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12-29-2008, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NW Indiana | | | First Hi Beam experience...
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All I have to say is that these things are BRIGHT! Wow...I was not expecting this...This was my first time changing strings in my 3 years of playing bass and I must admit that I am a dead string kind of guy... I'm not putting my Jbass down until these puppies lose their zing...
Not a fan of DR Hi Beams... curious ones, beware 
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12-29-2008, 01:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: san francisco | | | haha, yeah I hate those strings with a passion. if you're like me then you may be into nickle dr lowriders - try checking those out next |
12-29-2008, 02:11 PM
| | Blazin' Acadian | | Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario,705 | | | + 1000 for DR Nickle Lowriders |
12-29-2008, 02:21 PM
| | | | Just bought a set of lo-riders today to go on my gibson g3, first time user. I'm still searching for that perfect set of strings...we'll see how it turns out |
12-29-2008, 02:25 PM
| | | I recently got a set of hi beams for for christmas, and Im LOVING them 
At the moment, im into Rocco Prestia from tower of power (he uses no treble, and fingermutes), and strangely I like these strings much better than the dead EB super slinkies they replaced.
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12-29-2008, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lowell/Amesbury Massachusetts | | | never used DR strings before, but i might try some hi beams soon... |
12-29-2008, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | S.I.T. Power Nickels or Silencers. |
12-29-2008, 03:21 PM
|  | Paid to be here | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Orange County, California | | Quote:
Originally Posted by HooDoo  + 1000 for DR Nickle Lowriders |
What about DR Sunbeams?
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12-29-2008, 06:43 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lawton, OK / Ruston, LA | | | How do the Hi-beams feel compared to say Dean Markley Sr2000s or Ken smith strings. I am almost sure I will like the tone of the hi-beams but i am not sure i will like the "looser" feel. |
12-29-2008, 07:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Long Beach, CA | | | try DR flats
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12-29-2008, 07:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Madison, WI | | | You're gonna have that bass in your hands for a very long time because they never really lose their zing. I had the same opinion when I tried Hi-beams, and went right back to my lo-riders. |
12-29-2008, 07:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Lubbock, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ErebusBass You're gonna have that bass in your hands for a very long time because they never really lose their zing. I had the same opinion when I tried Hi-beams, and went right back to my lo-riders. | Same with Rotosound steel Jazz strings...
OMG... 
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12-29-2008, 08:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: chapel hill, north carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose72 All I have to say is that these things are BRIGHT! | Yup, love 'em! Used to be a flats guy...went totally 180! |
12-29-2008, 08:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nibiru | | | I had one set of DR strings on my Jazz bass and I hated them right out of the package. they sounded too thuddy for my tastes.
I'll stick with Elixirs.
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12-29-2008, 08:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St Louis, MO, USA | | | I really like the DR High Beams on my P-Bass, but not so much on my Jazz. I tried the Low Riders on there and wasnt too thrilled with them either. I'm trying some D'Add. Half Rounds on it right know and they suit me for classic rock really well.
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12-29-2008, 08:24 PM
|  | It's time for Dodger baseball! | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mentone Beach | | | Love me some nickel Lo-Riders - currently my fave. Mastermold, Sunbeams are warm with a looser tension.
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12-29-2008, 08:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NEPA | | | Ive posted on here somewhere about DR Strings, I think the Hi Beams sound awesome after around 3 or 4 weeks. At first theyre too trebly, but really clear, if you tap theyre great. Even tuning down to bfbe on my thumb 4, a little clakity but still clear and growly. I have sunbeams on my acoustic 5 string and they brought the thing to life, sounds great now. On my streamer 5, ive tried both the nickle lowriders which sound awesome right now, just put them on. i think theyre more of a rock, blues, jazz type string where as, the steel ones are nice tight and focused, heavier type or more slap. Also black beauties and blue peacocks, theyre pretty for a lil bit but i think they sound great for down tuning also. The Hi-Beams or the lowriders i think are most versitle. just my .02 |
12-29-2008, 08:31 PM
|  | Fan of the N.O. Saints | | | | | i agree that they are way to trebly!
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12-29-2008, 08:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: NEPA | | | just give them some time tp break in, I think youll be impressed. |
12-29-2008, 09:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NW Indiana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by headtrip762 just give them some time tp break in, I think youll be impressed. | I'm trying...I'm not too worried anymore, because I thought we might be having a show this week, so I was very scared. They feel good I guess, but I would love for a tighter string (less wobbly), so I dont think that I will be sticking with Hi-Beams as my go to string...I really tend to dig pretty hard when I play, especially with a band, so I love strings that don't bang around and smack the frets all over the place. Would Lo-riders be a good string for me? Or is there something else that people like for this?
My band is a pop-punk, alternative band. We are playing songs by Paramore, Matchbox 20, Audioslave, and the like. I love the bass lines by the likes of Tim Commerford(think Be Yourself and Bullet in your Head), Sting (anything Police really), Peter Cetera(think Dialogue), and Flea (think Snow and Dani California). I'm looking for that all-around great bass tone that has depth but yet will sparkle if I play up high. I really want to be very versatile and be able to play anything on one set of strings, because I like to attempt (and I emphasize ATTEMPT) to play jazz stuff like Jaco, and then go right into something a bit more in your face like RATM.
Give me some suggestions please 
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