Daddario ETB92 5-stars Reviews

Perfect set

I bought this set of strings more out of curiosity than out of necessity. when I started playing, a thousand years ago, I started with a bass that had nylon tapewound strings. I noticed this product and thought I'd give it a try. Nice surprise, the strings give a full, deep and warm sound, plus they are soft under the fingers! No hassles and you can play for hours without getting tired. I think at least one of my basses will mount this set forever.

Smooth as Silk

I bought these strings for a vintage P-Bass and i just love the feel they provide. As a poly instrumentalist i'm also grateful for the fact that i can now play for extended periods without any pain or discomfort.

As to the sound they're not as "vintage" sounding as i expected but i can take steps to correct that, as i have a very good amplifier with excellent equalization possibilities.

The one thing i did not expect is the fact that,in my case at least, these strings have a bit of hum compared to regular strings. I suspect this is due to being covered by nylon material - your hands don't touch metal on the strings.

Pros: Very musical, very comfortable

Cons: More Hum (In my case - passive P-Bass)

As expected!

Great strings, a bit pricey but great.

Amazing

The feel is amazing, everything about it is amazing if you love flatwound and more low end sounds

Clarity, growl and playability

PROs: great sound that combines the growl of roundwounds with the clarity of flatwounds. On top, the nilon cover helps a lot with playability...no slipping fingers.

CONs: only a minor one...they come with a blue clothing at the two ends that may or may not fit the bass finish.

Livened up my Dean Edge fretless

Thought I would try these on my fretless, replacing a set of flatwounds as I was trying to get more of an acoustic sound. They are very nice to play, easy on the fingers and gave me the clearer sound I was looking for. Would recommend as they definitely give you something different.

Mellow but not dark

I played this set on old but trusty Ibanez PJ Roadstar and Yamaha BB 604. And every time the result is heaven for me. No metal buzz, it is very forgiving to hands technique. Mellow but not dull and dark tone. Very pleasant touch. Black color looks cool. Easy to clean. But the install the set very carefully -- it is easy the break nylon wound as you get string through the bridge.

Nylon tapewounds rock!

I bought these for a fretless Ibanez SRF700 Portamento.

As it has a very sensitive, microphonic Piezo element in the bridge, it picks up a lot of string noise. The "soft" nylonwound external of the string provides a smooth, slick playing surface, and the steel core provides a lot of clarify!

I play a lot of harmonics, and if you crank open the bridge pickup and the piezo, it really sings as a fretless should.

The neck-through construction of the bass is good for sustain, and makes up for the slightly shorter sustain of the strings. They do not lack in sustain for fretted guitars, and bolt-on necks, but for a fretless you sometimes go into "ambient" stuff, and then you need clear, long sustain.

On a fretless you don't get a lot of wear on the strings, but on a fretted bass I suspect the lifetime of the strings will be a lot less, due to the softer windings.

They're also a lot kinder on your fretboard than steel/nickel strings (even if they're flatwound!).

These are a very strong competition for the LaBella nylons.

Give them a try!

Excellent strings for acoustic fretless

I bought these strings for my HB acoustic fretless bass. I had a feeling that metal strings were ruining the fretboard too much, and now i am happy that i did. Sound is not the most beautiful imaginable, but it's still very good, and the feel under my fingers is awesome. They feel satin smooth. I would highly recommend them for acoustic fretless basses, but i have no idea how would they sound on e-bass.

As far as tuning go, they are very easy to tune, and hold it very good. They can go for three or four days without tuning.

I bought these strings for an acoustic bass. Very nice feeling when playing (in my opinion much better than the bronze strings). In relation to sound/tone these strings do the job advertised - mellow/warm tone. I recommend.

Great surprise

I was curious to see how these would sound on my G&L ASAT bass which has very hot pickups, even in passive mode. These add a lovely smooth feel to the bass and the tone is great. More similar to flats than rounds but perhaps with a bit more zing than my other flats. Great buy.

Very special, but very cool for retro sounds

Put that on my Hohner P-Bass copy for a smooth vintage retro sound. It was kind of an experiment and it worked fine. I love the sound. Very warm and smooth, fat rich bass but not too boomy and still enough highs to work with. In combination with the passive tone control... incredible.

It provides lots of great sounds and massive fun to play on. The smooth silky feel of the strings' surface invites to play endlessly. Love it!

Recommended it to some fellow musicians, they were deeply impressed and bought it also.

Special hint: try it with a pick! Great for rocking eighths! And perhaps a little dose of overdrive.

Very nice strings for a fair price.

String Fellows !

There's always something you need for a guitar, and thats DECENT strings, nothing worse than worn out flunkies, so make sure you sound right and feel good and get these, you wont regret it.