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06-28-2007, 05:21 PM
| | floppy b strings | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bronx, NY | | | Bought a set of DR Hi-Beam strings
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... and I think I found a new favorite string  These strings are awesome... these strings sound amazing and the slap tone from my Jazz is out of this world with these strings on. I used to have D'Addario XL nickels on and these strings win hands down. If you want a stainless steel string, I'd definitely buy these over Rotosounds. I can't stop slapping these strings  
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06-28-2007, 05:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney Australia | | | The broken in sound lasts a looooooooooooooooong time too. |
06-29-2007, 12:43 AM
|  | Bass Playing Economist | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida | | | Best strings ever my friend.
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06-29-2007, 12:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Athens, Greece | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bacid Best strings ever my friend. | Second best actually. Right after Sunbeams. 
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Originally Posted by bassteban Strings on; pants off | |
06-29-2007, 07:26 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Durham NC | | | DR Hi-Beams and TI Flats are the two most loved strings on this board, I have observed. |
07-03-2007, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California | | um, is there such a thing as strings that are like colored, like red or pink, because well, i dunno, i want red or pink strings.  |
07-03-2007, 02:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: San Jose, California U.S.A. | | | DR Hi-Beams it is!! Thats all I have ever used since discovering them about 4 years ago. The only issue I have is local availability of the gauge I use. I like the LR5-40 5 string sets 120-40.
I can check every shop in a 100 mile radius and NOTHING!!!
I always have to order them online which sux because shipping costs etc.
Im starting to thing I should change gauges up 1 step because everybody does carry them. |
07-03-2007, 03:08 PM
| | Registered User
mmmm delicious cake... | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Houston TX. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by thePRINCESSarah um, is there such a thing as strings that are like colored, like red or pink, because well, i dunno, i want red or pink strings. |
Yes, DR makes strings in red, blue, black and maybe other colors as well. |
07-03-2007, 03:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Justice Yes, DR makes strings in red, blue, black and maybe other colors as well. | THANKS!!!!!! |
07-04-2007, 12:27 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phila,Pa. | | | DR Hi-Beams are great strings.
Im a fan of hex core strings on account that I am heavey handed. When I have the Hi-Beam itch I go up a guage to compensate. All-in-All, they are one of the best strings out there. |
07-04-2007, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Dakota | | | All I'v eused for a long time. I especially like them after they've been played a while. I'm not a fan of "that new string" sound, but I love the broken-in sound and that sound lasts for quite a while with DR's. |
07-04-2007, 12:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | Agreed. Hi- beams are my fav stainless strings. I've been using more nickle plated lately however. Check the sun beams out sometime too. |
07-05-2007, 02:32 AM
| | | | How do they stack up again the Marcus Miller signature DR Fat beams? (Currently my favourite by far) |
07-05-2007, 02:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Aalborg, Denmark | | | My experience is that the Hi-beams have a scooped sound, where the fat beams have a bit more mids and especially low mids. I find that Hi-beams seem to work great on mid-orientated basses like jazz basses. To me they sound the best after a week or so...they get a bit more full when broken-in. |
07-05-2007, 02:43 AM
| | | | Hmmm I may try some on my fiver, which currently has some D'adarios on em that makes my bass sound like a piano, not a bass :-) |
07-06-2007, 08:24 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phila,Pa. | | | The D'Addario ProSteels are a good Alt to DR's. They last long and are tight, bright, and punchy clear. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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