Ibanez IEBS6C 6-String Nickel Bass Guitar Strings - Light Top Medium Bottom, Silver

I needed to restring my Ibanez EHB1506MS and searched to see if Ibanez did strings. I found these online and for the price I thought that I may as well give them a shot. So far so good is all I can say. They are comfortable bright and punchy, they help the bass cut through the mix and have improved the sound of my bass according to my band mates. It's a bit early to comment on the longevity as they are still quite new. But it's several rehearsal sessions and gigs since being fitted and they are holding up well.

Love these strings. I have tried dozens of strings over the years and frankly, with the possible exception of Elixir which are super pricey and until they invent a new metal, they are all similar. These strings look bright and despite being coated they sound bright. Can't comment on the longevity yet but so far no degradation in their performance. Good sustain and punchy. I can get a great acoustic sound too so quite versatile. I bought an Ibenez Les Paul 45 years ago and it's still going strong. So whoever actually manufactures these, I have great confidence in their products.

Ibanez are a great company, they make some absolutely brilliant guitars and bases and although these strings are well packaged in lovely packaging and nice and securely sealed in the plastic they are far too short to fit my six-string base. so I have wasted my money and Amazon will not print my review due to the political correctness. So two , summarise you're getting some lovely shiny new strings in a lovely packaging that you could have in a frame on the wall and just look at them because that's all they're good for because they will not fit your six string base .

Unfortunately I found two issues with these strings, a weird smell and rust (?) developing over time - never had a set of strings rusting? Back to my costly Elixyr now...

Nice tone feel and balance across all the strings. Excellent value compared to more expensive rivals

I have no idea why these other users have given these strings 5 stars, I guess Amazon want to promote them as they are 'Amazon's choice' I bought them as they were cheap and I thought it would be worth a go. I use my bass about 3 times a week and within one week of putting these strings on they had completely corroded down to the copper. You know that nice spangly sound you get when you put on new strings? Well these don't have that, they are muddy immediately, awful tone, the corrosion I mentioned before means the strings feel sticky and rough, so much so that it affects the playing. Just steer clear of these, do yourself a favour and get some Elixhirs. Even Ernie Balls are better than these.

black grease on strings! why?

Sonido desbalanceado, sustain pobre, durabilidad deficiente, se oxidan y pierden el baño de niquel. Pésima relación costo/calidad.

Good

Si compras esto, saber que es lo que estas comprando.

Nice kinda bright and warm at the same time. Sounds great on a long scale six string Bass. Will definitely buy again.

...penso dipenda dalle caratteristiche della mia pelle ma le corde mi si "impastano"molto velocemente perdendo la caratteristica metallica che a me piace... Succede anche con quelle molto costose per cui mi conviene cambiarle spesso. Queste (da nuove) fanno egregiamente il loro lavoro e durano un po' meno ma non la metà del tempo... pur costando molto meno della metà.