufacturer in the world. When the world’s finest piano manufacturers demand precision, there is little room for error. That same precision and manufacturing discipline now goes into every set of American String guitar strings.
For decades, we’ve also supplied the core wire, wrap wire, and manufacturing expertise behind many of the most respected guitar string brands in the industry.
Now we’ve taken everything we’ve learned over five generations of string making and created our own premium guitar string brand.
American String exists for one purpose: to build exceptional guitar strings that deliver superior tone, better feel, and longer life.
Why American String Performs Better
Great guitar strings don’t happen by accident. They begin with exceptional materials, precise manufacturing, and generations of experience.
Better Materials. Better Strings.
We use premium U.S.-sourced steel and high-quality raw materials developed through relationships we’ve built over decades. Better materials are the foundation of better strings.
Five Generations of Perfecting Tone
More than five generations of manufacturing knowledge, engineering, and craftsmanship go into every set of American String guitar strings. Every detail is designed to produce consistent tone, feel, and reliability.
We Make the Wire That Makes the Difference.
Most guitar string companies purchase their wire from outside suppliers.
We manufacture our own wire.
By controlling the entire process-from raw material through wire production and final winding-we can maintain quality standards that few manufacturers can match. That level of control produces strings with outstanding consistency, exceptional feel, superior tone, and longer service life.
The American String Difference
Superior Tone
Every note rings with clarity and consistency.Better Feel
Strings that respond naturally under your fingers.Longer Life
More playing. Fewer string changes.Experience what more than a century of American string-making can do for your guitar.
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What Players Are Saying
★★★★★ Verified Customer Reviews
Perhaps the best strings on the planetD.S. Nickel 10-46 *****
These are the best strings I have ever used in over 30 years of playing. I have installed these on a Gibson 137 Custom as well as a Custom Shop Firebird and without a doubt, better feel, better tone and better tuning stability than any other strings I have tried. Well worth the price and they last a long time compared to other brands. Big difference. Very happy with these– the search is over.
8/8/2018
Love these stringsK.N. Nickel 9-42 *****
My Strat never sounded better after I re-strung it with the Original Nickels. The strings brought my guitar to life. I don’t care to change strings unless I have to and these continue to sound great for longer than any other string I’ve used. Highly recommended.
11/02/2016
EVERLASTING TONERosemary S. Nickel 10-46 *****
WOW! Talk about holding a tone! These strings are better than ANYTHING I’ve ever used. Don’t give any other brand a second thought. Nothing beats these strings.
04/08/2017
Superb Tone Quality and DurabilityWilliam B. Rock Formula 10-46 *****
I use these strings on my Sustainer Equipped Fernandes Vortex Elite that also has a patent applied for Floyd Rose Vibrato System. After trying several different sets from other manufacturers, I decided to go with the American String Alloy 52’s because of their superb tone quality, and durability. These strings don’t break, and they out last any other strings that I have tried for this particular guitar.
10/16/2017
Fat tone on LP. Bell like chime on strat.Carl A. Steel 11-48 ****
“Fat tone on LP. Bell like chime on strat. I really like these strings…will buy more.”
12/16/2016
Love at first touch/soundAlexis V. Rogers Nickel 10-46 *****
I’ve tried loads of strings over the years, and I must say that these are the first strings to really impress me since I first tried Thomastik-Infeld flatwounds 19 years ago. I’ve been using various brands of round wound nickel plated and pure nickel strings for the past several years, and have liked different attributes of different makes but haven’t had any real, lasting preferences. When I put the AmericanString sets on and plugged in, it was love at first touch/sound.
11/2/2016
Best strings everOliver W. Rock Formula 10-46 *****
I’ll play these strings for the rest of my musical life. They feel smooth, sound amazing and last much longer than any other strings I’ve played before. It seems that they are almost unknown in Europe, there is just one dealer in the Netherlands who sells them. . . I buy directly from the company, they once even modified the shipping for me because it was far too expensive that time. Thank you and best regards from Germany!
1/18/2026
Best guitar strings hands downMichael W. Nickel 08-38 *****
I have been playing guitar for 50 years and American Strings are best strings around. They have clarity and stand up to aggressive playing.
3/15/2024
Short break-in time and exceptional durabilityThom S. Nickel 11-48 *****
What I noticed immediately was the short break-in time, meaning that after initial tuning, I only had to adjust tuning once again (stretch time) before regular playing. From that point, their tuning remained stable as expected. Since then, the durability has been way better than that of most other strings I’ve used. Great strings!
12/4/2017
Amazing Strings . Long lasting, great tones, soft feel....Rod W. Nickel Round Core 09-42 *****
I’ve been a professional electric guitarist my whole life.. Bands/Recordings/Touring ect.. Started out playing Ernie Balls in the 60’s… in the past 10 years I’ve tried and used Daddario, Elixir, GHS, Pyramid, Sliders, .. Someone on The Gear Page had suggested me trying these new American Strings . I gave the Nickel round cores a try … Great response, nice supple feel, high output, warm highs, but not dull. Long lasting.. Highly recommended! And reasonably priced when bought in 3 packs……these strings positively make all my (15] electrics sound better…… clean and overdriven lead tones all sound great..
11/21/2019
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