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DR Fatbeams oh my!

Mediocrity Man

Master of Mediocrity
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Apr 11, 2014
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After primarily being a Sunbeam player I have recently fallen in love with DR Fatbeams. Had a set on my Fender Precision E series for about four months and they still sound great. Very articulate with sweet low mids and smooth lows. A little rough from what I'm used to but worth it. Although I may not use them exclusively, they have certainly become part of my tone for live shows.
 
I'm playing them on my Warwick streamer and they are still sounding good even after around 5 months. Typical Dr fashion though they really hold the settled in tone for a long time before they get too dull sounding. I prefer the mids and lows to the high beams. They are the only round core string I'd use again aside from the old fodera stainless rounds.
 
ive recently fallen in love with sunbeams on a fretless and they seem to do very well for me there.. I am keen to try the other line but ill likely do that on my fanned fret as the sunbeams are literally just gems on the fretless..!

thanks for this post ill look into the fats! :D