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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. 45-100 Regular Light is our most popular bass gauge, providing a perfect blend of response and playability.
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EXL170, D'Addario's best-selling bass set and the standard for most electric basses, offers the ideal combination of bright, booming tone and comfortable feel. The most versatile and universally appealing set for all playing styles. Fits long scale basses with a string scale length of up to 36 1/4 inches.
D'Addario XL Nickel Wound 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 digitally-controlled machines, ensuring each string has excellent intonation, clear fundamentals, and unparalleled consistency. Each string is wound with a nickelplated steel wrap wire known for distinctive bright tone with excellent magnetic output delivering a universally appealing and versatile tone for all playing styles.
D'Addario, the world's largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings, is known as The Players Choice with a reputation for unsurpassed quality and consistency. D'Addario's innovative packaging reduces waste and provides protection from corrosion. All D'Addario strings are manufactured in the U.S.A. using proprietary, digitally controlled, state-of-the-art machinery for unmatched performance, set after set.
JoeM.
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2025
I have yet to find better sounding stings!
Jeweler
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2025
I’ve played with this brand for over 30 years and wouldn’t use any other. String quality is great, tuning is easy, fit is awesome, and they have good life to them.
winnie leathersich
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2025
Very happy with them, they work and sound good.
Jsims4
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2024
Very bright, good sounding strings. Maybe a little much string noise for my taste, but great sounding.
bluesmanbill
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2024
I've been a long time user of D'Addario guitar strings and will continue to be. These felt and sounded terrific as soon as I put them on my bass. One of the things I like most about D'Aaddario strings is that they last a long time. And even though I mostly play 6 string lead guitar, and I do a lot of aggressive string bending, they have not broken on me either. That's less of a problem/concern for bass playing but it says a lot about the quality and reliabilty of D'Addario products. If this sounds like an ad, I guess I can't help that--I really call it as it is.
Excelente
Reviewed in Brazil on July 16, 2024
Cordas de qualidade
Giroud
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2024
I wish they would make them 55-110 just to try in short scale. They work great with my Fender PJ Mustang MIM 2020 short scale!
Bruno
Reviewed in France on December 28, 2024
Pas de surprise, je prend toujours cette marque de cordes basse depuis plusieurs dizaines d'années.Je n'ai jamais eu de problème, ni de casse et le son est bon, au moins pendant plusieurs mois.Lorsque le son devient trop mat, c'est que cordes sont sales, voir usées.Il est toujours possible de les plonger dans l'eau bouillante avec un peu de vinaigre blanc, puis de les sécher pour leur redonner un peu de brillance. Elles restent solide.Cependant, cette astuce qui dépanne est bien sûre limitée dans le temps.
Big D
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
Great strings, I’ve been using this brand for 25 years and they always perform well.Solid construction with a brilliant tone that lasts a very long time. This balanced tension set has been a real benefit to the feel of my bass. Try them, you may never go back to the standard set.
David
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2024
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.
Harish
Reviewed in India on February 13, 2023
Well the performance of the product is too good but strings are not too good when it comes to quality. They're too weak to hold the neck of the guitar
Ryan Olinski
Reviewed in Canada on May 18, 2021
Only strings I use on my basses.
Dan
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2021
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.
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