D'Addario Electric Bass Guitar Strings, XL Nickel, EXL165-5, Regular Light Top/Medium Bottom Gauge 45-135, Long Scale, 5-String Set, Pack of 1

These are stings I feel you're not supposed to like. Thing is, I keep coming back to them. They are everywhere and they are inexpensive compared to other comparable strings. They feel good, you know what they will sound like and about how long they will last for you. I am using the balanced tension 4 string set on my Spector LX4, they are fantastic. The strings I just bought here on Amazon are the XL170 5 string set for my Spector LX5. That bass is 35 scale and the normal "long scale" strings fit as they should. They are also great, but if I had one criticism it's the B and E string gauge. Most sets in this range are .105 for E and .125 or .130 for B. Here you get .100 for E and .130 for the B. It seems an odd jump and I suspect it has to do with keeping a tight sounding B while attempting to balance tension across the set. That's probably good on a 34 scale bass, but it would be cool to offer a more traditional .105 and .125 set if you have a 35 scale. In any case, it's not somthign that I'm conscious of when playing, just a bit of OCD and the B does rock at .130, but it also does for any strings I've tried at .125 on the 35 scale. Maybe something for 5 string similar to the balanced tension set offered for 4 string. That set has the E string at .107. That may pair pretty well with a .130 B.

Daddario makes the best strings, hands down! I will never use another brand again! The feel of all their varieties of strings are just the best. Long life, great tone all around. Just smooth to the touch and responsive. Fits great on all types of guitar set ups, decent weight consider the string gauge you purchase!

I ordered a "damaged package" 5 string set for my electric bass BUT I was shipped a package that had a preinstalled Low B string. It was coiled on the end and i guess they don't know you cant reinstall strings twice or they snap. no two basses are alike.That being said the bottom 4 strings were new and the price i got was great so i kept them anyways and installed the bottom 4 strings on my acoustic bass. I usually use bronze strings but WOW these really brought it to life. 50-105 on an acoustic bass sounds great. nice projection, crisp punch yet nice lows. The acoustic bass even has a nice slap. I'm definitely happy with the results and I'm glad i kept them.You cant beat D'Addario, they rarely ever break. Besides bass, I use them on my electric guitars, classical guitars and acoustics as well. I play many many styles as a studio musician and they have never let me down.

Works as intended great tone!

These are quality Bass guitar strings. I like them, prefer them over the flat wounds.

so I tried several strings for my Short Scale Gretsch g2220. First was Ernie Ball regular slinky short scale. Which I really like it but for some reason I was missing some brightness which lacks on short scale basses. Then I tried buying Ernie Ball cobalt regular scale but they didn't fit on my tuners, it was too thick. Next one was the rotobass swing stell strings that my bass heroes all use, but I thought it was a little rough on my fingers and still not the sound I wanted.So back in Brazil when I started playing bass the most affordable strings were D'Addario and I was apprehensive to try it because Ernie balls were super expensive I thought they were the best. So I bought D'Addario nickel wound .50, the same one the that apparently Mike Kerr from Royal Blood uses.I restring my g2220 with these and adjusted the bridge and pickups for my tone taste and wow! This sounds amazing!!! It's so bright and punchy, sounds really good either you play with fingers or picks.The ONLY downside is that .50 are a little more difficult to play, I even ordered .45s to replaced this. I was actually considering replacing the G and D for the .45 and .64 set so it gets a better playability but cancelled and decided to keep this as my true set. I always played with higher tension strings and I'm not that virtuous or play many solos. These are perfect if you play rock, metal or funk.I will update this review with photos and after I feel that I need to replace the set.100% recommended. Hands down for D'Addario for keeping improving the quality of their strings.

This is the first set of D'Addario bass string I've put on my mass in decades. I tried a set early in my career and they were so bad I said I would never buy another set of D'Addarios. However, I have been looking for a different set of string, and after much research, I narrowed it down to two sets of strings, and this was one of them. I just put them on my Zon Legacy Elite 6 and was very pleased. They are extremely consistent in tone quality from the lowest B to the highest c, and the overtones ring clear. They are capable of numerous colors from over the fingerboard (big warm round colors with much fundamental) in various locations until you reach the bridge (with tight punchy midrange sounds), and work equally well playing with your thumb, fingers and a pick. They are also extremely responsive for slap, tap and hammer ons/offs. The scratchy surface noise from the fingers moving around on the round-round strings is much less than many others. I did not review longevity because I just took put them on today and took for them for an extensive test drive. Right out of the box they are among my favorite sets of 6-string bass strings.

My Go-to brand. Just like the feel and action of these strings and always have. I almost exclusively use D'Addarios on my other stringed weapons (electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, mandocello). Consistent quality and the durability is always top notch once you get them broken in. I find I don't have to replace them very often, but that also depends on how much I play them. Even with heavy use, they hold up. At the price point, I can also replace them relatively inexpensively.