Description
The EPS170-5 extends D’Addario’s best-selling ProSteels formula to 5-string players, adding a .130 low B string to the brand’s most magnetic, brightest-sounding bass alloy. That steel construction produces the harmonically dense, piano-like voice steel-string players chase — crisp, cutting highs balanced against low end that stays focused rather than muddy.
- Whether you dig in with a pick or work fingerstyle, the wound strings respond with clarity and bite, giving each note enough edge to sit forward in a mix without sounding harsh.
- Designed for long scale instruments, the set accommodates bass scale lengths up to 36 1/4 inches, so it’s a straightforward fit for most standard 5-string basses.
- Gauges run .045, .065, .080, .100, and .130, wound throughout for consistent tension and tone across the set.
- Every string is manufactured in the U.S.A. on D’Addario’s digitally controlled production equipment, with packaging engineered to cut down on waste and guard against corrosion before the set ever reaches your bass.
As the world’s largest string manufacturer, D’Addario has built its reputation on repeatable, set-after-set consistency — the EPS170-5 is that same ProSteels formula, just extended to cover the low B players need on a 5-string setup.
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