Ernie Ball Regular Slinky Nickel Wound 5-String Electric Bass Strings 45-130 Gauge

I don't usually use Ernie Ball strings but I bought these because they were a good price and on the off chance. I was glad I did, I have to say, as an all round string for playing at home, practicing and general noodling etc, they're absolutely spot on.They have a nice bright tone but not overly clanky, they feel nice under the fingers, not too much string noise, length was good as I have a string-thru bridge, and they sound nice when playing chords over many strings.I will be buying these again when I come to replacement as I think they are not only great value, but a great string in their own right.I use Fast Fret on the strings before and after use so they have lasted a very long time and have retained quite a lot of their bright tone and playability. I would recommend that you do similar with either Fast Fret or the D'Addario Waves equivalent. You can buy oil top ups for the little pads when they go dry too which saves a few quid and keeps your strings going longer.

Amazing quality, nice and light to play with a beautiful sound!

Great string good quality and value use them all the time.

Being a bass player is a fundamentally miserable economic existence. While six-string guitarists can gleefully buy massive bulk packs of strings for the price of a mildly disappointing supermarket sandwich, those of us navigating the lower frequencies are subjected to a level of financial absurdity that defies all known logic. I purchased a single, lonely packet of these Ernie Ball 50-105 gauge strings, and the checkout demanded exactly £15.90. Nearly £16 for four lengths of wire. They are not forged from ultra-premium cobalt. They do not contain traces of meteorites, nor are they spun from rare earth elements mined by highly skilled artisans in the Swiss Alps. They are just standard, nickel-wound steel. Charging this much for a basic set of strings is like walking into a roadside cafe, ordering a plain piece of toast, and being handed a bill for a medium-sized agricultural tractor. It is sheer, unadulterated madness.​However, the deep, seething resentment regarding the purchase price begins to rapidly evaporate the moment you actually install them. I threaded these thick, bridge-cable-sized metal ropes onto my Sterling SubRay4 bass for a series of studio recordings, fully prepared to be incredibly bitter about the whole ordeal. But I must reluctantly admit, the engineering quality here is absolutely staggering. Once you wind them onto the pegs and give them a brief, aggressive stretch, they lock into tune and simply refuse to fluctuate. They hold their designated pitch with the terrifying, unyielding grip of a furious bulldog that has just clamped its jaws onto a trespasser's ankle. You can hammer away at them with a heavy plectrum, aggressively slap the absolute life out of the fretboard, and they remain resolutely, perfectly in tune for hours on end.​Then we get to the actual tone, which is nothing short of weapons-grade. When you plug the instrument in and forcefully strike the low E, it does not just produce a musical note; it initiates a localised seismic event. It delivers a colossal, rib-rattling wallop that sounds remarkably like a shipping container full of anvils being dropped onto a concrete driveway. Yet, despite this thuggish, aggressive low-end muscle, the higher notes retain a beautifully crisp, articulate metallic clank that cuts right through a dense recording mix without ever getting bogged down in the sonic mud. Furthermore, they seem to possess a remarkably unnatural lifespan. They maintain that fresh, bright zing for an absolute eternity, stubbornly resisting the dull, lifeless thud that normally plagues older bass strings after a few weeks of heavy playing.​So, you are left with a severe psychological dilemma. You are handing over an outrageously exorbitant amount of cash for a totally standard, non-magical metal alloy. But they perform so spectacularly well, last so ridiculously long, and make your instrument sound so magnificently violent, that you have absolutely no choice but to grimace, open your wallet, and buy them all over again. They are a brilliant, phenomenally expensive masterpiece....just ask for them for your birthday or something so you don't bare the brunt of the medium sized mountain of money you will need to spend.

Excellent quality

Purchased for my grandson who says these are the best

The strings do the job and are very robust. Bend very well. The colour coded ends work well for restringing. Weight is brilliant for me

Great strings, I am very happy about sound quality

They're Ernie Ball strings: definitely high quality that work well for many, many players, but what works for one may not work for another. I'd recommend trying some to see if they suit your fingers and ears; if they don't you can move on and try something different, but if they do...YOU'VE FOUND IT!!!

Prodotto di marca e garanzia di qualità .

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Sono un set “classico” pensato per chi cerca affidabilità, feel familiare e un suono bilanciato senza estremi. Si collocano nella fascia di corde versatili: abbastanza brillanti da uscire nel mix, ma con una componente di medio-basse piena che resta presente anche quando le si suona con più forza.​Tensione media: non durissime, ma neanche “spaghetti”; adatte sia a fingerstyle che a plettro, senza stancare troppo la mano destra.Il rivestimento in nickel le rende scorrevoli sotto le dita, con meno rumorini di scorrimento rispetto all’acciaio più grezzo.Attacco definito, con una brillantezza iniziale che poi si assesta su un timbro più caldo e rotondo dopo qualche ora di utilizzo.Buona presenza sulle medie, quindi il basso resta riconoscibile e leggibile anche in mix più affollati (rock, pop, funk, worship, ecc.).Non sono corde “eterne”, ma hanno una durata più che onesta per l’uso regolare: perdono un po’ di brillantezza col tempo, mantenendo però un suono ancora utilizzabile e musicale.Non essendo trattate/coated, chi ha sudore molto acido potrebbe notare un decadimento più rapido, ma restano comunque affidabili per diverse settimane di utilizzo normale.Ottime se cerchi un set standard, facile da trovare, dal comportamento prevedibile e con un rapporto qualità/prezzo corretto. Meno indicate se vuoi un un suono molto vintage e scurissimo tipo flatwound.​

Nice set of strings, good price!