D'Addario EXL160 Nickel Wound Bass Guitar Strings, Medium, 50-105, Long Scale

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D'Addario EXL160 Nickel Wound Bass Guitar Strings, Medium, 50-105, Long Scale

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

The d’addario exl280s have a bright, barking tone, which are well suited to use with my trace elliot elf rig. The 30' scale makes chords very comfortable and the sound is very distinctly different from a guitar, i'd say much rounder.

Tuned an octave above the standard range of the bass, when installed, your instrument assumes a more complementary, contrapuntal role.

These d'addario medium lights are livelier sounding and bright but without the raspiness of the dr pure blues. They are also extremely responsive for slap, tap and hammer ons/offs. They have the right level of brightness and punch, feel great, and i u... Read More

I have them on my short scale sterling stingray and they sound great! Used to break strings all the time, haven't broken one since switching 5 years ago. First was ernie ball regular slinky short scale. Now i'm using the balanced tension 4 string set ... Read More

Hands down for d'addario for keeping improving the quality of their strings. Price enables me to refresh my strings more often. The only downside is that.

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Quality

Overall very satisfied with the product, if you intend to have a bass with these strings most or all of the time i reccomend ha... Read More

Hands down for d'addario for keeping improving the quality of their strings.

If you’re looking for outstanding quality though- just know to wound the strings at least three times around the tuning peg and... Read More

I was actually considering replacing the g and d for the .

Price

If you want a bright sound, for a low price, they're fantastic.

The price enables me to refresh my strings more often.

Packaging/appearance

Great tone right out of the package.

Right out of the box they are among my favorite sets of 6-string bass strings.

Competitiveness

They are everywhere and they are inexpensive compared to other comparable strings.

The best bass strings on the market at a fair price.

Overview

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bass, great, set, good and bright.

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Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 8,229 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 24 2023.