After partnering with Taylor final yr to launch two new signature five-string acoustic guitars, musical mastermind Jacob Collier has now teamed up with D’Addario on a brand new set of strings “engineered particularly” to assist the symmetrical D-A-E-A-D tuning used on the guitars.

A musician who’s something however abnormal, Jacob Collier discovered his voice in a five-string guitar 10 years in the past. “In 2016, I discovered a approach for the guitar to make sense to me – it was by ripping one of many strings off a six-string guitar and leaving solely 5,” he informed Guitar.com 2024.

“And I tuned it in a really uncommon approach. I did this for the primary time on the day of a gig, after which I performed it on the gig, which was a really humorous expertise.”

That love of five-strings reached a excessive level in 2025 when Collier launched, alongside Taylor Guitars, an Academy 22e and GS Mini.

Hand-picked by Taylor CEO Andy Powers, Collier’s new Specialty XS Phosphor Bronze String Set is designed for these signature guitars, with a customized .012-.053 gauge vary optimised for D-A-E-A-D tuning. The wound strings within the set function an ultra-thing XS movie coating, whereas the plain metal strings function a novel polymer therapy for “most corrosion resistance and prolonged tone life”.

And if that wasn’t sufficient, the strings are launching alongside a brand new D’addario Jacob Collier Signature Vegan Guitar Strap, which options vibrant customized paintings reflecting Collier’s vibrant aesthetic.

“An artist’s voice isn’t one thing you discover; it’s already there, just like the Michelangelo quote: ‘Take away what’s not the sculpture, and the sculpture was there all alongside,’” says Collier.

“Looking for my voice led me to fall in love with the five-string guitar. For me, it’s vital {that a} string has a number of life to it. D’Addario strings embody that – they’re made with unimaginable care and a focus to element.”

He continues: “There’s a miraculous tone and stylish really feel to those D’Addario strings. This set was handpicked by Taylor’s personal Andy Powers to stability the strain, really feel, and pitch accuracy of this symmetric five-string tuning that kinds the spine of my customized Taylor guitar fashions.”

The 12-53 Jacob Collier Taylor 5-String Set and Signature Vegan Strap are each obtainable now by way of D’Addario.com.

Sam is the Affiliate Information Editor for Guitar.com and MusicTech. Totally immersed in music tradition for almost all of his life, Sam has performed guitar for 20 years, studied music expertise and manufacturing at college, and in addition written for the likes of Guitar World, Whole Guitar, Metallic Hammer and MusicRadar.