Wyres Strings began from humble beginnings. Our philosophy has always been to test, develop and make the best musical strings possible. Naturally as musicians, we are exceptionally discerning and try to employ our most creative skills to develop great products. Very often musicians will be invited into the factory to test strings and give us real time feedback. In technical areas unfamiliar to us we do consult engineers, chemists and even metallurgists for advice and we try to incorporate new ideas into our production. Our 1^st generation of P.T.F.E. (polymer tetra-fluoro-ethylene) coated strings is a prime example of one of these innovations which we debuted at the NAMM 1997 Show in Anaheim, California.  We have continued improving on our P.T.F.E. coated string process and are today offering a 3^rd generation P.T.F.E. coating.

Wyres Strings are currently manufactured in the USA.  By combining the old-world skills of our talented craftspeople with our modern machine technology, we produce a superbly handcrafted string.  We have gone back to the original Wyres script logo and our string packages get a completely new graphic design makeover.  Bold new colours with guitar and bass pickups for the electric instrument strings and woodgrain tops for the acoustic instrument strings.  We package these strings in a clear plastic jewel box.  Wyres Strings is one of the few companies to actually manufacture their own strings and in the near future, Wyres Strings will also be manufactured in Canada.

We enjoy an active and growing artist endorsement program. It's always a great pleasure for us to have contact with artists that we admire. It is also very flattering to our egos when artists rave about our strings. We love the contact with other musicians and hope that they will build close ties with us.

Wyres Strings specializes in making our own handmade musical instrument strings, coated or uncoated, for the purist.  Strings that don’t suffer from the ‘metal fatigue’ that’s caused by the bending, flexing and over-stretching of totally machined strings. Such strings are prone to lose their tone and break more quickly. Our highly skilled craftspeople handwrap the core-wire, resulting in a looser wound, lighter tensioned, softer playing string, with less stress on the player and instrument. The player finds the strings easier on the fingers when bending and playing. The instrument ‘breathes’ and resonates more freely with longer sustain. Handmade Wyres have truer intonation and stay in tune longer. Wyres aren’t mass-produced, taking longer and costing more to make, but resulting in a superior sounding and playing string.

Our optional P.T.F.E. (polymer tetra-fluoro-ethylene) coating is a proprietary process of combining a dry inert plastic with a carrying agent of rubbing alcohol. This lighter coating doesn’t dampen frequencies and is applied over the finished string, allowing more wire to wire contact for more brilliance. P.T.F.E. lubricates the string, protecting it against oils, acids and oxidation, resulting in less fret wear, less chording noise, longer life and a smooth, silky touch.

MagikLube (Patent Pending) is a high-tech lubricant in a precision needle-tip applicator. Incorporating 35 chemicals in a proprietary process, MagikLube creates a super-slippery interface between moving surfaces. In use in many, diverse industries worldwide. Excellent in musical instrument repair and maintenance: valves, slides, knobs, tremolos, tuners etc.

Wyres Molded Nylon Flatpicks with raised logo and lettering provide a better anti-slip finger grip.  Available in 6 colour-coded gauges: 0.38 mm, 0.46 mm, 0.60 mm, 0.73 mm, 0.88 mm and 1.00 mm.

aLaska Piks™ are a unique fingerpick/thumbpick of an over the finger and under the nail design. Plastic piks can be trimmed with fingernail clippers and brass piks can be filed to size.  Plastic aLaska Piks™ are available in 4 sizes: S-M-L-XL.  Brass aLaska Piks™ are available in 3 sizes: M-L-XL.