Kalium Steel Bass Standard .148″ Balanced Five String Set

Added by taketwo
Create date Aug 5, 2022

Balanced tension 5-string set in Stainless Steel

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Item details

Guages: 148 - 110 - 82 - 61 - 45

Price: 45 USD

Features: Balanced tension
Stainless Steel
Tapered

Kalium Standard Length Bass Strings are Designed for 34-35” Scale Lengths (32-33” Through-body). Kaliums are Tapered at Both Ends - at the Ball End for Clarity and Definition, and at 37 1/8” to Fit Into Your Tuning Machine.

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taketwo
5.00 star(s)
Aug 5, 2022

Sound: 5.00 star(s)

Build Quality: 5.00 star(s)

Features: 5.00 star(s)

Feel: 4.00 star(s)

Value: 5.00 star(s)

Pros

Even tension and feel across strings
Taper means no nut slot adjustment needed

Cons

Very, very zingy when new

These strings *just* fit on a 35" scale neck. The taper at the bridge was right at the saddle, and the taper at the nut meant I did not need to alter the nut to fit the .148 B string.

The tension is about 49lbs per string, and feels very even across the strings. They have a lot of output and lots of harmonics. On the flipside, the tension and brightness means they have a *lot* of zing when new, which was hard to handle. They are mellowing out, and using some FastFret helped them break in and be a little less noisy. No issue with holding tuning.