What other strings do I need to use this .160?

[Low End Scum]

Heyo TB String Experts! So my guitarist in an originals project wants to play in drop G# and for me to use a fiver. Its all early days but I did recently get a 5. He picked up a .160 gauge low end string ordered at the local mom and pop shop.

I'm all game to try this hair brained scheme of his but am figuring that I need the other 4 strings to be thicker gauge than your standard 5 string pack so its not anemic/uneven on the other strings.

Can you recommend what thickness or gauge the other 4 strings should be on a 5 string bass with a .160 in the low end spot?

 

[HaphAsSard]

Heyo TB String Experts! So my guitarist in an originals project wants to play in drop G# and for me to use a fiver. Its all early days but I did recently get a 5. He picked up a .160 gauge low end string ordered at the local mom and pop shop.

I'm all game to try this hair brained scheme of his but am figuring that I need the other 4 strings to be thicker gauge than your standard 5 string pack so its not anemic/uneven on the other strings.

Can you recommend what thickness or gauge the other 4 strings should be on a 5 string bass with a .160 in the low end spot?

For equal tension (or near so: what follows assumes proportional construction, which is not necessarily the case, but never too distant from it),
a string tuned up a perfect fifth from a given one must have 2/3 its diameter; one tuned a perfect fourth, 3/4 the gauge.

IOW, 160 - 107 - 80 - 60 - 45.
The D'Addario EXL170BT set has exactly the missing gauges:
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Or adjust to taste.

 

[Low End Scum]

For equal tension (or near so: what follows assumes proportional construction, which is not necessarily the case, but never too distant from it),
a string tuned up a perfect fifth from a given one must have 2/3 its diameter; one tuned a perfect fourth, 3/4 the gauge.

IOW, 160 - 107 - 80 - 60 - 45.
The D'Addario EXL170BT set has exactly the missing gauges:
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Or adjust to taste.

Thank you so much HaphAsSard, and hopefully it'll all be pretty equal with that as I think these customs are D'Addario as well!

 

[HaphAsSard]

Thank you so much HaphAsSard, and hopefully it'll all be pretty equal with that as I think these customs are D'Addario as well!

Once you've given it a fair spin, let us know how you like the assembled set!

 

[Low End Scum]

Once you've given it a fair spin, let us know how you like the assembled set!

Will do, ordered this AM