Dunlop's Trujillos

miketallica315 · #1 11-08-2011, 12:50 PM

I know that there have been many posts on these before. I just wanted to make an updated post on them. These are great strings and have great life and incredible tone and at just around $20.00 a set is a great deal.

mmbongo · #2 11-08-2011, 01:14 PM

Do you use the 5 string set? From the description it looks like the bottom 4 strings are all tapered and stainless steel, while the B string is non-tapered nickel...is that right?

miketallica315 · #3 11-08-2011, 10:20 PM

Yes, that's right. Tapered E,A, and D. Stainless steel. Easy on the fingers and frets. I use the 4 string set on my 2008 Corvette $$. I have used the 5 string set a time or two, but I prefer a SS taperwound B string. Again, these strings are fantastic. The just have this tone that I haven't really heard from the many brands I have used and tried. It is almost like they have a slight natural bit of dirt in the tone. They produce an even volume across all strings. Good tension- not too stiff and not too flabby. I am going to continue using them as long as the nous at Dunlop keep making them.

**pacojas** · #4 11-08-2011, 10:41 PM

yeah, Trujillos are nice!

i enjoyed them immensely until i tried Dunlops medium nickels. the tension on the nickels is extremely comfortable. i'd dare say my playing seems to have improved by way of the improved playabilty.

miketallica315 · #5 11-09-2011, 07:40 AM

One Christmas many years ago, my wife bought me my first set of Rotosounds. I loved them. Until recently I used only Rotosounds on my four string basses. I am not quite sure what happened but their tone and the way they played just wasn't for me anymore. Then I found taperwound strings. When I found the Trujillos I knew that I had struck bass string gold. Yes, I am a huge MetallicA fan and love Newsteds tone and was crazy for Trujillos tone. I am not a tone copy cat. But I have to admit that I did try them because they had his name on them. I have worked them into my own tone. Just wanted to put it out there that these strings are definitely worth checking out. Dunlop knows what they are doing.

mmbongo · #6 11-09-2011, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miketallica315

Dunlop knows what they are doing.

Their string division is run by an ex-DR guy

miketallica315 · #7 11-09-2011, 11:02 AM

I did hear that. DR strings are great. Are Dunlop's strings made "on site" or are they made somewhere else and brought in? I want to give some of there standard sets a try. Even though I really only play SS because my hands can kill a fresh set of nickels in a week or less, I want to try both their SS's and their nickels and see how they sound and feel.

mmbongo · #8 11-09-2011, 11:56 AM

Dunlop makes their own strings right on site, they built their own factory. Give them a try, they are hard to beat for the money.

miketallica315 · #9 11-09-2011, 12:49 PM

Do you like the steels or the nickel better? Which Dunlop set is the most aggressive?

mmbongo · #10 11-09-2011, 02:06 PM

Steels will be more agressive, I've never used them though. I used the Nickels for a couple of years, they beat the pants off stuff like Ernie Ball and D'Addario, but I prefer DR's

miketallica315 · #11 11-09-2011, 08:44 PM

You know, I have never been big on Erie Balls. To me, they lost their brightness within a matter of a couple days. I got more life out of the D'Addarios. Better tone too, but still such a rapid loss of life. I stated earlier that I was a big Roto user. They started to feel really rough and felt extra stiff, tone became very " generic". Just really unplayable to me. These Dunlops are running circles around some of the major brands. They are a bargain too.