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D'Addario XL Half Rounds Bass Guitar Strings - ENR71-6 - 6 String - Long Scale - Regular Light, 30-130

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Size: Long Scale


Style: Light, 30-130 (6-String)


Features

  • HALF ROUNDS - Half Rounds bass strings are an innovative combination of round and flat wound strings, providing benefits of both.
  • REDUCED FINGER NOISE - Pure nickel wrap wire is finished with a centerless grinding process to provide a smooth feel, reduced finger noise, and tone comparable to round wound bass strings.
  • HEX-CORE - Like all DAddario bass guitar strings, XL Half Rounds are made with our proprietary Hex-Core, ensuring perfect intonation, consistent feel, and reliable durability.
  • EARN REWARD POINTS - XL Half Rounds sets have a code on the recyclable VCI bag, which you can register to earn Players Circle points.
  • MADE IN THE USA DAddario bass strings are made in the USAdrawn to our exacting specifications at our New York production facility.

Description

Coined the “third type of string,” XL Half Rounds bass strings are an excellent medium between round wound and flat wound strings. Half Rounds have a smoother feel than round wound strings, but a fuller tone than strings that are flat wound. Made with a high carbon steel core and pure nickel wrap wire, they’re finished with a precision grinding process to provide a smooth feel and reduced finger noise, with tone that's comparable to round wound bass strings. Made for 6-string basses, this 30-130 Regular Light Long Scale set takes our most popular gauge and adds a low B-string on the bottom, as well as a high C-string on top. From the Manufacturer ENR71-6's combine the playability of common 30-130 gauged 6-string sets with the benefits of an exclusive "Half Round" manufacturing process. This set is fit for long scale basses with a string scale length of up to 36 1/4 inches.D'Addario Half Round bass strings are wound with pure nickel, then precision ground, leaving the outer surface smooth and semi-flat while retaining the flexibility of round wound strings. D'Addario's exclusive heat treating process ensures that Half Rounds retain their round wound brightness and sustain.D'Addario, the world's largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings, is known as The Players Choice with a reputation for unsurpassed quality and consistency. D'Addario's innovative packaging reduces waste and provides protection from corrosion. All D'Addario strings are manufactured in the U.S.A. using proprietary, digitally controlled, state-of-the-art machinery for unmatched performance, set after set.

Brand: D'Addario


String Gauge: .03


Color: Brown


Instrument: Bass Guitar


String Material Type: Nickel


Item Weight: 4.2 ounces


Product Dimensions: 6 x 6 x 1 inches


Country of Origin: USA


Item model number: ENR71-6


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Date First Available: July 16, 2004


Color Name: Brown


String Gauge: .03


String Material: Nickel


Number of Strings: 6


Size: Long Scale


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    • I LOVE the tone (and feel) of these (ENR71M) half round, medium scale strings on my Hofner Club bass.
Size: Medium Scale Style: Light, 45-100
Bottom Line: These strings truly do have most of the smooth playing feel of a set of flat wound strings, though not completely as smooth. (The outer winding surfaces were made as normal round wounds, then the outer surface was ground down until the surface was flat-ish.) Yet the tone of these strings retain a noticeable amount of the brightness and overtones of round wound strings. The best of both worlds on a bass if you ask me. Very Important!: These medium scale strings fit my Hofner Club bass perfectly. The heavily wound portions of the strings run from below the archtop's floating, rosewood bridge and then, just past the nut of the bass, these strings quickly taper down to where they DO fit into the holes of the guitar tuning pegs Hofner uses on its basses. The E string's taper at the top is just enough that it fits snugly into the E tuner's post hole. The other strings, of course, fit into their tuners with more ease. This bass is a joy to play, and the feel and tone of these strings have increased my enjoyment of playing it. I was given a Hofner Ignition Series Club Bass for Christmas, though I got it early. The Club bass is made in the same manner of hollow body construction as its more famous Hofner Violin or "Beatle" bass brother, only the Club bass uses the same Les Paul-ish shaped, single cutaway body as the Hofner Club guitar. The natural tone of these hollow body basses has a distinct thuddy, woody character resulting in a tone more akin to the tone of a large acoustic double bass than does any Precision or Jazz bass. These Hofner basses are 30 1/4 inch scale (15 1/8 inch from nut to center of twelfth fret) basses for which there are notoriously few choices of string sets because of the extra string length needed from the bridge to the trapeze tailpiece. I have wanted a Hofner Club bass for over twelve years (when I first laid eyes on one of these sunburst beauties being played by Kurt Smith of Tears for Fears) and I finally got one; even if it is the $350.00 Chinese version rather than the $2300.00 German original. (The bass's manufacture, finish, and workmanship are simply amazingly close to perfection! I'm truly impressed with the workmanship.) However, I really liked the sound of this Club bass with the included round wound strings. Sadly, the winding end of the factory strings were coming unwound somehow and the A string broke at the tuner, necessitating this string purchase. On my other bass I have long used a set of D'Addario ENR71 "Half Round" bass strings and love them. If the Hofner Violin and Club bass users on the bass forums are to be believed, the vast majority of new Hofner bass owners immediately on delivery remove the round wound strings installed in the factory and replace them with LaBella or other brands of flat wound strings. I guess the idea is to get as close to Paul McCartney's unique thumpy bass sound as possible. I'm different, and am loving the thumpy AND bright overtones, and feel of these D'Addario ENR71M medium scale strings on my new short scale Hofner Club Bass. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017 by MastersJA
    • Better than expected
Size: Long Scale Style: Light, 45-130 (5-String)
Better than expected. Smooth easy to play. Sound great on a short scale bass. Both acoustic and an electric. I assume regular scale will be no different.
Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2023 by ron obst
    • So Smooth and sounds Great!
Size: Long Scale Style: Light, 45-100
I'll never use any other string than these! Butter smooth on the fingers - no noise!! Not muddy like flats at all! Perfect sound for both my basses and good compliments from others when I play in church.
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023 by hobbymaster
    • Consistant quality, longevity, tone/long scale Fender fit...easy on the frets
Size: Long Scale Style: Light, 45-130 (5-String)
Cost vrs quality. Even tone & easy on the frets. Been buying for years on all my mixed basses.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2022 by Ray-dio
    • Versatile strings! Smooth and bright!
Size: Long Scale Style: Light, 45-100
I bought these with some DR Flatwound strings. I had only played round wound strings up until these. I put these on my Music Man bass first, and I must say that they felt soooo smooth compared to the other D’Addario and Ernie Ball Strings I’ve played before! They sounded very mellow compared to anything i had played before as well. I honestly regretted my decision at first. I thought they were too warm and mellow for me. But then I put my DR flats on my other bass and realized how not flat they were! The DR flats were so much smoother and deeper sounding! These strings are right in the middle of Super Slinky Ernie Ball Strings and Dr Flatwound Strings. I love them! They are exactly what I was looking for! Versatile strings for a versatile bass! I uploaded a demo video to this product, so check that out. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019 by Ty
    • Good quality from D'Addario as always
Size: Long Scale Style: Light, 45-130 (5-String)
These are easier on my fingers than rounds, and they have just about as much brightness.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024 by Logan R.
    • The pursuit of Geddy
Size: Long Scale Style: Medium, 50-105
I normally play flatwound strings, so this was a slight change for me. I've been playing bass for 20 years now, and I started out with roundwounds (Blue Steels, etc.). But when I bought my Ibanez bass (which creates a brighter and more active sound than a Fender Jazz, for example), I compensated with easier-to-play flatwound strings, which I've played with for the last ten years or more. This time I wanted a little more brightness and attack in my sound so that I could have a little more presence on stage, and that's what I got. We play a lot of Rush, Yes, U2, Pink Floyd, etc., so these strings added just what I wanted. The only "problem" was that it took a week or so for my fingers to adjust because they no longer slide as easily as they did on flatwound strings. So this means that the callouses and frets will wear just a little bit more (though certainly not nearly as much as with roundwounds), and my fingers have to move a little extra to compensate for not being able to slide without creating string noise, but it wasn't that big of a deal. Now, I understand that my setup is nothing like what Geddy plays. So I already know, of course, that I'm playing different strings (no Rush pun intended) than he plays. However, the combination of my strings and bass create a sound that is very similar to his, and that's what matters. Overall, I really like the strings. In the end, these halfwounds are just a tweak and an experiment with my sound that happened to turn out well for me. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2010 by Pigpen
    • Made the bass sound much better
Size: Long Scale Style: Super Light, 40-95
Easy to use
Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2023 by Amazon Customer

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