Jim Dunlop Super Bright Nickel 40-120 5-String Bass Guitar Strings, Long Scale
**PLEASE NOTE** These strings measure 37" / 94cm from the ball end to the start of the taper. These strings have no silk winding at either end of the string. Unsure what scale length string you need? Click here!
This is a set of Jim Dunlop Super Bright nickel wound 5-string bass strings, light gauge 40-120. We’ve heard these strings do everything from a heavy metal growl to silky, smooth funk.
‘Super Bright’ is a cool-sounding but odd name for this range of strings because it’s not literal, at least to my ear. These strings have clout! They have full-on low-end drive with punch, and clear, but smooth definition and clarity. They respond brilliantly to changes in timbre and dynamic, completely balanced across the whole spectrum.
Get them on a P-Bass and you’ll have a truly monster sound!
Jim Dunlop says:
"Dunlop Super Bright Bass Strings put your sound front and center with a crisp, vibrant top end and a fat bottom with a focused fundamental. Carefully designed by our team of bass players and tested by pros on the road, these strings sing with clear, defined highs that are supported by a fat, balanced bottom that keeps your sound full and round. Lighter tension provides a superior response to playing nuances, and the silky smooth feel of each string lets you get up and down the fretboard with ease and comfort. With extra-long life and exceptional string to string balance, Dunlop Super Bright Bass Strings allow the natural voice of your bass to come through.
As with everything we make, we started from scratch and designed Dunlop Strings from the ground up to fit our vision of what a string should be. Each of our formulas is developed with on-the-road feedback from some of the greatest players in the world. At our headquarters in Benicia, California, we take a hands-on approach, running our machines at a slower pace and producing smaller batches, which allows us much more control at every step of the process. We also seal them in a protective bag for freshness and longevity. Every set of Dunlop Strings is the result of our obsession with details, which is ultimately an obsession with quality, consistency, and serving your needs as a player.
Inside each pack of Dunlop Strings is more than 50 years of deep knowledge and experience gained from working with guitar players to further their playing experience."
We insist that players use the measurement of ball-end (anchor) to top nut of their current set of strings. This measurement is more accurate than scale length as it takes into account through-body stringing, and more complex or alternative bridges. In many cases the set of strings required will be longer than the bass’s stated scale length! Use these references:
If ball-end-to-nut length is:
Up to 32” choose Short Scale
32”-34” choose Medium Scale
34”-36” choose Long Scale
36”-38” choose Extra/Super Long Scale
If you have a bass where you cannot see the ball-end i.e. a thru-body bass, you will have to measure your string once it has been removed. Before removing the string be sure to make a mark on the string with a permanent marker just behind the nut so you know where to measure to. Then once you’ve taken it off the bass, you can measure from the ball-end to the mark you made on the string.
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