Electric Bass Guitar Strings - EXL160BT 50-120 - Nickel Wound Bass Strings - For Bass Guitar 4 String - Balanced Tension Medium

I decided to use these strings when the old ones on my Ibanez SR 700 wore out. Once they were on I started playing and they sounded awful. Rattling and buzzing in all the wrong places. Took me a while to realise that these strings have a quite different tension profile to any other strings I have used. So for the very first time I adjusted the truss rod tension. Just loosened it an eighth turn and raised each bridge saddle a half turn. The guitar now plays like a dream. I love the tone these strings give. I would confidently say that I consider them to be the best round wound strings I have used so far - and I include other ddarrio strings in that.

I needed to fit some nice bright strings to a new bass I was given but as I normally use flatwounds the thought of heavy nickel strings made my wrists hurt just thinking about it. Read all the info about these strings and thought ok, will give them a try but didn't hold out much hope of them being as evenly balanced and easy to play. Also may bass has a thick "C" neck and is 42mm at the nut. Wow! Will say it again Wow! They really are beautifully balanced across the fretboard. So easy to play & a joy to play! I never review anything normally but D'Addario have made a great set of strings. Also my wrists are happy as well (they tend to suffer from overuse when the wife has a headache)

Didn't take long to get used to the slightly different gauges than a typical 45-105 set. I like these a lot.

Slappa da Bass! Awesome strings. Feel great, balanced tension is excellent. They are now my 'go to' string of choice.

Seriously, I’ve been through standard Rotosound, Elites, Ernie Ball, LaBella etc - all a waste of time. Balanced tension is where it’s at. Everyone is different but for me it works...it’s just simply easier to play the bass. I use this gauge on a P Bass & Stingray using the lighter (green) balanced tension set on a Rick and I’m not going to change until they stop making them.

Bought for Bass player in my band. Generally happy, but found the low E a bit hard on her fingers. Blisters after a heavy gig! Now used to gauge.

If you haven't tried a balanced tension set I really recommend you do. No longer do you have an A and D much stiffer than your G and a mushy E, all the strings are the same tension and need a similar amount of force to play, either with a pick, fingerstile or slapping, so getting consitent levels is much easier and overall the whole set feels nice rather than choosing a set for a few stings feeling good or a compromise.

Good product.