Customize Your Bass Set--Start by selecting your Elixir® Strings Nickel Plated Steel foundation set. Add your custom 5th or 6th string. It's that easy! Elixir Strings Nickel Plated Steel Bass strings with a NANOWEB® Coating took a year of intense research and feedback of 1000+ bassists. With the coating designed just for bass, these Nickel Plated Steel Strings offer enhanced grip, reduced finger squeak, and extended tone life. The tone is rich, rounded with greater clarity and heavier mid-range presence. While other bass strings lose their mojo fast due to dirt and debris, Elixir Strings is the only coated string brand to protect the entire string with an ultra-thin coating, keeping gunk out of the gaps between the windings. No wonder from the stadiums to the street, Elixir Strings players tell us their tone lasts longer than any other string, uncoated or coated. 5th String Single Gauges Available: Super Light B: 125; Light B, Long Scale: 130; Medium B, Long Scale, Taperwound: 130; Medium B, Extra Long Scale, Taperwound: 130; Heavy B, Long Scale: 135. Also Available Nickel Plated Steel Custom 6th string single - Medium C 032.