D'Addario - 45-100 Regular Light Long Scale 8-String Bass Strings - EXL170-8

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D'Addario - 45-100 Regular Light Long Scale 8-String Bass Strings - EXL170-8

Vendor: D'Addario

Type: Strings

SKU: DAD-EXL170-8

$51.99

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XL Nickel are the industry standard in electric bass strings. With their clear fundamentals, booming tight lows, and reliable D’Addario construction, they’re trusted by players everywhere to handle any performance. XL Nickel bass strings are made with a high carbon steel core and wound with nickel-plated steel wrap wire, for consistently bright tone and smooth playability, great for a wide variety of bass styles. Made for 8-string basses, this 45-100 Regular Light set takes our most popular bass gauge and adds octave strings.

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XL Nickel Wound, D'Addario's most popular guitar strings, are precision wound with nickel plated steel onto a carefully drawn, hexagonally shaped, high carbon steel core. The result—strings with long lasting, distinctive, bright tone and excellent intonation—is ideal for the widest variety of guitars and musical styles.

PRODUCT SPECS

Coating: Uncoated
Number Of Strings: 8
Scale Length: Long
Set Type: Sets
Wrap Material: Nickel-Plated Steel

PRODUCT FEATURES

Our best-selling electric bass strings, revered by players for their reliable performance and versatile tone.
Nickel-plated steel wrap wire provides a bright, tight bass sound, great for a variety of musical genres.
Like all D’Addario bass strings, XL Nickel are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and powerful durability.
XL Nickel bass sets have a code on the recyclable VCI bag, which you can register to earn Players Circle points.
XL Nickel bass guitar strings are made in the USA—drawn to our exacting specifications at our New York production facility.

STRING TENSION CHART

ITEM #	NOTE	DIAMETER	TENSION
XLB045	G	0.045 in	19.29 kgs
XLB018P	G	0.018	14.99
XLB065	D	0.065	21.93
XLB028W	D	0.028	17.45
XLB080	A	0.080	18.17
XLB040	A	0.040	18.53
XLB100	E	0.100	15.75
XLB050	E	0.050	16.13