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D'Addario XL ProSteels Bass Guitar Strings - EPS160-5 - 5 String - Long Scale - Medium, 50-135

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Style: Long Scale


Size: Medium, 50-135 (5-String)


Features

  • BRIGHTEST STRING - DAddarios brightest bass guitar string.
  • 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.
  • HEX-CORE - Like all DAddario electric bass strings, XL ProSteels are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and reliable durability.
  • EARN REWARD POINTS - XL ProSteels sets have a code on the recyclable VCI bag, which you can register to earn Players Circle points.
  • MADE IN THE USA DAddario bass guitar strings are made in the USAdrawn to our exacting specifications at our New York production facility.

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, this 50-135 Medium set has higher tension, affording increased low-end response and output. From the Manufacturer EPS160-5 is the 5-string version of D’Addario’s top-selling heavy gauge ProSteels bass string set. With the addition of the .135 gauge low B string, this set provides an ideal combination of biting high end, punchy lows and super long life. Fits basses with a string scale length of up to 36 1/4 inches and a good choice for players looking to down tune. 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.


Item Weight: 5.6 ounces


Product Dimensions: 5.91 x 5.71 x 0.79 inches


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


Country of Origin: USA


Item model number: EPS160-5


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: March 1, 2007


Color Name: Original Version


String Gauge: Heavy


String Material: Steel


Number of Strings: 5


Material Type: Synthetic


Size: Medium, 50-135 (5-String)


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Great bass strings with a balanced sound.
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 32-130 (6-String)
D'Addario strings always known for their quality, in my forty-five years playing bass I have used many strings brands, but for some reason I always come back to D'Addario lately I have been using NYXL but I couldn't get a six strings set, But I can't be more happy with this set and less expensive.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 27, 2022 by Miguel del Valle

  • 5 stars
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 32-130 (6-String)
I'm a professional bass player, with 35 years of experience. Always use D'addario, because it's a great stuff for this price. I like several brands a little bit more, but these brands almost in twice expensive. If you have everyday gigs - only D'addarii, imho.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 8, 2022 by Petro Kyselov

  • Bright and lovely
Style: Long Scale Size: Light, 32-130 (6-String)
I have a nickel allergy and a six-string bass, and these were the most accessible strings for that particular combination of factors. The sound is quite nice, and while it takes a while for the oils from your hands to sort of lube up the strings to allow for slides and such, they will get there, and they will play smooth. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 29, 2022 by Otend

  • 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

  • Good and as descibed
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-105
Good and as descibed
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 28, 2022 by Sylver

  • Dead before 10 hours
Style: Long Scale Size: Custom Light, 45-105
I got not even 10 hours of play out of these before they were dead and lifeless sounding. Back to Elixers.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 20, 2022 by Verified purchase

  • Good strings, get the right gauge
Style: Long Scale Size: Medium, 50-105
Gauge is too heavy for my bass. Guess I should’ve gone with light gauge.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 7, 2022 by XxBigguy3xX

  • Pleaseantly surprised
Style: Long Scale Size: Medium, 50-135 (5-String)
I am not a fan of D'Addario strings for bass, but I am glad I listened to a couple reviews of these particular strings for drop tuning. I play in one band that uses Eb tuning for blues rock covers where I need to use a 5-string active Fender Jazz bass, again, not one of my preferred products (I mostly play Warwick and Ken Smith basses, which do not have the sound or look for this band's target market). I struggled with many different strings with higher tension from LaBella, Rotosound, Sadowsky, DR DDT, and Fodera. None set up well on this bass with playing tension or intonation consistency at the drop tuning. Flatwounds were the right tension, but the high end was just not sitting well in the mix. I changed the stock Fender bridge to a higher mass Hipshot A and the pickups to Reed James VVN Vintage Neo noiseless models with higher magnetic density than the original Fender Noiseless. Nothing seems to work. I bought these strings as a last resort prior to buying a new, custom jazz-style bass with 35" scale. I'm glad I did! They give enough tension at Eb tuning to have accurate intonation and feel. Not the best low B, but usable without being too un-focused or mushy. They also are not as bright as I expected after reading the product info. I do have back off the treble somewhat for this style of music, but not as much as some of the other steel string I tried, but more than nickel strings. I put these strings between, say, Pedulla or Warwick Black Label and above Rotosound Swing Bass Nickels. I would recommend these strings if you are detuning to Eb on a 34" scale bass and still need good playability and brighter strings than flatwounds. . I just bought 2 more sets as a backup. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 3, 2017 by BfloBassist

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