Description
If your fingers hate roundwounds and your ears crave that vintage, upright-adjacent growl, Chromes are the answer. D’Addario builds these with a flattened stainless steel “ribbon” wire, then polishes it down until there’s no zing left — just a glassy-smooth surface that glides under your hand and lets you slide without the squeak.
Tonally, Chromes sit deep and mellow. Less top-end sizzle, more woody thump — the kind of low end that disappears into a mix in the best way possible, sitting under a jazz combo or laying the foundation for R&B and soul lines. Plenty of pop players reach for these too when they want a rounder, more vintage voice instead of the usual bright attack.
This set is built for long scale basses, covering up to a 36 1/4″ scale length, so check your instrument before ordering. Gauges run .045, .065, .080, .100 — a standard medium set that balances tension and playability without fighting your setup.
- D’Addario’s best-selling flatwound bass set
- Ribbon wound and polished for a smooth, low-friction feel
- Warm, dark, mellow tone suited to jazz, R&B, and pop
- Fits long scale basses up to 36 1/4″ scale length
- Made in the U.S.A. on D’Addario’s precision machinery
- Gauges: .045, .065, .080, .100
Every set comes from D’Addario’s U.S. production line, built for the kind of consistency that lets you buy the same strings gig after gig and know exactly what you’re getting.
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