Nickel Low Riders vs. Sunbeams

[boondox]

How do they compare? Which are the brighter of the two?

[()smoke()]

although i don't use sunbeams, i string my fretless with nickel lo-riders

my understanding is that the difference between the 2 and the reason they offer both is that the subeams are round core and feel 'slinkier' because they aren't as stiff as the hex-cored lo-riders...i would imagine the difference in the feel is pretty pronounced

[ibnzneksrul]

Overall they are pretty similar IME. The difference in feel is not major, but the Sunbeams are noticeably more supple, the Nickel Lo Riders a tad stiffer. Tonewise, at least to my ears, the Lo Riders have a gutsier bottom and the Sunbeams have a livelier top end.