Stainless steel strings for a 5

SuperSnake2012 · #1 08-31-2007, 02:49 AM

I was thinking about buying D'Addario ProSteels (45-130) for my 5 string, I bought this 5 string on eBay and it has light gauge strings and they are too light for my taste (B string especially). Are these good strings for my 5er? I'm looking for a tight string with strong mids.

There is another set of D'Addarios that has a .105 E string (which I prefer over the 100 in the other set) but has .135 B. Is that too heavy? What do most people like for their Bs?

Nikoubis · #2 08-31-2007, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by SuperSnake2012

I was thinking about buying D'Addario ProSteels (45-130) for my 5 string, I bought this 5 string on eBay and it has light gauge strings and they are too light for my taste (B string especially). Are these good strings for my 5er? I'm looking for a tight string with strong mids.

There is another set of D'Addarios that has a .105 E string (which I prefer over the 100 in the other set) but has .135 B. Is that too heavy? What do most people like for their Bs?

I use DR sunbeams with a .105 E and a .125 B. No problems here. If you want mids you may want to try nickel rather than steel.