DR Fat Beams or Hi Beams

[damos]

Hello
Are the DR Fat Beams strings more suitable for finger playing because they are a little less flexible, I love my Hi Beams and the Rotos 66, are the Fat Beams a good compromise between the two?

Thanks

 

[Ggaa]

They should be, I think they're the stiffest string DR has except Lo Riders. I used Fatbeams for several years but moved to Daddario nickels because the Dadds were stiffer for my plucking hand. Been a while but I think the Rotos are stiffer than Fats.

 

[fishdude101101]

There is no difference in stiffness between hi beams and fat beams. They are the same strings made of the same materials, just the fat beams are wound at a slower speed.

 

[michael_t]

There is no difference in stiffness between hi beams and fat beams. They are the same strings made of the same materials, just the fat beams are wound at a slower speed.

In my experience, FB are ever slightly stiffer than HB. The "slow winding" process results in extra tight windings, which makes them feel a bit tighter. That said, the actual difference is not night and day like between HB and Roto 66.

 

[eriky4003]

Agree with MichaelT, maybe a bit more tension but not really noticeable. If sticking with DR, go to the Lo Riders. If you like the sound of Roto 66, you will like Lo Riders.

 

[DonaldR]

Used to play Hi-Beams but I put a set of Lo-Riders SS on my TRBX-505 and I really like the feel.

 

[damos]

Thanks here a test in french



it seems that the FatBeams have more midrange

 

[Drop1]

I bounce back and forth between hi beams and fat beams regularly. They feel a tiny bit different on my fingers when new, but i don't notice any change in tension.
Over all they feel so similar to me i sometimes can't tell which I'm playing. They are so similar that recently when swapping back and forth several times to listen for differences, I couldnt tell which was which. I got them mixed up and the small difference in sound wasn't enough to identify which was which. I couldn't feel any difference on slightly used sets at all, no matter how hard I tried.