Adding these Pyramid Gold bass guitar strings to your instrument will be like stepping into a musical time machine. Pyramid Gold Polished Chrome Pure Nickel Flat Wound strings for bass guitar take you back to the bass sound of the 1950s and 1960s. Their flat-wound design reduces finger noise and provides lower action than round-wound strings while emphasizing a warmer, richer tone. This set is the light-tension short scale with a hex core and gauges 40 to 100.
The Original Pyramid Bass Strings
Pyramid flatwound bass strings were created in 1956 for the debut of the Hofner 500/1 electric bass with input directly from Wayne Hofner. The guitar is better known as the “Beatle Bass” because Paul McCartney has used it for his entire career. In other words, these Pyramid strings aren’t trying to replicate mid-20th century sound — they were what helped shape that sound.
When you’re trying to capture the vintage tone of this glorious musical era, there’s no substitute for the original strings. From early rock and roll and country western to jazz, doo-wop and blues, Pyramid Gold bass strings are ready to lay the foundation. They’re not only for Hofner basses — you can put them on a huge assortment of retro and modern short-scale bass guitars.
Check out the reviews and you'll see these gold Pyramid strings are praised for their warm and brilliant tone, their smooth feel and their ability to capture nuances in the sound. Try a set and be sure to leave your impressions in our review section. Nobody knows strings better than the guitarists who use them.
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Scale Length: 29.9 inches/76 cm
Gauges: 0.040, 0.055, 0.070, 0.100
