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D'Addario Bass Guitar Strings - XL Nickel Bass Strings - EXL170S - Perfect Intonation, Consistent Feel, Powerful Durability - For 4 String Bass Guitars - 45-100 Regular Light, Short Scale

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Style: Short Scale


Size: Light, 45-100


Features

  • BESTSELLING SET Our best-selling electric bass strings, revered by players for their reliable performance and versatile tone.
  • 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. This 45-100 Regular Light set is the short scale version of our most popular bass gauge, providing a perfect blend of response and playability. From the Manufacturer EXL170S is the short scale version of D'Addario's best-selling bass set. Offering the ideal combination of distinctive bright, booming tone and comfortable feel, it is the most versatile and universally appealing set for all playing styles. Fits short scale basses with a string scale length of up to 32 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.


Item Weight: 3.2 ounces


Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches


Domestic Shipping: Item can be shipped within U.S.


Country of Origin: USA


Item model number: EXL170S


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: April 13, 2004


Color Name: Light - Short Scale | EXL170S


Scale Length: Short Scale


String Gauge: Medium


String Material: Nickel Steel


Number of Strings: 5


Size: Light, 45-100


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Highly Recommend Trying a Set
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 32-130 (6-String)
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. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022 by mom

  • Bright but not raspy
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Finding the perfect string seems like a lifetime process. I prefer roundwounds on my Precision bass since I don't play Motown style, but at the same time I didn't want anything that was too bright or raspy. I've found some roundwounds (especially the ones with a round core) have a raspy high-end to them that never seems to go away. I had been using the DR Pure Blues but decided to go with the D'Addario hex core rounds because I know that hex cores are mellower sounding. I have tried the DR LO-Riders, but they were just a little too mellow for me, and also too stiff. These D'Addario medium lights are livelier sounding and bright but without the raspiness of the DR Pure Blues. Another thing I like about these strings is that while they are hex core, they don't have the stiffness or high tension you would expect with a hex core. They are very comfortable on the fingers. It's funny. When I first started playing the bass I used D'Addario flatwounds, and now after trying almost every string in the book, I've gone full circle back to the D'Addarios. I think they really are a superior string. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2022 by JJC

  • Excellent Bass Guitar Strings!
Style: Long Scale Size: Medium, 50-105
These XL D'Addario's Bass Guitar Nickelwound Strings are so Awesome! They are sound very Bright and sound great. (Highly recommend if you like extra bright bass guitar strings). Thanks so very much.👍
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2022 by Steven Vazquez

  • Good deal , good service
Style: Short Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Competitive price on good product .
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022 by Amazon Customer

  • Buena calidad, precio razonable
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Lo utilice para mí bajo
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2022 by Linda

  • But I returned them
Style: Short Scale Size: Medium, 50-105
I bought these for a $100 acoustic bass. When I saw they were Bright Roundwounds, I returned them. They would make this bass sound like a guitar. I have used them on other basses. If you want a bright sound, for a low price, they're fantastic. But for my needs this time, they didn't fit. D'Addario's are nice strings. They just didn't fit my need this time. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2022 by Steampunk

  • A little too bright for a bass in my opinion
Style: Short Scale Size: Medium, 50-105
I mean if that's what you're going for, this is it. Was not expecting bass strings to be this light and bright tho.
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2022 by Al

  • Bass strings
Style: Short Scale Size: Light, 45-100
Great
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2022 by Douglas Raymond

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