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D'Addario XL ProSteels Bass Strings EPS170-5, 45-130, 5-String

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At a glance

Condition
New
Style
Long Scale
Size
Light, 45-130 (5-String)
Model
EPS170-5
Weight
4 oz
Color
Silver
Material
Stainless Steel

Features 5

  • Bright and Durable: Our brightest bass guitar string, XL ProSteels are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and reliable durability
  • Rich Highs, Tight Lows: Stainless steel wrap wire produces enhanced interaction with magnetic pickups, offering a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs, combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows
  • Strings for Every Style: From jazz to metal to rock, bluegrass, blues, folk and more, we make great sounding strings for every genre and level from beginner to pro, including strings for bass, acoustic, classical, and 12-string
  • Sound Better, Play Better: Shop our whole collection of guitar accessories including string winders, picks, straps, capos, tuners, cables, gear bags and cases, plus strings for banjo, mandolin, ukelele and more

Description

XL ProSteels are D’Addario’s brightest bass guitar strings. The unique, highly magnetic alloy in ProSteels delivers super-bright tone with magnified presence and attack. Made with a high carbon steel core and stainless steel wrap wire, ProSteels produce enhanced interaction with magnetic pickups, offering a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs, combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows. Made for 5-string basses, 45-130 Regular Light gauge strings take our most popular bass gauge and add a low B-string. From the Manufacturer EPS170-5 is the 5-string version of D’Addario best-selling ProSteels bass set. With the addition of the .130 low B string, EPS170-5 offers the ideal combination of biting high end, punchy lows and super long life. Fits long scale basses with a string scale length of up to 36 1/4 inches. 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 the extra edge and punch you need to cut through the mix.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.

Specs 25

Brand D'Addario
String Gauge Medium
Color Silver
Instrument Bass Guitar
String Material Type Steel
Brand Name D'Addario
Number of Items 1
Global Trade Identification Number 84

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Top Amazon Reviews


Best Strings Ever!
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-105
These are by far the best strings I’ve ever used! They have been on my bass guitar for 2 months now and are still punchy and bright. The strings sound really cool when I slap the bass. Very bright on the pluck and nice punch on the low end. When I play finger pick style the strings have that nice stretchy and flexible feel like when I first put them on. Many of the other types of strings I’ve used in the past have gone dead after a couple of weeks but these are still going strong. The .045-.105 diameter of the strings are the perfect balance for me. I highly recommend these strings. You will not be disappointed. The performance is unbelievable. Oh, and the reason I mentioned about how long they have been lasting for me is because I play bass all the time at my church and practice at home every day so my guitar doesn’t just sit in the case. It’s used a lot... lol ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2020 by Don Keshock

55-135 pro steels a must have
Style: Long Scale Size: Medium, 50-135 (5-String)
I started with nickel roundwound and after years of experimentation and preferring to play with a pick I never could quite get that snarly bite out of whatever string I used, just put these strings on and immediately there it was, that quality I've been chasing since I started playing bass. Probably my favorite aspect is if your bass has an active eq you can dial these in to sound like familiar nickel territory, brings the full band together much tighter than nickel in my opinion and despite being slightly more coarse (but come on, it's a bass guitar, if you're complaining about your fingers hurting than go play guitar) after a minute or so it's not really noticeable when the tone is straight up talking to you in way nickel just simply can't. Nickel shines with finger/slap players. Pro steels really shine when playing with a pick. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2022 by Michael Sawyer

Great for metal
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-130 (5-String)
These strings sounds great, I like to play metal and these are great with a compressor to give a cool clanky sound. They are very bright and would be good for other types of music as well.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2022 by Amazon Customer

better than the last strings I got
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-105
These are better than the cheap brand I got last time. They sound brighter than I thought they would.
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021 by Kenneth

The most versatile strings made
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-105
It’s always nice to get a new set of bass strings but it’s very special when you get these
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2020 by scott keeler

Calidad!
Style: Long Scale Size: Medium, 50-135 (5-String)
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Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2020 by J. Rivas

BIG WOW!
Style: Long Scale Size: Medium, 50-105
With 6 basses, i burn through a lot of strings......always been pretty picky. I have always been a DR, and Markley guy, but was looking for a more cost effective alternative. I research a lot (OCD). I hate XL nickels. A lot. I gave pro steels a try. WOW!!!!! fast break in and KILLER tone!!!! Better than the DR's even!! Granted, they have only been on a few days, but for $13, who cares if I only get half the normal life i have been accustomed to! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2013 by Charles H. Friddle IV

Pro Steel gives the best "metal" sound.
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
I only use Pro steels. Mind you if you're upgrading from nickel you'll have to adjust the neck to accommodate the weight. The sound is amazing.
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018 by ekko_thr33
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