DR Black Beauties on fretless?

[Kwesi]

I know that there are 80 million threads on these strings but I haven't seen any pertaining specifically to their use on a fretless bass (yes, I searched) and that's all I'm looking for. How do these sound on fretless? Are they any harsher/gentler than other roundwounds on a naked fretboard?

[Bass-Adrenaline]

They may start out gentler but id imagine the coating will wear off on them after a little use.

[squiresuzuki]

Anything more on this? I'd like to know as well.

[AmadeusXeno]

I've used these on my fretless before. They aren't much different as far as tone goes from other rounds. They are slightly mellower but hardly noticable. The main thing I didn't like about them though is that for the first few weeks I had them on doing slides felt like getting rope burn.

[darkstorm]

Originally Posted by Bass-Adrenaline

They may start out gentler but id imagine the coating will wear off on them after a little use.

Ive been using dr neons since last january, same k3 coating as the black beauties now use. I allways use a pick to. No noticeable coating wear off even after 5 and half months. Which is the longest ive had a set of neons on a bass. Then of course I put on new set. No reason to think theyd show coating wear off on your bass. Older versions of black beauties used a diff coating then they do now. All coated dr strings now use K3. Which was first introduced for the neon line.

[Pacman]

I've had a set on my Roscoe fretless since May. They sound as good now as they did the day I put them on. I don't notice the "roughness" that some others say they feel in them - but I play 5-6 hours a day, and I have callouses.....

Go for it, Kwesi

[Gard]

I've had 'em on three different fretli, love the tone, and really appreciate the longevity - I just replaced a set on my 6er yesterday, they were pushing 2 years old and were just starting to sound a bit dull.