Helderius Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) Hi, Need help on this. I want to put new strings on a new Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass 5 I am thinking of putting on some 0.40 because I do not like very tense strings [color=#222222]I'm undecided[/color][color=#222222] on [/color][size=4]Daddario EPS 220 or Daddario EXL 220[/size] Would like to know your views on major differences in these string. Cheers Hélder Luís Edited March 23, 2015 by Helderius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molan Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 (edited) These are D'Addario's standard steel (EPS) and nickel (EXL) strings so the principal differences are going to be that steel will be a bit brighter and snappier whilst the nickels will be warmer and rounder. Steels are a little harsher on your fingers but if you play regularly then you'll soon get used to that. Quite often nickels tend to have a little less tension than steels but D'Addario, very helpfully, list set tensions and they say he EPS220's are lower than the EXL. Not by much but might help if you like to bend strings a lot Both sets are relatively low tension of course because of the light gauges. If you want to go really light then the 180 sets drop the G and D strings even lighter whilst keeping the E and A the same as the 220's Edited March 23, 2015 by molan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helderius Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 [quote name='molan' timestamp='1427135888' post='2726278'] These are D'Addario's standard steel (EPS) and nickel (EXL) strings so the principal differences are going to be that steel will be a bit brighter and snappier whilst the nickels will be warmer and rounder. Steels are a little harsher on your fingers but if you play regularly then you'll soon get used to that. Quite often nickels tend to have a little less tension than steels but D'Addario, very helpfully, list set tensions and they say he EPS220's are lower than the EXL. Not by much but might help if you like to bend strings a lot Both sets are relatively low tension of course because of the light gauges. If you want to go really light then the 180 sets drop the G and D strings even lighter whilst keeping the E and A the same as the 220's [/quote] Thank you for your feedback, I will try EXL200 and later I let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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