It's never happened to me before, hurt like a bitch too. Tried it on my Musicman strung with my usual Marcus Miller strings, no problem, switched back and tried the slide, burnt again, really strange. Overall though just not impressed with them
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Does anyone of the DR black beauty strings
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Felt weird at first, but I got used to them and they sound really good on my G&L. The black coating comes of if you ever use a pick.
I feel your... pain >.> Literally. I put a set on a GWB35 because the idea of black strings on a flat black bass, with black hardware and an ebony fingerboard, while letting me keep roundwound brightness, was highly appealing. The 5th/B barely fit through the bridge, the coating came off in some spots already, and the friction on my fingertips when I slide/glissando burns like a mother... And they feel... unseemly on my right fingertips, and I can actually hear my fingers plucking the plastic
and they still scratch the fingerboard of a fretless, though much less than a regular wound.I f'ing hate Black Beauties
I used to love Elixirs back in the day, though, so I'm not against coatings. Just the K3 coating on these abominations* from DR
*Others are free to love their Black Beauties, of course, and I will defend to the death your right to enjoy them.
Yeah I still love my Black Beauties! Second best coated string I've ever used, bested only by DR Dragon Skins.
got DR neons on at the moment, not sure if they're much different to Black Beauties. round core feels too noodly, strings themselves feel "sticky" as the coating is quite rough to touch (and to slide). it's a J, so also getting mad buzz due to grounding issues.
they take getting used to to be any good, sure. but when i picked up my old P with super slinkys and i couldnt believe how soft they felt. going back to nickel rounds ASAP, probably D'addario balanced set for a change.
they take getting used to to be any good, sure. but when i picked up my old P with super slinkys and i couldnt believe how soft they felt. going back to nickel rounds ASAP, probably D'addario balanced set for a change.
Did not know that! Well I can go back to being dumb I learned my one thing for the day
DR Red Devils…"Come Together" plenty of sliding, so far, smooth, no zinging noise, no finger burns. Just me?
By the way, LBB 101, Aurora makes black strings…I think they have a dozen different colors, or you might try D'Addario black tapewounds.
By the way, LBB 101, Aurora makes black strings…I think they have a dozen different colors, or you might try D'Addario black tapewounds.
I put DR Black Beauties on a Fender about a month ago or so. First gig with the new strings, I had a loud humming.
I knew it was some kind of grounding issue but after the gig I checked everything at home and had no issues at all, nor did I experience humming during rehearsals.
Next gig, there it was again, the humming. After reading this thread now I realize it must be the strings, being non conductive, and that the problem only appeared at those two gigs because they were at old buildings with old wiring.
By the way, they do burn like hell when I slide, but I'll wait a while to see if that diminishes with usage.
I knew it was some kind of grounding issue but after the gig I checked everything at home and had no issues at all, nor did I experience humming during rehearsals.
Next gig, there it was again, the humming. After reading this thread now I realize it must be the strings, being non conductive, and that the problem only appeared at those two gigs because they were at old buildings with old wiring.
By the way, they do burn like hell when I slide, but I'll wait a while to see if that diminishes with usage.
Bumping this thread to add on some of my experiences, which echo those of a few others on here.
In my last band, our guitarist swore by DR Black Beauties on his basses. He convinced me to switch to them on my StingRay, since he felt they worked well on his SUB. I didn't care much for the tone, but he loved the result, so I ran with them for a few months at his insistence.
The first set I bought had a bad G string; the core snapped during installation. The second set seemed fine. Weirdly enough, I had a similar problem the last time I bought DR strings; the core snapped on a Lo-Rider D string. Both had been tuned normally, as I usually tune my basses either EADG or drop-D.
The feel was the worst I'd experienced with any string set, and I didn't realize how bad it was until I started sliding. They felt like they were "burning" my fingertips when I would slide up and down the strings. I originally thought it was because my fingers weren't calloused enough, but I never had this problem with any other strings I had used before. The guitarist thought I was just making up excuses for the occasional playing interruption after a slide.
After I quit the band (long story, but the guitarist was unsurprisingly the biggest reason), I bought a new pack of Ernie Ball Slinkys, my previous brand of choice, and my fingers felt perfectly fine. I haven't had a problem since.
That's the last time I take advice from a guitarist on bass strings.
In my last band, our guitarist swore by DR Black Beauties on his basses. He convinced me to switch to them on my StingRay, since he felt they worked well on his SUB. I didn't care much for the tone, but he loved the result, so I ran with them for a few months at his insistence.
The first set I bought had a bad G string; the core snapped during installation. The second set seemed fine. Weirdly enough, I had a similar problem the last time I bought DR strings; the core snapped on a Lo-Rider D string. Both had been tuned normally, as I usually tune my basses either EADG or drop-D.
The feel was the worst I'd experienced with any string set, and I didn't realize how bad it was until I started sliding. They felt like they were "burning" my fingertips when I would slide up and down the strings. I originally thought it was because my fingers weren't calloused enough, but I never had this problem with any other strings I had used before. The guitarist thought I was just making up excuses for the occasional playing interruption after a slide.
After I quit the band (long story, but the guitarist was unsurprisingly the biggest reason), I bought a new pack of Ernie Ball Slinkys, my previous brand of choice, and my fingers felt perfectly fine. I haven't had a problem since.
That's the last time I take advice from a guitarist on bass strings.
