Harley Benton HQS Bass-5 45-128 Flatwound

String Set for 5-String Electric Bass

High quality stainless steel flatwound strings for bass
Complete set .045 - .128
Long scale
Hexagonal core made of American steel for solid bass, optimal tension and constant volume
Individually coloured ball ends for easy mounting
String gauges: .045fw - .065fw - .080fw - .100fw - .128fw
Winding length 95 cm
String length (ball end to silk) 90.5 cm

Available since September 2021
Item number 514277
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
String gauge 045 - 128
Material Stainless Steel
Scale Long Scale
Number of strings 5

222 kr

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Smooth as silk

Leftyzorba 30.07.2022

Originally looking for tape wound or nylon coated strings for my 5string long scale bass, spotted these and noticed how inexpensive they were. They came and were easily fitted, they are perfect for long scale basses, trimmed approx 10 Cm from the ends and gave a very neat look to the headstock as red binding looks good.
Sound perfect, great on finger tips very smooth, great value for money.

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More than serviceable!

Zezé_PT 04.03.2026

I'd give an overall 4.5-star rating if possible, accounting for the price!

Having some experience with other string brands, these HB HQS for Bass sound really good. Since they're flatwounds, it's harder to get a sense of their performance (since roundwounds are more abundant). Nonetheless, let me put it this way: if you're either a beginner or a seasoned pro that uses them in their backup/pratice ax, these strings are "overqualified" for the job.

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Beautiful strings with beautiful sound

orava 21.12.2022

Very nice, very soft to touch, perfect for fretless bass.
The red ends give a very nice final touch.
I'm by no means a bass professional, but I'm very happy with these strings.

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They are OK.

motohead342 12.06.2024

I put a 5 string set on my fretless and they felt thick while installing, so I mic'd out the set. All the sizes were accurate except the B string which mic'd at 131 and it was a dead string. All the others sounded pretty good and had a song to them. The B string just went thud. So I took them off and went back to round wounds. I may reinstall the E-G on a 4 string, but I dont own one. All 9 basses are 5 or 6 string, even the P/J and Sting Ray H/B's.

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