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DR flats??

#15
Throughout my flats experiments, I bought a couple sets back around july at Bass NW.
I still have one P I rarely play strung up with them, but I returned the other set. I find them very dead-thuddy sounding. I was expecting a trademark DR growl, but these are the complete opposite, and they're stiffer than most others.
I've gone back to my Ken Smith flats, and GHS brite flats for now.
 
#16
I've been a DR Hi-Beam user for years - love 'em. I thought I'd try a set of the Hi-Beam Flats on my Roscoe fretless 5-string and bought a set from The Perfect Bass (you can get them there or at least you could 6 weeks ago).

I was expecting a nice, bright flat with a lot of "zing" like I remember ground-rounds to deliver. But no! These are very thumpy with a very rapid decay, just like a traditional flat set, I guess. Not that this is bad, but it's not what I wanted. Anyway, they're off the bass after less than 6 hours of playing time, and I'm trying to decide what to do with them! Maybe a trade for something on the Buy and Sell forum.

Very smooth and silky to the touch and definitely well-made. I found them to be much higher in tension than regular Hi-Beam rounds, too. But definitely not the string for me.
 
#18
Yeah, for me the tension was a bit higher than most other sets I've used. I have the High Beam rounds in the same gauge for my other bass, and it has a more springy feel to it.
On my jazz itself, it was a huge change mostly because the only other string brand I used on it was Dean Markley Blue Steel ultra-lites.:ninja: But now I have to admit, DR will be my string brand for a while, even though they're expensive as heck...
 
#19
I bought a set more than a year ago,when they very first came out, and had them on a Yamaha BB414.

I found them very much like D'Addario Chromes in both sound and feel, maybe a little stiffer and smoother. The set I had was 45-105, whereas the only Chromes I have had are the 45-100 set. That could account for the stiffness.

I find it strange that DR would call them Hi Beam Flats, giving them the name synonymous with bright rounds, but I haven't understood DR's marketing much anyway.
 
#20
I put the set I got on my StingRay 5.

They are middle of the road in tension, well more so than TI Jazz Flats but less than say Fender flats.

I like them. They arent a bright flat IMO, and match up well with my SR5. They are pretty old school in flavor, but I like em.
 

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