d addario expr170 reds?

TheNightLife · #1 06-29-2011, 08:24 PM

Has anyone ever tried the d addario expr170 reds? I'm interested in any reviews anyone may have. I know the copper acoustic guitar strings sound really good but these really caught my eye.

TheNightLife · #2 07-01-2011, 09:56 PM

No ones tried these before?

fretlessguy · #3 07-02-2011, 10:27 AM

Have they started manufacturing those again? Best I remember (it's been a few years back) they had sort of a nickel-ish sound, just a little brighter.

TheNightLife · #4 07-02-2011, 11:32 AM

yea i just saw them at sam ash there the coated version though.

rekesbass · #5 07-02-2011, 11:33 AM

I used to use them back in the early 80's. sounded great when new but, went dead pretty quick...are they making them again??

**TheEmptyCell** · #6 07-02-2011, 09:56 PM

daddario reds Results | Musician's Friend

Consider me interested. Mostly because copper mining is a big part of local history, and I'm guessing they look pretty cool.

TheNightLife · #7 07-03-2011, 11:27 AM

i think i might have to bite the bullett and just buy a set lol i really want to try these

fretlessguy · #8 07-03-2011, 04:11 PM

By Jimminy! I'll have to get a set to try at too.

Nev375 · #9 02-09-2012, 10:38 AM

I'm curious about these as well, I know I want to switch to a coated string, but how do these sound compared to nickel or stainless?

Certainly someone has tried them and has an opinion.

**TheEmptyCell** · #10 02-11-2012, 07:17 AM

I finally put a set of these on my J-bass. Very smooth feeling, and I'd say they're a bit brighter than nickel D'addario's, not even close to the zing of steels though. They have a nice thump underlying the similar tone of a nickel string, as well as a sort of airy quality in the high end. They seem to slap pretty well, and they look badass.

JTE · #11 02-11-2012, 04:35 PM

Nathan East used to use them when they first made them. I sold a couple of sets, and strung up one of the store's Precisions with them. They sounded good, a very bright piano sound, but they went dead even faster than Rotosound RS-66!

John

grisezd · #12 02-12-2012, 09:45 AM

I put a set on my son's Rockbass. He has magic string-killing hands. Not sure what comes out of those fingers, but they corrode anything. The reds have a nice bright zing to them with a piano sustain. Brighter than i like personally (i play flats mostly) but they arent overbearing. And they've lasted way longer than uncoated strings would have. They look cool too!

plankspanker13 · #13 02-12-2012, 10:12 AM

I used 'em back in the 80's to make a P bass sound livlier. They did go dead pretty quickly, and, after a while, it looked like the instrument was strung with old pennies. Loved the sound, but then again, I realyl was not that aware of all of the nuances of bass frequencies; I was a plug & play guy. Time and wisdom have gotten me more aware, and it is the former of those 2 that keeps me from picking up a set of these, now. Copper has gotten expensive, and I have graduated to J basses and Warwicks.

digitalmoney · #14 03-08-2012, 06:49 PM

I put EXP 160 on my Thunderchief and I love them.

Nev375 · #15 03-17-2012, 05:28 PM

Well, I went ahead and bought a set of these and I'm quite underwhelmed with them. 3 out of 4 strings had a good tone upon installing. They sound very similar to nickel to my ears. But the A string was quite a bit duller than the others, almost dead sounding.

After 3 weeks, The E string has oxidized and is now much darker in the area where I play a lot. I thought these things were coated? Did I wear it off? Why not the other strings? Did one string miss the coating process? I dunno.

I'd rather have some plain old uncoated nickel XLs instead of these. Oh well.