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10-24-2012, 04:22 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Treasure Coast, Florida | | | I tried the DR Black Beauties a few years ago and was not a fan. To me, it had too much of a midrange "honk." The Roscoes tend to have a great midrange presence. It was just too much midrange for my liking. This was about five or six years ago. If I am misrepresenting, please feel free to correct me.
I play with DR Nickle medium Low Riders.
Edit: LOL. I looked back at this thread. I posted # 19 & 26 in 2006 about the black beauties.
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10-26-2012, 08:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | I am still enjoying the Black Beauties on my fretted CS5+J and I think they've fully bumped the Nickel Lo-Riders as my string of choice. I need to look into some of the K3 Dragon Skins which I believe are the same with a clear coating (or red or blue) for my new fretless which needs nickel coloured strings to look right 
The real reason I've come to post in this thread however... I've just thrown a set of TI Jazz Flats on my SKB after noting Greg's thoughts having put them on both his fretless and now King Koa also. I'd used them before on non-Roscoe basses and knew I liked them but I had no idea the combination would be this good.
Seriously, this is a bass I had up for sale because nice as it was it wasn't quite what I wanted from it. The TI flats have given it a new identity and it's perfect. Burpy, thumpy when you want it to be but by no means dead (lots of zing available in fact, with the treble flat or boosted). It sounds awesome. I could pretty much leave it set flat and panned all the way to the neck pickup all day long. Pan to the bridge and watch out... this thing will take heads off, which is not at all what you'd expect from spanish cedar and flats 
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10-26-2012, 10:30 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | The Dragonskins are a steel string so they're not the same as the Black Beauties (or the other Neons). |
10-26-2012, 10:32 PM
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10-26-2012, 10:38 PM
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10-27-2012, 06:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Freddels The Dragonskins are a steel string so they're not the same as the Black Beauties (or the other Neons). | You're right. What I need is the Silver Stars, but it looks like they only come in a medium gauge set. I might have to see how the Black Beauties look when I take a set off another bass. |
10-27-2012, 09:01 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Newnan, GA | | | I have Circle K's on my SKB 3005. They are taper core but, the taper fattens up almost immediately after the saddle. So far, they are the best string I've ever tried. |
10-27-2012, 11:10 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Although I'm only a day into new Roscoe SKB 3005 ownership, I really like the D'Addarios the bass shipped with. The fact that I normally use them on my other basses too probably doesn't hurt. |
11-13-2012, 05:23 AM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Fargo, ND | | | I recently switched from my beloved Black Beauties to Dragon Skins, and I don't think I will be going back. They sound freakin' amazing on all 3 of my Roscoes.....
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11-13-2012, 05:53 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | That's awesome. Dragon Skins died in about two weeks on mine. Seriously, uncoated strings last longer than they did for me. |
11-13-2012, 08:15 AM
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General Manager, Roscoe Guitars | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Greensboro, NC, USA | | | STILL using BB's...
...sound great, last forever, look cool on my bass.
It's threemendous!  |
11-13-2012, 06:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Encinitas California | | | Yeah.. Sorry about that Jon.. When I first put the Dragon Skins on me Roscoe they sounded and felt great, but man were they short lived.. So I'm back on the SIT Power Steel round wounds on both the fretted and fretless Roscoes.. Love em... |
11-13-2012, 06:59 PM
| | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | I'm still really enjoying the Black Beauties. |
11-13-2012, 07:01 PM
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LaBella Tape wound flats on my G&L2500 frettless and My Michael Kelly Club Custom 5
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11-14-2012, 05:54 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars, DR Strings Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ubone  Yeah.. Sorry about that Jon.. When I first put the Dragon Skins on me Roscoe they sounded and felt great, but man were they short lived.. So I'm back on the SIT Power Steel round wounds on both the fretted and fretless Roscoes.. Love em... | You know, I was hoping someone had tried those on a Roscoe. They're *definitely* attractive price-wise. How do they last? |
11-14-2012, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by cheezewiz Although I'm only a day into new Roscoe SKB 3005 ownership, I really like the D'Addarios the bass shipped with. The fact that I normally use them on my other basses too probably doesn't hurt. | I'm not usually a D'Addario fan, not rounds anyway, but they do sound well good on my Roscoes, all I've ever had on my Century.
Got TI's on my fretless though, immense.
Nothing but mixed results with DR coated strings on anything.
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11-14-2012, 02:27 PM
| | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | For those that like the DragonSkins, bassstringsonline is having a sale (3 sets for the price of 2). http://www.bassstringsonline.com/ |
11-14-2012, 06:28 PM
|  | Providing the Lowend for the High One | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Georgia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cheezewiz Although I'm only a day into new Roscoe SKB 3005 ownership, I really like the D'Addarios the bass shipped with. The fact that I normally use them on my other basses too probably doesn't hurt. | +1 on the Roscoe XL D'Addario's. I've used them on my Roscoe's for 16 years and still love 'em. I've rotated in most everything else out there too but always return to the XL D'Addario's.
I really dig the TI Jazz Flats too Jeff. Great strings! They are expensive but they last forever! If I had 2 more Roscoe's I'd probably string them up with a set of TI Jazz flats. |
11-15-2012, 06:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Niagara Falls, ON, Canada | | | Yeah the TI flats are still killing it on my SKB, and since they last so long I don't see changing them for a very long time.
I am very happy with the Black Beauties which have supplanted the stock D'Addarios as my go to nickel round string. I'm going to try the Dragon Skins at the 3 for 2 price, since it is the feel and not the sound that has always kept me away from stainless strings. If I don't like them I know I can always go back to BBs or D'Addario. |
11-15-2012, 01:02 PM
| | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeff Moote Yeah the TI flats are still killing it on my SKB, and since they last so long I don't see changing them for a very long time.
I am very happy with the Black Beauties which have supplanted the stock D'Addarios as my go to nickel round string. I'm going to try the Dragon Skins at the 3 for 2 price, since it is the feel and not the sound that has always kept me away from stainless strings. If I don't like them I know I can always go back to BBs or D'Addario. | If you haven't already, don't forget to register your account as a TB member and get an additional discount on the strings from bassstringsonline. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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