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D'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension Nickel Wound Bass Guitar Strings - .045-.107 Regular Light Long Scale

.045-.107 Light Gauge Electric Bass Guitar Strings, Nickel Wound
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D'Addario Balanced Bass Strings

D'Addario's Balanced Tension Nickel Electric Bass Strings use optimized string gauges for more control and playing comfort. Combine this with the bright sound of nickel and you get a strings with great dynamic control and a consistent feel from string to string for balanced picking, plucking, slapping, and strumming. Sweetwater knows that choosing the perfect string is vital to a musician's sound. Each Balanced Tension Nickel Electric Bass string plays with clear fundamentals and unparalleled consistency. The nickel-plated steel wrap wire is known for it's excellent intonation and distinctive bright tone, which complements most playing styles.

D'Addario - Making strings for over 300 years

Behind every set of D'Addario strings are over three centuries of fine craftsmanship. The D'Addario family tradition began in the tiny town of Salle, Italy in 1680 where they made assorted instrument strings for over two hundred years before relocating to New York in 1905. As the modern string making industry began to develop, the D'Addario family emerged as innovators by designing the winding machine most string makers still use today. And while their techniques have modernized, the pride that goes into each set of strings dates back to the D'Addario family's earliest roots.

D'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension Nickel Electric 4-String Bass Strings Features at a Glance:
  • Balanced Tension Light Gauge
  • Balanced tension strings have a more even feel between strings
  • .045, .060, .080, .107
  • Bright tone
  • Round wound nickel
D'Addario's Balanced Tension Nickel Wound bass strings give your guitar a beautiful, bright tone!
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Tech Specs

  • Guitar Type: Electric Bass
  • Number of Strings: 4
  • Coated: No
  • Gauges: .045, .060, .080, .107
  • Winding Type: Round Wound
  • Core Material: Hexagonal Steel
  • Winding Material: Nickel Plated Steel
  • Scale Length: Long, 36.875"
  • Manufacturer Part Number: EXL170BT

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Rated 5/5

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I've played D'Addario strings forever. (OK, just 45 years) Love them! I have usually put XL160s on my basses, but I decided to try the XL170BT set. I am in love! My P bass plays like butter. Great feel and the usual D'Addario quality and sound. Super recommended!
Music background: Semi Pro
Rated 5/5

D'Addario EXL170BT Balanced Tension Nickel

My new strings! Been playing them for about
4 months and love them. Great all around string for
all styles.
Rated 5/5

Fabulous Tone!

Review ~ Enter D'Addario's new 'balanced tension' set of hex core nickel-plated stainless steel EXL170BT roundwounds. The notion of balanced tension is a good one, and D'Addario's execution is one of excellence. String-To-String balance of: volume; tone, and feel is outstanding! Consistancy to the extreme. Winding is uniform and smooth for reduced string screech.

Tone: Full & Highly Textured. One of the very tightest bottom ends I have ever heard in a roundwound. Large. Big. Huge. Vibrant. Aggressive low-mid growl. Fat meaty mids. Visiously snarling high-mids. Soaring highs that are light and airy with crystalline clarity & high definition.

Attack: with a pick = WWIII! Great Slappers. Plenty of punchy 'umph when finger plucked.

Overview: Well made. Plays in quickly. Holds tune well. Good feel. Excellent full range of tone. No annoying unmusical tin can ringy-zingy wangy-twangy clanky-wanky nonsense.
Music background: Semi-Pro Electric Bass Guitarist of 44 years.
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