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product_id: 25395520
title: "Guitar Strings - Acoustic Guitar Strings - Nickel Bronze - For 6 String Guitar - Natural, Clear, & Focused Tone - NB1253 - Light, 12-53"
brand: "d'addario"
price: "€ 24.06"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 12
category: "D'addario"
url: https://www.desertcart.hr/products/25395520-guitar-strings-acoustic-guitar-strings-nickel-bronze-for-6-string
store_origin: HR
region: Croatia
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# 6-string acoustic precision light gauge 12-53 balance corrosion-resistant nickel bronze Guitar Strings - Acoustic Guitar Strings - Nickel Bronze - For 6 String Guitar - Natural, Clear, & Focused Tone - NB1253 - Light, 12-53

**Brand:** d'addario
**Price:** € 24.06
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎶 Elevate your sound with strings that speak your style — don’t just play, perform!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Guitar Strings - Acoustic Guitar Strings - Nickel Bronze - For 6 String Guitar - Natural, Clear, & Focused Tone - NB1253 - Light, 12-53 by d'addario
- **How much does it cost?** € 24.06 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.hr](https://www.desertcart.hr/products/25395520-guitar-strings-acoustic-guitar-strings-nickel-bronze-for-6-string)

## Best For

- d'addario enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted d'addario brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Balanced Light Gauge:** 12-53 gauge offers the ideal blend of bright tone and effortless playability for all skill levels.
- • **Pro-Level Craftsmanship:** Made in the USA with exacting standards at D’Addario’s cutting-edge New York facility.
- • **Versatile for Every Genre:** Perfect for jazz, rock, folk, and beyond—strings that adapt to your unique style.
- • **Crystal Clear Acoustic Voice:** Nickel bronze alloy enhances your guitar’s natural tonal clarity and focus.
- • **Durability Meets Playability:** NY Steel core with corrosion-resistant wrap ensures long-lasting strings that feel buttery smooth.

## Overview

D'Addario Nickel Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings (Light 12-53) deliver a clear, focused tone by highlighting your guitar’s natural voice. Featuring a corrosion-resistant nickel-plated phosphor bronze wrap over a NY Steel core, these strings offer durability and smooth playability. Crafted in the USA, they suit a wide range of musical styles and skill levels, making them a top choice for serious acoustic players.

## Description

Nickel Bronze acoustic strings are made to bring out the unique tonal characteristics of your guitar, allowing its natural voice to shine through. This distinctive string alloy creates a clear, focused sound, magnifying the sonic properties of the guitar’s wood. Made with a NY Steel core and nickel-plated phosphor bronze wrap wire, Nickel Bronze strings get you the most out of your guitar and your playing. 12-53 Light gauge strings are our most popular acoustic gauge, providing a nice balance of playability and tone.

Review: Great Strings! - These are excellent strings. So far they are like butter to play down the fretboard. They sound bright and lively. They are not very expensive and easy to play. As far as durability and longevity, I will have to see how they do. They sound great on my Martin.
Review: Perfect! - For my 1980 Martin HD28, these are my absolute favorites. I’ve tried nearly them all, and to my ears these are the fit. Perfect balance, response, resonance and tone.

## Features

- Clarity and Focus: Made to bring out the unique tonal characteristics of your guitar and allow its natural voice to shine through, these acoustic guitar strings create a clear, focused sound
- Long Lasting and Corrosion Resistant: Made with a NY Steel core and nickel-plated phosphor bronze wrap wire that increases natural corrosion resistance for a longer lasting uncoated string
- Strings for Every Style: From jazz to metal to rock, bluegrass, blues, folk and more, we make great sounding strings for every genre and level from beginner to pro, including strings for bass, acoustic, classical, and 12-string
- Sound Better, Play Better: Shop our whole collection of guitar accessories including string winders, picks, straps, capos, tuners, cables, gear bags and cases, plus strings for banjo, mandolin, ukelele and more
- Made in the USA: As the world’s largest and most respected maker of musical accessories, D’Addario guitar strings are made to exacting specifications at our cutting edge New York production facility

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B019JD0ZNK |
| Best Sellers Rank | #935 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #25 in Acoustic Guitar Strings |
| Color Name | Light |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,293) |
| Date First Available | January 1, 2016 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 1 ounces |
| Item model number | NB1253 |
| Material Type | Steel, Nickel, Bronze |
| Musical Style | acoustic |
| Number of Strings | 6 |
| Product Dimensions | 4.75 x 0.32 x 4.75 inches |
| Size | Light, 12-53 |
| String Gauge | Light |
| String Material | Bronze |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** D'Addario
- **Color:** Light
- **Instrument:** Acoustic Guitar
- **String Gauge:** Light
- **String Material Type:** Bronze

## Images

![Guitar Strings - Acoustic Guitar Strings - Nickel Bronze - For 6 String Guitar - Natural, Clear, & Focused Tone - NB1253 - Light, 12-53 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ondaXjlVL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: is therea ball at end of the string**
A: Yes they are made for steel string acoustic guitars

**Q: What light and medium and custom light means???**
A: Light and medium are the width of the strings. Medium strings resonate more but are harder to hold down. Light strings are easier to play but can buzz a little if played too hard. The custom strings try and give you the best of both worlds...lighter bass strings that are easier to play and thicker treble strings which resonate a little better. I like the customs myself.

**Q: is the 3rd string wound?**
A: Yes! A wound 24 third string

**Q: Do you recommend these d'addario nickel bronze strings for strumming ?  (vs d'addario phosphor bronze)**
A: I am a strummer and I love these string. I have them on both my Taylor and my Martin. They have a rich tone whether picked, plucked, or strummed.  I was one of the beta testers of these strings, sense then they are the only strings that I have used.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Strings!
*by A***E on January 11, 2026*

These are excellent strings. So far they are like butter to play down the fretboard. They sound bright and lively. They are not very expensive and easy to play. As far as durability and longevity, I will have to see how they do. They sound great on my Martin.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect!
*by D***E on October 29, 2025*

For my 1980 Martin HD28, these are my absolute favorites. I’ve tried nearly them all, and to my ears these are the fit. Perfect balance, response, resonance and tone.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Favorite for mahogany guitars
*by O***K on August 7, 2024*

These sound great on mahogany top guitars and are my favorite strings for them, and mahogany guitars are my jam. The martin retro monel strings are very similar, but maybe have a bit more depth of sound in the low end, however, the Martins seem to die after a month or 6 weeks. I mean the 5th and 6th strings start to sound muddy and muted and lose their resonance. These are very close to that sound, but last a long time. They don't sound worse, they're almost identical to the martin monel but seemingly keep their sound/tone/everything for a long time. They also don't corrode even though they're uncoated, and are somewhere between coated and uncoated phosphor bronze strings in terms of stickiness/smoothness. I also really like them on some spruce top guitars, in particular a taylor 314ce. but one of my very old spruce dreadnoughts sounds wrong with them, an old yamaha. I also have them on a cedar top seagull and I disliked them at first, buy I think are sounding better after a week or so. Not sure about that one. I say they're made for and really enhance mahogany guitars. They sound so great on both of my mahogany guitars, a taylor gs mini and an all solid alvarez, and I will buy them for as long as daddario makes them for those guitars. People will ask you why you have electric strings on an acoustic guitar, because they're silver (nickel) in color instead of bronze.

## Frequently Bought Together

- D'Addario Acoustic Guitar Strings, Nickel Bronze, NB1253, Light Gauge 12-53, 6-String Set, Pack of 1
- D'Addario Guitar Strings - Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings - EJ16 - Rich, Full Tonal Spectrum - For 6 String Guitars - 12-53 Light
- D'Addario Accessories Pro-Winder Guitar String Winder, Cutter, Bridge Pin Puller - All in One Guitar Tool - Black

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*Last updated: 2026-02-01*