Bass Guitar Strings 45-130 D’Addario EXL170-5TP 5-String Twin Pack

EXL165 Long Scale 45-105

D’Addario XL Nickel Electric Bass strings are world-renowned as The Player’s Choice amongst bass players of all genres and styles. All XL strings are precision wound on our exclusive computer-controlled machines, ensuring each string has excellent into nation, clear fundamentals, and unparalleled consistency. The nickelplated steel wrap wire is known for it’s distinctive bright tone and excellent intonation and delivers a universally appealing tone for all playing styles.

Diameter Tension
Item Note inches mm lbs kg
XLB045 G 0.045 1.14 42.8 19.41

Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Bass

Made from nickel plated steel wire wrapped around tin plated hex shaped steel core wire. By far the most popular, produces well balanced all around good sound.

String sizes: 50-70-85-105

EPS160 Long Scale 50-105

ProSteels are D’Addario’s brightest and most magnetic bass strings. A specialized steel alloy delivers harmonically rich, brilliant high-end coupled with deep, tight lows that work in tandem to create the coveted Piano tone” steel players crave. Great for both articulate fingering or aggressive picking, ProSteels give you that little extra edge and punch you need to cut through the mix.

Diameter Tension
Item# Note inches mm lbs kg
PSB050 G .050 1.27 49.0 22.22
PSB070 D .070 1.78 56.1 25.44
PSB085 A .085 2.16 44.9 20.36
PSB105 E .105 2.67 37.3 16.92

Engineered to maximize output and clarity, Ernie Ball Cobalt Slinky Guitar Strings are the latest innovation in string technology. Seeking to provide guitarists and bassists with a new voice, Cobalt strings provide an extended dynamic range, incredible harmonic response, increased low end, and crisp, clear highs.

Cobalt provides a stronger magnetic relationship between pickups and strings than any other alloy previously available. Cobalt Slinkys are also soft and silky to the touch, making string bending a breeze.