Product Dimensions | 16.64 x 15.24 x 1.65 cm; 113.4 g |
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Item model number | EXL160 |
Back material | Basswood |
Colour Name | Medium - Long Scale | EXL160 |
Scale length | Long Scale |
String Gauge | .05 |
String Material | Nickel |
Number of strings | 5 |
Size | Item Package Quantity: 1 |
Item Weight | 113 g |
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D'Addario EXL160 Nickel Wound Bass Guitar Strings - Medium 50-105, Long Scale
Brand | D'Addario |
String gauge | .05 |
Colour | Medium - Long Scale | EXL160 |
Instrument | Bass Guitar |
String material type | Nickel |
Finish type | Polished |
Coating description | coated |
Recommended uses for product | Bass Guitar |
Global Trade Identification Number | 00199541512490, 00019954151249 |
UPC | 199541512490 019954151249 811501002031 |
About this item
- 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 D’Addario 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 USA—drawn to our exacting specifications at our New York production facility.
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ASIN | B000EEHDM0 |
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Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #2,530 in Musical Instruments, Stage & Studio (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments, Stage & Studio) #45 in Electric Guitar Strings |
Date First Available | Aug. 6 2012 |
Manufacturer | D'Addario |
Place of Business | FARMINGDALE, NY, 11735 US |
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D'Addario EXL160 Nickel Wound Bass Guitar Strings - Medium 50-105, Long Scale
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Amazon.ca Product Description
D'Addario XL Nickel 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 computer-controlled machines, ensuring each string has excellent into nation, clear fundamentals, and unparalleled consistency. The nickelplated steel wrap wire is known for it's distinctive bright tone and excellent intonation and delivers a universally appealing tone for all playing styles.
From the Manufacturer
EXL160, D’Addario’s top-selling heavy bass string set, provides the ideal combination of strong overall fundamentals with distinctive brightness and booming, tight lows. Fits basses with a string scale length of up to 36 1/4 inches and a good choice for players looking to down tune.
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.
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Playback
Playback is D’Addario’s industry-wide string recycling program. Did you know that musical instrument strings are not recycled through municipal recycling programs? Recycle your strings through Players Circle using the free shipping label in your profile.
D’Addario XL Electric Bass Strings
XL Electric Bass Strings are precision-wound on D’Addario’s own digitally-controlled machines, ensuring each string has excellent intonation, clear fundamentals, and unparalleled consistency. With a variety of options in materials, gauges, and set sizes, D’Addario makes a bass string suitable for any playing style.
The selection of XL electric bass strings include:
- XL ProSteels
- XL Nickel Wound
- XL Coated Nickel
- XL Half Rounds
- XL Chromes
- XL Nylon Tapewound
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XL Prosteels - Super Bright, High Output ProSteels are D'Addario's brightest, punchiest bass strings. Stainless steel wrap wire delivers a harmonically rich, brilliant high-end coupled with deep, tight lows that work in tandem to create the coveted "Piano tone" that bass players crave. Great for articulate fingering and aggressive picking, ProSteels deliver the extra edge and punch you need to cut through the mix. |
XL Nickel Wound - Bright, Perfect for Every Playing Style D'Addario XL Nickel Wound electric bass strings are hailed as "The Player's Choice" amongst bass players of all genres and styles. All XL bass strings are precision wound on our state-of-the-art, digitally-controlled machines, ensuring each string has excellent intonation, clear fundamentals, and unparalleled consistency. Each string is wound with a nickel plated steel wrap wire known for distinctive bright tone with high magnetic output, delivering a universally appealing and versatile tone for all playing styles. |
XL Coated Nickel - Bright, Coated for Long Lasting Tone & Lifespan D'Addario EXP Coated Nickel strings are full-sounding, long-lasting strings that are designed to endure. EXP coated bass strings start with high quality nickel plated steel wrap wire, micro-coated for enhanced corrosion resistance and extended lifespan. This coated wire is wound over a hex-shaped, high carbon steel core, delivering the tone and sustain that our uncoated XL bass strings are known for. |
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XL Half Rounds - Smooth Feel Without Compromising Bright Tone D'Addario Half Round bass strings are wound with pure nickel, then precision ground, leaving the outer surface smooth and semi-flat while retaining the flexibility of round wound strings. D'Addario's exclusive heat treating process ensures that Half Rounds retain their round wound brightness and sustain. |
XL Chromes - Flatwound, Deep and Rich Tone D'Addario Chromes Bass strings are wound with flattened stainless steel ribbon wire that is polished to an incredibly smooth surface. Delivering a distinctive damped but tone-rich sound that only flat winding can produce, D'Addario Chromes are the world's most popular flat wound strings for electric bass. |
XL Nylon Tapewound - Tapewound, Deep Tone & Smooth Feel Designed to produce a deep, warm tone with smooth feel, D’Addario Tapewound Bass strings are wound using a flattened black nylon that is polished to a smooth finish. These long-lasting, well-balanced strings are expertly engineered to provide optimal tension and are gauged to fit properly on standard bass saddles and nuts. Tapewounds may be used on fretted or fretless basses and deliver a vintage tone ranging from the thump of an upright bass to the focused depth of traditional flatwound strings. |
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XL ProSteels | XL Nickel Wound | XL EXP Coated Nickel | XL Half Rounds | XL Chromes | XL Tapewounds | |
Customer Reviews |
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Tone | Super Bright | Bright | Bright | Warm | Warm | Warm |
Wrap Wire Alloy | Stainless Steel | Nickel Plated Steel | Coated Nickel Plated Steel | Pure Nickel | Flattened Stainless Steel | Flattened Black Nylon |
Construction | Round Wound | Round Wound | Round Wound | Half Round | Flatwound | Tapewound |
Coating | Uncoated | Uncoated | Coated | Uncoated | Uncoated | Uncoated |
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Durability | 4.3 | 4.8 | — | — | 4.3 | — |
Value for money | 4.0 | 4.5 | — | — | 4.6 | — |
Longevity | 3.4 | 4.7 | — | — | 4.5 | — |
Sold by | — | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca | Amazon.ca |
instrument | Bass Guitar | Bass Guitar | Bass Guitar | Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar | Bass Guitar | Bass Guitar |
string material | Nickel | Nickel-Plated | Nickel Steel | — | Nickel Steel | Nickel Steel |
string gauge | 0.05 | .045 - .105 | Medium | Custom | Medium | Medium |
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I noticed the biggest difference was with chords. While bass chords aren't as common, Chords on these strings sound amazing.
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