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12-28-2011, 02:06 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | DR Dragon Skin!!!
DR Dragon-Skin Bass Strings from Bass Strings Online
Coated Stainless Steel, and round core to boot! Man if these sound like FatBeams but with a smooth feel I may be in string heaven 
Just wish DR would get with the times and make something heavier than a .125 on the B string on all their sets, I'll still have to try them though.
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12-28-2011, 02:19 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | | I haven't tried them on my bass yet, but I have them on my acoustic guitar. Dragon Skin is an accurate description, probably the most durable coating I've seen. No fraying like I usually get with coated strings. |
12-28-2011, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mmbongo DR Dragon-Skin Bass Strings from Bass Strings Online
Coated Stainless Steel, and round core to boot! Man if these sound like FatBeams but with a smooth feel I may be in string heaven
Just wish DR would get with the times and make something heavier than a .125 on the B string on all their sets, I'll still have to try them though. | I agree. Don't know why they just have one available gauge in the dragon skins right now. I might try them anyway. |
12-28-2011, 03:08 PM
|  | Less barking, more wagging! | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | "DR Dragon-Skin Bass Strings use DR's Clear Coated proprietary K3™ coating which is the first coating to make no apologizes and no excuses. Players have said the DR Dragon-Skin bass strings have less [sic] unwanted overtones, more volume, and greater articulation than standard non-coated electric bass strings."
I don't understand how coating strings can increase volume and articulation (coatings typically attenuate vibration). But, if Dragon-Skin strings can reduce the annoying overtones endemic to so many round-wounds, that would be worthy of celebration. |
12-28-2011, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Athens, Greece | | | I would love to try these in nickel... I've been waiting for DR to come out with uncolored coated strings. |
12-28-2011, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Nikoubis  I would love to try these in nickel... I've been waiting for DR to come out with uncolored coated strings. |
Then you want DR Silver Stars
K3 Coated Round Core Nickel Plated Steel...
Been out for a while... |
12-28-2011, 07:08 PM
|  | He who has ears let him hear .... | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Happy Bottom, VA | | | Im a BIG DR fan but not their coated strings. Ive tried a few sets and all give me this rug burn type experience after playing for short periods..Thy feel sticky..Hope these are an improvement.
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12-28-2011, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SLaPiNFuNK Then you want DR Silver Stars
K3 Coated Round Core Nickel Plated Steel...
Been out for a while... | Hmm, a while back I was a told by a guitarist that the Silver Stars actually look as if they are colored white and lost interest. I guess I'll have to check them out now, thanks for the info! |
12-28-2011, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Nikoubis
Hmm, a while back I was a told by a guitarist that the Silver Stars actually look as if they are colored white and lost interest. I guess I'll have to check them out now, thanks for the info!
| They look like a brighter silver. Atleast the bass ones I have, id need to look at the guitar ones.
Ill post a pic next to a standard sunbeam as well as one of the dragon skin. |
12-29-2011, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Nikoubis Hmm, a while back I was a told by a guitarist that the Silver Stars actually look as if they are colored white and lost interest. I guess I'll have to check them out now, thanks for the info! | Don't listen to guitarists. 
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12-29-2011, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | Silver Stars are pretty white. No more than Elixirs though really.
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12-29-2011, 08:08 AM
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12-29-2011, 08:26 AM
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Owner: BassStringsOnline.com | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LA California | | I guess I can see how they can look "White" when compared to other strings.
If you ever took a look at some Silver Bullion these are about the same color.  
They look like a very bright pure silver color... 
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12-29-2011, 08:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | | I may have the older, non K3 Silver Stars..mine do look whiter than those.
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12-29-2011, 08:36 AM
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I haven't seen the non-K3 silver stars. I know the coating has been improved...
I have seen the difference between the Red Devils in K3 and non-K3... The K3 is much brighter, while the non is a darker shade. |
12-29-2011, 08:41 AM
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12-29-2011, 01:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Columbia, SC | | | The Dragon Skins certainly sound interesting. Do they feel a lot smoother than the average steel string? Might try a set someday on a funk/ slap bass.
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12-29-2011, 01:45 PM
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12-29-2011, 01:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Philadelphia 'burbs | | | A little ignorant here, but I'm not really sure what these are supposed to do. I'm unfamiliar with coated strings. Never gave it a thought, really. |
12-29-2011, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by SirGrotius A little ignorant here, but I'm not really sure what these are supposed to do. I'm unfamiliar with coated strings. Never gave it a thought, really. | The coating is supposed to protect the strings from things like hand sweat, grime, etc. thus extending the life of the strings.
I wish I could buy the dragon skins and silver stars as singles.  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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