A question for DR String users

[Elmstreet]

I'm currently going down a DR string rabbit hole so this is perfect.

Question for you DR users, does anyone know if the tension / stiffness of the Dragon skin 45-105 is the same as the Lo-Riders 45-105? Love the tension of the Dragon skins, want to try the Lo-Riders. They're both hex core so I assume they're similar but I thought I would ask.

 

[hasbeen]

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

Thanks lomo. I hope you've been well

 

[noahw1]

LoRiders here

 

[TroyK]

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.

Pretty much my answer. Sunbeams are really lovely strings. Fatbeams are very similar, but slightly less polite.

 

[dslassiter]

Fat Beams have been my favorite lately. Versatile to me for blues, rock, etc. I've had them on a G&L L-2500 Tribute and a Frankenstein Ric bass. They have some neat sounding midrange overtones to my ear, but can get bright on the top end when needed.

 

[singlemalt]

Pure blues Victor Wooten set. For everything. Or TI jazz flats for everything else. The two sets are miles apart soundwise, but very close in gauges and tension. So swapping between the two sets of already cut and wound strings is quick. And requires next to no setup fiddling. Even intonation will be very close.

I tried the Dragon skins, nickel, and didn’t like the feel. Almost as grippy and raspy as stainless. And stainless just isn’t my thing at all.

 

[Hasty]

Well broken in Pure Blues on my Jazz(ish) bass with soapbars. I mainly play jazz, but I've also used them for a little country, a little rock (mainly classic type stuff), church music, and anything else I'm called for.

 

[paddydaddyo]

Pure Blues 45-105 for my basses with rounds. They start off a bit too zingy for me, but I can EQ for that. Once they settle in nicely after a couple weeks, they are great for the wide range of pop, rock. country, and oldies that the party band I play in runs through in the course of a gig.

 

[MonetBass]

Sunbeams for my fretted J, but I recently put on Pure Blues for my fretless J and they sound really good.

 

[funkinbottom]

I'm a flats guy. If I'm buying DR strings (not really my fave) it's the Legends. I have a set on my medium scale P/J. They sound just fine.

 

[TOOL460002]

Hi Beams for EADG, BEAD, and DADG. DDT's for drop C or C#.

 

[JazznFunk]

Without the option to vote Pure Blues specifically, I went with Sunbeams.... all of my basses wear either of them.

 

[Bushhog]

Pure Blues.

 

[cyclealt]

hi beams on almost all my basses. My number one revolving between my modulus, stingray or jazz bass all strung up with hi beams. I play indie alt rock with one band and a blues, classic rock, with some funk jams mixed in with another band (although for that one I use one of my basses with flats on them).

 

[Skystalker512]

Now I've only experience with the Black Beauties and the High Beams.

I put the Black Beauties on my Sire M2 (lefthanded), but I couldn't really get a sound that I particularly liked. This may have something to do with it being an active bass; it was just a bit too many controls for me as a novice.

I put the High Beams on my Sterling SUB Ray5 (lefthanded) and it was a very nice zingy sound that worked really well for metal. They've gone really dull now though.

 

[scuzzy]

lo-riders are my jam

 

[coreyfyfe]

Fat beams on 34" scale basses for any genre when I'm using rounds.

Hi beams on my 34.5" scale tuned to D/C for heavy rock/metal. I was also using hi beams on my short scale but have switched to TI rounds.

 

[Ggaa]

I like Fats a lot but they're a little too flexible for my plucking hand.

 

[skier 913]

Nickle lo-riders 45-105 passive Warwick corvette standard E or D standard
Steel lo-riders 50-110 BEAD

 

[PhinDog]

Fat Beams on my 5er Jazz. I play it all with those strings: Funk, Disco, Blues, Alt Rock, Classic Rock, Jazz. Love those strings on a Jazz bass. Had them on my G&L JB as well.
I have tried the following and IMO:
Pure Blues - nice string - balanced - even tension
Nickle lo-riders - Very middy - higher tension
Steele Lo-Riders - Bright/High Middy - higher tension
Sunbeams - Crisp highs and nice lows, seemed scooped to me - even or lower tension - fun solo string for me.
Fat Beams - Lower mid bump - even tension

I went down the DR rabbit hole, but that's about as far as I went. I tried the Fat Beams and liked them so much I stopped there.