IQS Bass Strings

[bass.six]

Hi all,
Anyone had any experience with IQS Nickel Strings.
Thinking of buying some off their website.
5 string set £40 delivered from Italy.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Neil

[davideuck]

I've to not recommend these strings. I'm from Italy, I contacted them for a 5 string set and some "particular" strings for my 8 string... The 5 string set was just a so so set, good for the first gig, then they were just dead, keep in mind that I usually use standard D'Addarrio exl nickel strings and there's no comparison here...
For the 8 string, I ordered a plain 0.012 and a wound 0.020 for the high F... the plain one was really disappointing, seemed a used string, the wound 0.020 was a simple guitar string with a guitar ball end, not long enough to reach the tuning key. Obviously I wrote them an accurate mail with all the details of the bass, the scale lenght... and that single high F was 6 €. So, you can understand why I can't recommend.
If you want to try other "exotic" strings you can't find in stores, I can recommend Newtone strings, I asked them a complete set for my 8 string, nickel plated, round core, those were really good.