A question for DR String users

[hasbeen]

Also, what style of music do you play and what is your primary bass? Thanks for playing.

 

[lomo]

Pure Blues lights-I use the first four strings of the 5er set for a four banger tuned BEAD

 

[Jay Corwin]

I have the Legend Polished Flatwounds on two Precision basses. I play loud alt rock/punk with those.

 

[31HZ]

Pure Blues, LoRiders, HiBeams

Sunbeams for fretless

Edit, sorry that response was incomplete. BNF6 Deluxe with 16mm spacing/34" scale. Usually strung with HiBeams (a bit too grabby on my fingers for the first week) or PureBlues (not as zingy as HBs but great lower-mids). Recently I've been trying steel LoRiders and like the stiffer feel as the narrow spacing rewards economy of motion; they are lively but I might prefer the slight increase in beef that nickel affords.

Fretted Zons (TJ6, TJ5, Sonus 6 Special, etc.) usually get PureBlues, they don't need extra zing.

 

[RedWire75]

Fat Beams. Alt/indie/punk-adjacent.

 

[Iristone]

I used to play Bootzillas which was my solution to "Roto 66 but longer-lasting" at the time. These were very similar to coated Lo-Riders, and I haven't found uncoated DR's to be particularly long-lasting.

 

[Relsom]

Pure Blues either PB45 or PB45/100

 

[wncBass]

Sunbeams are the best strings I’ve found. Sound great on Ps, Js and rays.

 

[Fuzzbass]

Lo Rider Steels

I'm a regular or sub with many bands, a wide variety of genres. Mostly covers, but one band plays originals. Anyway, I prefer playing harder rock, and for harder rock tones (zazzed up with distortion) I prefer the grind of stainless steel strings. My long-time favorite was the classic Rotosound RS66 set, but they had QC issues for awhile so I've adopted DR Lo Rider Steels as the next best thing: better in some ways because quality is more consistent, and they seem to stay bright longer.

I prefer bright strings for rock, and it's no issue with other styles because the sizzle can be easily tamed when playing very classic rock and oldies.



Edit: primary bass? I suppose it's my Sadowsky NYC P5 (avatar), an active 5 string P bass, but I have a bunch of other basses, including a few passives, and DRs seem to work well wherever I put them. Then again: I've always said that a string set that sounds great on one bass might not be the best choice for another, so I totally understand wanting to find that perfect fit for your primary bass.

 

[TheDutch47]

Dragon Skin strings are fantastic. They have sounded great much longer than other coated strings I've tried and the coating isn't too grippy.

 

[DanTheMan2112]

I almost always use Hi-Beams, but I recently played my first gig with steel Dragonskins. So far, I like them.

 

[ctmullins]

Hi-Beams for most basses. Black Beauties for my blacked-out basses.

 

[Joebone]

Fat Beams for rock. Pure Blues for most else. Sunbeams were my entry drug and am thinking of them for fretless, on which I'm currently using Dunlop or Sadowsky flats. All are 5-strings. Totally addicted to the left-hand responsiveness of round-core strings.

 

[pbass2]

Nickel Lo-Riders are the most do-anything strings I've found for my purposes, and I let 'em get nice and broken in. They sound "warm" and "classic" to me. Rock, country, funk, you-name-it. Fingers and pick - I'm not a slapper tapper or anything like that. All my roundwound basses wear these. I dig Legends too for flats, almost as much as Labellas.

 

[Jim C]

Longtime Sunbeam user for rock and pop.
As said above, perfect for P, J, or SR

 

[Crusher47]

Hi-Beams or Pure Blues for Rounds, TI for flats

 

[RGerhart]

Pure Blues for me, though I do like Sunbeams, too.

I play a little bit of everything, on 4-, 5-, and 6-string basses.

 

[Blake Bass]

I’ve been going back and forth between Sunbeams and Pure Blues for classic rock and country gigs for about a year. . I’m playing them on a Sadowsky NYC J 4 and. Sandberg P-MM 4. There is something about the Sunbeams I favor over the Pure Blues but they both sound great.

 

[jjk2007]

When I used DR strings I liked the Pure Blues.....playing mostly country mixed with some rock.

 

[pbassnut]

Also, what style of music do you play and what is your primary bass? Thanks for playing.

I play Blues, Soul, and R&B for the most part on Precision or Jazz basses. My favorite sounding DR strings are their Fat Beams. However, their 105 - 45 Sunbeams play the best for me so they're my go-to strings.