Acoustic-Electric Bass Guitars (ABGs) are growing more and more popular. These days, most come equipped with a piezo-type pickup mounted in the bridge. Since piezo pickups respond to pressure instead of electromagnetism, they do not require steel-core strings to work.

Yet, most bass strings available today are made with steel cores. And if you own an ABG, you probably have steel core strings on it right now. Why? Maybe you didn’t know that you have a choice. But now you do!

Left’s face it. The real reason to won an ABG is to create a warm, acoustic bass tone. If it sounds like an upright so much the better. But steel-core strings simply won’t get you there. In fact, the combination of steel strings and piezo pickups usually sounds brittle, emphasizing treble tones too heavily and skimping on the bottom end.

Enter Thomastik-Infeld’s Acousticores. They’re the first — and only — bass strings built exclusively for piezo-equipped ABGs. No more "fooling" your bass into sounding acoustic with drastic EQ changes. These strings sound acoustic because they are!

Acousticores are made of a proprietary phosphor-bronze alloy, wound around a pure nylon silk core. They deliver a flexibility, feel and lowered tension that’s surprising and different. Now more than ever, your touch defines the character of your tone.

If you’re still playing steel-core strings on your ABG, you’ve simply got the wrong tools for the job. Get Acousticores, and find out how your ABG was meant to sound!