D'Addario XL ProSteels Bass Strings EPS165-5, 45-135, 5-String | Bright Punch & Tight Lows

• Bright and Durable: Our brightest bass guitar string, XL ProSteels are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and reliable durability
• Rich Highs, Tight Lows: Stainless steel wrap wire produces enhanced interaction with magnetic pickups, offering a palette of harmonically rich, brilliantly penetrating highs, combined with pronounced, tight-and-tough lows
• Strings for Every Style: From jazz to metal to rock, bluegrass, blues, folk and more, we make great sounding strings for every genre and level from beginner to pro, including strings for bass, acoustic, classical, and 12-string
• Sound Better, Play Better: Shop our whole collection of guitar accessories including string winders, picks, straps, capos, tuners, cables, gear bags and cases, plus strings for banjo, mandolin, ukelele and more
• Made in the USA: As the world’s largest and most respected maker of musical accessories, D’Addario strings are made to exacting specifications at our cutting edge New York production facility

• Prepare Your Bass — Remove the old strings carefully. Clean the fretboard and bridge area to ensure a clean surface for the new strings. Ensure your bass is tuned to standard pitch or your preferred tuning.
• Install New Strings — Thread each new string through the bridge and secure the ball-end. Gently pull the string taut and begin winding it onto the tuning post. Wind evenly, ensuring the string sits correctly in the nut slot.
• Tune and Stretch — Tune the strings to pitch. As you tune, gently stretch each string by pulling it away from the fretboard and retuning. Repeat this process several times until the strings hold their tuning reliably.
• Final Tuning and Play — Once tuned and stretched, play the strings to settle them. Retune as necessary. Allow a few hours for the strings to fully stabilize, especially if you've changed gauges significantly.

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