black beauties dead? other coated strings?

[loonj91]

i bought these coated strings because they were suggested in a thread that i said that my strings felt sticky and sluggish. I was told these were more slippery and glidey. They are, but the problem is, they have sounded dead since the day i bought them. Supposedly they last a long time but i never heard that new string sound in the first place.

Are their any other good thinks i should try? Elixers? Nickel coated steel because steel is not slippery enough? anything else?

[Tony G]

I've tried the DR Black Beauties a couple of times myself, and if you like that bright stainless steel roundwound tone from a string like DR Hi-Beams, the Black Beauties don't deliver. They sound pretty good fresh from the package, but seem to die very quickly, or at least mellow out, kind of like a set of nickel strings.

[loonj91]

Originally Posted by xgabriele

I've tried the DR Black Beauties a couple of times myself, and if you like that bright stainless steel roundwound tone from a string like DR Hi-Beams, the Black Beauties don't deliver. They sound pretty good fresh from the package, but seem to die very quickly, or at least mellow out, kind of like a set of nickel strings.

the problem is i like the bright steel sound, but have trouble playing steel because they are too grippy to me, and i always drag with them. Its partly i need to work on my chops, but even for stuff that isn't that fast, i feel like my fingers are stuck to them. Nickels i don't have this problem with at all. I guess i will try now the string or finger lubricants..

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by loonj91

the problem is i like the bright steel sound, but have trouble playing steel because they are too grippy to me, and i always drag with them. Its partly i need to work on my chops, but even for stuff that isn't that fast, i feel like my fingers are stuck to them. Nickels i don't have this problem with at all. I guess i will try now the string or finger lubricants..

I would think that the lubricants would make your string go dead too fast as well. What stainless steel strings do you use? DR Hi-Beams are some of the smoothest stainless strings I've played at that price range. Some of the smoothest strings I ever played was Ritter Sword Steel Strings, but they are expensive and very hard to find.

[BillytheBassist]

DR sunbeams.... the best electric bass string ever..... IMO.

[Andrew.Glose]

I found out the hard way with Black Beauties, also. They sounded pretty fair when I put them on, but when they died, they went fast and hard.

I use Fodera standards now. And when they go out (which they have), I'm going to boil them.

Best trick in the book for re-newing 'dead' strings

[BillytheBassist]

Originally Posted by Andrew.Glose

I found out the hard way with Black Beauties, also. They sounded pretty fair when I put them on, but when they died, they went fast and hard.

I use Fodera standards now. And when they go out (which they have), I'm going to boil them.

Best trick in the book for re-newing 'dead' strings

You might also try giving them a soak in denatured alcohol... i actually prefer that over boiling. Give it a try.

[Johnny Mack]

im having the same problem with the silver stars or whatever theyre called, never had the zing to begin with... sadly ill probably enjoy carvin's $10 special much more.

[ThunderSix66]

I dont feel that my d'add SS are sticky. The only problem I have with those strings is the weak B.