Str. Sets for Bass

XL ProSteels are D’Addario’s brightest bass guitar strings. The unique, highly magnetic alloy in ProSteels delivers super-bright tone with magnified presence and attack. Made with a high carbon steel core and stainless steel wrap wire, ProSteels produce enhanced interaction with magnetic pickups, offering a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs, combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows. Made for 5-string basses, 45-130 Regular Light gauge strings take our most popular bass gauge and add a low B-string. Read more

ESXL170-5 strings are constructed with ball ends on both ends of the strings for use on Steinberger long scale electric bass guitars. XL Nickel Wound electric bass strings, long recognized as the industry standard, are ideal for a wide range of musical styles.

• Coating: Uncoated
• Number Of Strings: 5
• Scale Length: Long
• Set Type: Sets
• Wrap Material: Nickel-Plated Steel
• Double ball end design, manufactured to Steinberger specifications
• Round wound with nickel plated steel for distinctive bright tone
• Environmentally friendly, corrosion resistant packaging for strings that are always fresh
• String Gauges: Wound .045, .065, .080, .100, .130

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XL Nickel are the industry standard in electric bass strings. With their clear fundamentals, booming tight lows, and reliable D’Addario construction, they’re trusted by players everywhere to handle any performance. XL Nickel bass strings are made with a high carbon steel core and wound with nickel-plated steel wrap wire, for consistently bright tone and smooth playability, great for a wide variety of bass styles. This 45-100 Regular Light Double Ball End set features our most popular bass gauge, with ball ends on both ends of the strings, made precisely to Steinberger specifications. Read more

XL Nickel are the industry standard in electric bass strings. With their clear fundamentals, booming tight lows, and reliable D’Addario construction, they’re trusted by players everywhere to handle any performance. XL Nickel bass strings are made with a high carbon steel core and wound with nickel-plated steel wrap wire, for consistently bright tone and smooth playability, great for a wide variety of bass styles. This 45-100 Regular Light set is the short scale version of our most popular bass gauge, providing a perfect blend of response and playability. Read more

D'Addario XL ProSteels utilize an exclusive corrosion-resistant steel alloy that delivers super-bright tone without shrill overtones. They offer a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows.

XL ProSteel electric bass strings utilize a stainless steel wrap wire, enhancing the strings' interaction with magnetic pickups, producing a distinctively bright and present tone. 

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D´Addario ECB81-5 Chromes Bass Strings - 5-string, flatwound, the traditional advantages of flatwound strings with an unusually brilliant tone, gauge 045-065-080-100-132. Read more

D'Addario XL ProSteels utilize an exclusive corrosion-resistant steel alloy that delivers super-bright tone without shrill overtones. They offer a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows.

XL ProSteel electric bass strings utilize a stainless steel wrap wire, enhancing the strings' interaction with magnetic pickups, producing a distinctively bright and present tone. 

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D'Addario Half Rounds are round wound with Pure Nickel and then precision ground, leaving the outer surface smooth and "semi-flat." The result is a string with the tone and tension characteristics of round wound strings with a smoother feel, similar to flat wound strings.

XL Half Round strings delivers a smooth feel and reduced finger noise, with tone that's comparable to round wound strings.

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ETB92 is a medium gauge tapewound string set for long scale electric bass. XL Tapewound bass strings are known for their distinctively warm and percussive tone. These string sets are gauged to fit on standard bass saddles and nuts, and may be used on fretted or fretless instruments. Read more

D'Addario XL ProSteels utilize an exclusive corrosion-resistant steel alloy that delivers super-bright tone without shrill overtones. They offer a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows.

XL ProSteel electric bass strings utilize a stainless steel wrap wire, enhancing the strings' interaction with magnetic pickups, producing a distinctively bright and present tone. 

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