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Your cart is empty.XLB160 is a .160 gauge nickel wound bass guitar string. Perfect as a replacement string or for creating custom sets. Part of the D'Addario XL Nickel Wound string series. D'Addario XL Nickel Wound Electric Bass strings are world-renowned as -Inch The Player's Choice-Inch 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 nickel-plated 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, environmentally friendly 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.
TSTS
September 5, 2025
Bright, and excellent if building your own set or just need one string.
P.R. Greywich
August 11, 2025
I use this on a passive 34" scale 5-string tuned either F#BEAD or EBEAD and it holds pitch wonderfully.I did not have to file out my bridge to accomodate the extra width, but the nut slot was a touch thin. This will vary from bass to bass, however.There are sets for tuning this low available with a .175" string, but depending on your style of music and your string touch, .160" may do fine for you. I am a finger-style player almost 100% of the time, with a mostly light attack... works for me. I would suggest trying this string first, given that this is an option to add to another set, so experimenting with a lower cost SINGLE string might work out better for you than buying one of the more expensive sets with the .175" in it, although those will already be balanced across strings.If you do choose this one, D'Addario has a set also nickel-wound that starts at a .120" that pairs well.
Charles Bauman
June 13, 2025
Considerably brightens up the tone of the #5 B string on my bass. Using Rotosound 66 for the other 4. The Guage is way thicker so a bit weird there but doesn't feel awkward while playing and keeps the tone of the strings more uniform
Julian Rouse
May 30, 2025
This was a perfect match to my factory installed string on my LTD AP-5. I detune the low B to a low A and needed to get the floppiness under control. This did it!
Baran K.
May 11, 2025
I had doubts if 0.160 would intonate properly or not. But I came to the realization that intonation is much smoother if the string has proper tension. I was using a 0.145 for A0 before. It was kinda floppy and more difficult to intonate. 0.160 is just perfect for that low A. I use it on an SR500, a four string 34" scale.
Kathleen Sadowski
April 28, 2025
I put this onto my 10 string bass as a harmony string for my Low B. My bass is a 34 inch scale and the end taper didn't reach the nut. It is about 1 inch too short. So, long scale is kind of a misleading statement with this string. If you have a standard J or P bass that is NOT strung through the body, this should be just ok. However, once you go to a long scale like 35 inches or a string thru body, don't get this string. It is too short.
Ian Wilmot
March 24, 2025
I play bass in a Progressive metal band and we tune fairly low(Drop Ab)I have a bass with a 35" scale, but even with that extra length most 5 string bass sets aren't heavy enough to handle a Ab for the 5th stringI used to use a set with a .135 for the 5th, but it just barely held the note and was extremely muddy and dull due to how low the tension was.With this string it easily holds the note and stays in tune well, as well as having great tone and tension even when tuned down to Ab.Be warned though, you don't want to use this to tune to a B, because the tension would be ridiculously high and might warp your neck.You also will have to modify your nut due to how wide the string is.
Denis Jose Cheng
March 20, 2025
great for drop G# on a 34'' 5 strings bass
Kelvin Nunes Oliveira
March 18, 2025
Ótima qualidade.
MIKEL
March 16, 2025
Muy buena para afinar en EADGC
Alvaro1976
February 8, 2025
correctas sin problema
Client d'
February 7, 2025
C'est une bonne corde.Je l'utilise pour accorder ma basse en DO (elle a un diapason long), parfait pour moi.
Jose Luis Orozco Millet
December 30, 2024
Excelente producto, tal y como dice la descripcion, 100% recomendable, cumplio con todas las espectativas marcadas, llego antes de lo previsto!!
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