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DR Strings Club?
- Thread starter GoatGruff
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I run medium/light Fat Beams on my '79 Thunderbird. Like Jamerson said, "the funk is in the funk" and I have 6 or more years on them. They sound terrific broken in/worn/old/stale/nasty however you like to view it.
Wow! 6 year old Fat Beams?? That is getting close to Ed Friedland's 10 year old Labella Hard Rockin' Steels.
I like my hi beams and black beauties thats what most of my basses get. but wanting a flat wound 4 string set but can't seem to find any. I may have to buy a set for a 5 string and just use the 4 i need and put the B in the extra parts box.
How are the DR fellas doing?! Just ordered a new set of DR Low Riders from Bassstringsonline.com I love that site. So many cool options. I have been experimenting with Rotos and Fat Beams lately so I am really missing my Low Riders and I cant wait till they get here and I can get them on my P. Thought I'd share my excitement. Its been way too long since I used my much loved LR's. As much as I like Rotos, they just dont seem to have anything on DR's in the way of longevity, punch and the way that they are really strong yet very flexible. Stoked!
Broke my new Roscoe in right with a fresh set of Black Beauties! But the A string was pretty dead out of the pack and the B string has a spot where the color has flaked off (right between the pickups). I love the sound and feel of DR's but sometimes I get bummed with the dead strings. Anthony at DR was supposed to send out a new A string this past monday, hopefully it will be here today for the weekend. I can deal with the color flaking, as much as I hate it 
Broke my new Roscoe in right with a fresh set of Black Beauties! But the A string was pretty dead out of the pack and the B string has a spot where the color has flaked off (right between the pickups). I love the sound and feel of DR's but sometimes I get bummed with the dead strings. Anthony at DR was supposed to send out a new A string this past monday, hopefully it will be here today for the weekend. I can deal with the color flaking, as much as I hate it
Just a followup..Anthony at DR replaced the strings. Top notch service as always from DR. The A string was definitely dead out of the pack.
Been using Hi-Beams on all of my basses for at least 10 years. Switched over from LaBella years ago & never looked back!
Black Beauties:
- Alembic Mark King Series II 5-string
- 1979 Music Man Sabre
- 1980 Music Man Sabre
- Just bought a pack for my 2005 Fender AmDlxP5
- Marchlewski 5-string
Steel Lo Riders 50 - 110 in E flat standard on my Bass Collection P Bass with EMG active pick ups in.. best sound ever! the zing has gone from it but still has alot of tone to it which I've never found with other strings!
Used to use the hi-beams all the time cause it's all the stores around me would carry. discovered the beauty of ordering them online and i've been stuck on the stainless steel lo-riders 45=105 ever since i got my first set. even, punchy tone and flawless, unvarying string tension from E to G. there's a brightness to stainless steel that i can't get over 
. OH AND I WOULD LIKE A NUMBER PLEASE!
. OH AND I WOULD LIKE A NUMBER PLEASE!
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Just put my first set of Black Beauties on my 2012 MM Sabre Classic. Ugh...horrible, horrible hum. Bass is pretty much unplayable at the moment. Will see if shielding the electronics cavity works. If not, off they come.
The coating on the strings is not conductive so you are not getting proper ground through the strings. Shielding the cavity unfortunatly will not help. buzzing goes away if you touch the bridge yes?
Yes, the buzzing goes away if I tough the bridge or tuners. So, basically, nothing to be done other than remove them?
That's the nature of single coils and coated strings.Yes, the buzzing goes away if I tough the bridge or tuners. So, basically, nothing to be done other than remove them?
