Daddario ECB81-5

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Bass String Set

Flatwound
5 String Set
Gauge 45 - 065 - 080 - 100 - 132
With all the advantages of Flatwound strings and yet unusually brilliant tone

Available since January 2005

Item number 176773

Sales Unit 1 piece(s)

String gauge 045 - 132

Material Chrome

Scale Long Scale

Number of strings 5

£50

Including VAT; Excluding £10 shipping

Delivery approx. between Thursday, 5.12. and Friday, 6.12.

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Great Sounding Flats

James K. 22.01.2018

I bought these to use for more traditional styles. Strings sound great, a lot more life in them than other types of flatwounds, you can even get good harmonics and they have a good dry fundamental but still have brightness to the sound (these would be great for recording - no string noise).
I did have to make truss rod adjustments and reset the intonation as i had previously used D'addario EXL170 roundowounds on the instrument which are lower tension (D'addario always give the tension of the set on the back of the pack so you can see the tension difference in sets for yourself).
My only issue with this set of strings is the winding at the ball end on the low B was slightly messy (normal to see on most strings to be honest) and it was a little bit of a struggle to get the string sitting properly in the bridge, however knowing that most pros leave flatwounds on for months/years means i wont be changing these so often, so all in all not too much of an issue for me.

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Tough as old boots

Anonymous 15.01.2015

These were purchased to replace the skin-shredding, finger-burning, serrated-edged standard strings that came with a brand new five string fretless bass, and they certainly help the comfort of playing live ceilidh music at speed. The sound, too, is a more rounded and satisfying one.

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Makes your fretless sound like a fretless

Paulussuluap 12.05.2019

I got a pack of these to put on my new fretless. They're more expensive than roundwounds, but they seemingly last for years and more importantly, make it sound like a fretless bass! They give you that 'mwha' which you won't get with roundwounds and they will save your fretboard.

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Smooth feeling, classic sound!

Dexter M. 18.06.2014

I use these strings on my Warwick AS Steve Bailey 6 string fretless bass.

The string set comes packed in a airsealed plastic bag, so that the strings are as fresh as the day they where made in the factory.

The strings are silky smooth to the touch, slides both up and down the fretboard are easy on your fingers and most important, easy on the fretboard.

They are a pleasure to play on, they suit any kind of style in my opinion.
Both slapping and fingerstyle are no problem.

The sound is quite thumpy and well defined. They are clear in their voicing, mellow tone. They are not as warm as a round wound string (round wound strings have more "Mawwww" to them.

One word of warning with these strings, they are quite thick and they are not taperwound. Remeber to check your basses manual to see if they can fit in to the basses bridge. The "B" string fit my basses bridge with some preasure.

Remeber to intonate your bass if you change gauges and brands.
My bass didn't need any truss rod adjustments when I changed from the stock strings to the Daddario ECB81-5 Chromes. The intonation changed so I had to intonate the bass, easy setup.

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