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D'Addario XL-Series Nickel Wound 45-130 5-String Bass Guitar Strings, Super Long Scale [EXL170-5SL]
- D’Addario’s best-selling electric bass strings.
- Nickel-plated steel wrap wire provides a bright, tight bass sound, great for a variety of musical genres.
- Hex core ensures perfect intonation, consistent feel, and powerful durability.
**PLEASE NOTE** These strings measure 38" / 96.5cm from the ball end to the start of the taper. These strings have no silk winding at either end of the string.
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D’Addario XL-Series nickel bass strings are the standard, uncompromising choice for the working professional bass player. These strings deliver a rich, full, and clear bass guitar tone with a soft, and silky feel making them outstandingly versatile. In any musical environment D’Addario XL bass strings can be relied on to deliver your performance.
This set uses D’Addario’s own high-carbon steel hex core for fundamental tuning stability and strength. Over this core are multiple wraps of nickel-plated steel wire of varying thicknesses consistently precision wound by machine at the perfect speed and tension to create the most reliable strings you’ll ever use.
D’Addario XL-Series bass strings will give you all the low-end definition and distinctly American bright tone and clarity you may ever need.
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We asked benhearnbass.co.uk to review these strings for us. Here's what he had to say:
"Clear highs and tight lows: the D'Addario XL Nickel Wound bass guitar string sets produce a bright, but rounded sound that sits fantastically well in just about any situation! A brilliant all-round bass string.
Whether you play rock, metal, funk, pop, soul, disco (I could go on), you will find that the D'Addario nickels pack a huge punch and are great for fingerstyle, pick playing and slap. These strings boast impressive clarity across the entire range of the bass guitar.
The biggest advantage of these nickel-plated strings is that they last a long time without sounding dull. Not only that but the nickel coating protects your frets from premature wear.
D'Addario offer incredible consistency from set to set. Personally, I have been using them for years and never had a bad pack!
If you are looking for a great well-rounded bass string, with the best of everything that roundwound strings have to offer, look no further."
SKU: EXL170-5SL
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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