Daddario EPS170-5

I have been using this brand of strings now for about 6 years and I think they are great strings. Once they have worn it the brightness mellows out and they come into their own. I use them for all genres of music I do from reggae, jazz funk, blues, to acoustic folk. My only gripe with them is that they are rough to the touch when new and it takes about two weeks of daily playing for them to feel comfortable enough to use on a gig without getting sore fingers. I tend to change them as soon as they start sounding dull which is around 8 to 10 months of regular playing and rehearsals. Once they loose their brightness I tend to move them onto my other bass that I use exclusively for reggae and they stay on that bass for about a year, or I keep them in my gig bag as spares..