D'Addario XL Half Rounds - Discontinued??

[masprague]

hey guys

I was visiting my local GC when I noticed that they were clearing out their Half Rounds. So I asked are they being discontinued, the fine young teenager told that that we being replaced.

So I bought a couple packs, since I have never used half-rounds, to check them out. I am in no means in love with them, (all about those chromes, baby) But I found it odd that D'Addario was discontinuing half rounds.

Anyone heard about this? I think maybe GC is just going to stop carrying them in stores or something.

[Dave Muscato]

Never used them, eh?

A couple of packs to try them out... haha... You just wasted your $, man. Good riddance! I'm not at all surprised that they are being discontinued. I had those strings on for two days before I cut them off. I tried everything to get rid of the "grabbiness", from butter to Carmex to Finger-Ease & Fast-Fret, even good ol' fried chicken... I *hate* half-rounds!

- Dave

[SGT. Pepper]

Good riddence is right! Old school nickel roundwound sound my ass!!
If you want old school nickel sound buy the XL nickel rounds and leave them on for 2 months and you will have the old school nickel round sound.
Those sticky, grabby, halfrounds were dead sounding in 3 days. Just Terrible!

[masprague]

dang!!!!

Hatred all around for these strings.....I havent put them on yet, I just may take them back after hearing this...

BTW: I went to a different GC today, to check out the used section and I noticed that they still had the half-rounds at full price, so I asked about them and they had not heard anything about being cleared out..

so who knows.......and I guess cares after these responses, right

[Dave Muscato]

I really don't know what D'Addario was thinking with these strings... I guess somebody out there must like them, if they got past R&D and test-marketing. I just don't see it. They're horrendously "grabby" and they sound awful. I hope you like them better than I did. To each his own! They feel like sandpaper to me.

Dave

P.S. Hey, my 500th post! ::

[SGT. Pepper]

When they changed the outer winding to nickel thats the mistake they made. When the windings were steel they sounded better. GHS Brite Flats are ground wound but they sound great compared to D'Ads halfies.
Ironically, Chromes are more bright than the Halfrounds.

[david fitch]

I just got the new Bass Player Magazine in the mail yesterday and there is an ad for D'addario Strings with Daryl Jones and a picture of a set of Half Rounds below him. I don't think they are discontinued (Maybe they are ?) just not selling in those stores. I do wish they would bring back the S.S. sets and at give us a choice. I used the S.S. sets and liked them. The nickel sets go dead to fast for me. SGT.Pepper is right,If you want the old Nickel sound use the XL Nickelwounds

[bassbully43]

worse strings ever

[JimmyM]

I found out Patitucci uses them in a recent Bass Player. I don't know...they're not my favorite strings but some people do like them.

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by SGT. Pepper

When they changed the outer winding to nickel thats the mistake they made. When the windings were steel they sounded better.

+1

They were even better before that though, when they were nickel (IMHO)...go figure!

[BullCityBass]

I love the sound of them BUT they are a little on the grabby side but they do get better with time. And yes, Patitucci plays them on all his basses except one according to the BP article.

[Lorenzini]

I really didn't like them much.
Patitucci is an endorsee of D'Addario strings. I bet his tone would be great with some XL nickel plated strings!

[felch182]

absolute crappy strings

[bassman blue]

d'dadario has an ad that makes it look like darrel jones uses the half rounds too, not sure if he does or not.

anyway, when i tried them i could not get used to the grabby feeling, and i've used lots of other strings like compression wounds, ground wounds, flats that all felt better than those things.

[david fitch]

Last I heard Darryl Jones was using DR strings ?