D’Addario EXL156 Nickel Wound Electric Guitar/Nickel Wound Bass Strings, Fender Nickel Wound Bass VI, 24-84
Your Strings Matter.
D’Addario’s XL Nickel Wound electric guitar strings are engineered to serve as the critical link between you and your guitar. XL’s are precision wound with highly magnetic nickel-plated steel to exacting specifications, resulting in strings with long lasting, distinctive bright tone, and excellent intonation. Ideal for the widest variety of guitars and musical styles, XL’s are the choice of countless professionals around the world.
Round Wound
The most popular and universal construction, Round Wound strings deliver the traditional textured feel most players are familiar and comfortable with.
Nickel-plated Steel
Renowned for their distinctive, bright tone, XL nickel-plated steel is the industry standard for many genres and playing styles.
Hex Core
D’Addario Nickel Wound strings are wound with nickelplated steel onto a carefully drawn, hexagonally shaped, high carbon steel core. A high carbon steel alloy that is six-sided in cross section. When usedas the core or “center†of a musical string, the 6 edge points firmly grip every turn of the wrapwire, ensuring a tight wrap and longer-lasting string.
View larger The D’Addario Difference
It all starts with our exclusively engineered and built string winding machines. There is literally nothing like a D’Addario string machine. The combination of the most advanced computer-controlled winding technology and stringent incoming wire inspection delivers unmatched consistency, string after string, set after set. Every D’Addario string is made in the USA, ensuring the highest quality and performance.
String alloys have a dramatic impact on your tone, feel and string life. D’Addario’s diverse selection of electric string alloys include:
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Product Features
- Designed for the Fender Bass VI
- Constructed with guitar sized ball ends for tailpiece compatibility
- Round wound with nickel-plated steel for a distinctive bright tone with clear fundamentals
- Made in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance
- String Gauges: Nickel Wound .024, .034, .044, .056, .072, .084
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Perfect for all current Fender and Squier Bass VI models! I own a 2013 limited edition Fender Bass VI as well as a 2013 Squier Bass VI. I will own the Fender Pawn Shop Bass VI soon as well, and these are the same strings (D’Addario) that my limited edition came from the factory with, and the same gauge strings the Squier came equipped with, and the same gauge the Pawn Shop model uses. While they are a lighter gauge series than the original Fender Bass VI strings of the past (those had a range of . 025-.095), again, this set contains the gauge series…
This is almost a great set for a Bass VI
So, one of the first tings people will say about upgrading a Squire Bass VI is to change the strings to a higher gauge. These strings are the same gauge as the stock strings, but the higher string tension significantly improved the playing and bridge stability of the Squire. You can get custom sets of higher gauge strings, but these definitely do the trick. I have been playing XL’s on all of my basses for a few years now, and I cannot recommend them enough. High quality, long lasting, and they…