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D'Addario Bass Guitar Strings - XL Nickel - EXL220-5 - Perfect Intonation, Consistent Feel, Powerful Durability - 5 String Set - 40-125 Super Light 5-String, Long Scale

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Style: Long Scale


Size: Super Light, 40-125 (5-String)


Features

  • THE PLAYERS CHOICE With their clear fundamentals, booming tight lows, and reliable DAddario construction, theyre trusted by players everywhere to handle any performance
  • TIGHT, BRIGHT TONE Nickel-plated steel wrap wire provides a bright, tight bass sound, great for a variety of musical genres
  • FOR THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE Like all DAddario bass strings, XL Nickel are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and powerful durability
  • EARN REWARD POINTS - XL Nickel bass sets have a code on the recyclable VCI bag, which you can register to earn Players Circle points
  • MADE IN THE USA XL Nickel bass guitar strings are made in the USAdrawn to our exacting specifications at our New York production facility

Description

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. From the Manufacturer D’Addario EXL220-5 is a 5-string version of our popular EXL220 set. With the addition of the .125 low B string, this set offers more flexibility for players than a standard bass set while still maintaining the distinctive combination of tone and feel found in all XL Nickel Wound bass sets. 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.

Brand: D'Addario


String Gauge: Light


Instrument: Bass Guitar


String Material Type: Nickel Steel


Coating Description: Coated


Item Weight: 3.53 ounces


Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 0.7 inches


Item model number: EXL220-5


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: July 10, 2007


String Gauge: Light


String Material: Nickel Steel


Number of Strings: 5


Material Type: Nickel Steel


Size: Super Light, 40-125 (5-String)


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Same great product quality for decades.
Style: Short Scale Size: Light, 45-100
I've been playing bass guitar for forty years, this brand has always been my go to strings. They last for years, hold tune, very good value, and sound better than my playing.
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2025 by Curado

  • Mis favoritas
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Son mis favoritas! las tengo en todos mis bajos. con el pasar de los años he probado bastantes marcas y modelos pero para mi estas son las que dan con el tono que a mi me gusta, además de que son bien duraderas y se deslizan muy bien en los dedos.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2025 by Ed

  • First string change for my bass
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-105
This was my first time changing strings for my bass, it was a really easy procedure, nice sound and looks...
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2025 by Rafael Rafael

  • Good
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Good
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2025 by JERRY

  • Good quality
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
These are quality Bass guitar strings. I like them, prefer them over the flat wounds.
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2025 by David Nayir

  • Bass strings
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Not top of the line, but great for my needs
Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2025 by Mark Brooks

  • Excelentes cuerdas
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-135 (5-String)
Excelentes cuerdas buen sonido
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2025 by Juan Carlos

  • Can’t go wrong with D’addario
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Absolute the best
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2025 by donald powers

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