Dunlop Strings - one word "Wow"

[p-bass]

Just realized the ones I have are the nickel coated steel ones. Not bad strings at all. Remind me a lot of D'Addarios.

+ 1 They reminded me of D'Addario XL Nickelwounds

 

[mmbongo]

+ 1 They reminded me of D'Addario XL Nickelwounds

First thing I noticed is how much smoother feeling the Dunlops are over XL's. They almost feel like polished pure nickel by comparison to the rougher feeling XL's. I just this afternoon put a fresh set of XL's on an SX I'm working on. The Dunlops actually feel identical (on the outer wrap anyway) to DR Sunbeams.

 

[Doodaddy]

I personally don't hear a D'Addario similarity, but then again, strings are incredibly subjective.

That being said, my only complaint after having had these strings for a while is that lack of a tapered B string. My Warwick is suffering. Stupid DR Taperwounds. I need any other string on there

 

[MarkusBass]

I went from D'Addario XL Nickelwounds, and these sound more open to my ears.

 

[p-bass]

I personally don't hear a D'Addario similarity, but then again, strings are incredibly subjective.

That being said, my only complaint after having had these strings for a while is that lack of a tapered B string. My Warwick is suffering. Stupid DR Taperwounds. I need any other string on there

Subjective is the key word here.I did not find any significant difference in tone or feel between the Dunlops and the D'Addario XL's,in fact...most quality nickel plated steel roundwounds sound very similar to me...feel is a different issue. I find DR Sunbeams have just the right feel and tone for me,and for me...that is all that matters.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

They had the mids and highs, but the low end was missing.

I'd probably LOVE these then!!

 

[mmbongo]

I personally don't hear a D'Addario similarity, but then again, strings are incredibly subjective.

That being said, my only complaint after having had these strings for a while is that lack of a tapered B string. My Warwick is suffering. Stupid DR Taperwounds. I need any other string on there

I'll go along with that. I used to use SIT Power Wounds on my G&L which had a tapered B. However I discovered that bass does much better with .40's and SIT does not offer a set of .40's that fit the L2500 strung through body. So, on to Dunlops...but a tapered B would be nice.

 

[chanson]

After further review...

Well, I still really like the Dunlop NPS strings so don't get me wrong, HOWEVER, I found out one not so good thing about them, and I am very sorry to say this but when played in a loud hard rock band the D'Addario Prosteels sound better!

The Prosteels just cut better and have more audible punch.

So, if you are NOT playing in a real loud hard rock band the Dunlops are a great choice. The biggest endorsers playing Dunlop NPS strings are Nathan East and Jimmy Haslip and both of them are not real hard rock guys, so I guess that's a good example.

Troy Sanders of Mastodon and Dave Edwardson of Neurosis are endorsing them. They both playing in very thick, heavy bands.

 

[Saluki]

Strings are subjective, but I am diggin' the dunlops. I have a set of SS on my alder body nordy and they sound great IMO. I have a new set of nickels I am going to try in the future. Carey Nordstrand is now reccomending them and using them FWIW.

 

[Tony G]

Carey Nordstrand is now reccomending them and using them FWIW.

That is why I gave them a shot on my Nordy. They sounds as good or better than any string I've tried on this bass. I'm not looking back.

I've tried both the SS and most recently the nickel plated. If the nickel plated last a decent amount of time, they are going to be my go-to string. This is from a guy who hasn't liked a nickel string in 15 years.

 

[bcolins]

I did a few google searches......no results yet. What is the best source (best price) for Dunlop Flats?

Brian in Austin

 

[Tony G]

I did a few google searches......no results yet. What is the best source (best price) for Dunlop Flats?

Brian in Austin

I could be wrong, but I don't think Dunlop makes flatwound strings.

 

[Darkstrike]

I could be wrong, but I don't think Dunlop makes flatwound strings.

You are correct, they do not.

 

[bcolins]

thanks guys. That explains why there were no google results.

 

[mmbongo]

I could be wrong, but I don't think Dunlop makes flatwound strings.

Yeah, Dunlop does not make flats..which is one reason why I love Dunlop

 

[Maiden Bass]

Troy Sanders of Mastodon and Dave Edwardson of Neurosis are endorsing them. They both playing in very thick, heavy bands.

Well, maybe I just need to tweak my EQ then.

You're probably right because guess who's using Dunlop strings now -

 

[phunku]

Do Dunlop strings (Stainless Steel or Nickel) sound anything like DR Lowrider Steels?

 

[mmbongo]

I have not compared them directly to LoRiders, but keep in mind that Les who runs Dunlops string division used to be a big cheese at DR so I'd say they have some common traits. The Dunlops will be less tension than LoRiders though, since LoRiders are designed to be a higher tension string.

 

[p-bass]

LoRiders in my experience are not a "high tension" string. I believe in DR's marketing hype they compare their Hex Core with their Round Core stating the Hex Core gives more resistance for players who like to dig in a little more,but high tension...I don't think so.As for "common traits",these are both roundwound bass strings. Also,just because a high profile bassist uses a set of strings does not determine if a string is right for me,come on...these guys are paid to use these strings.So much of what people think they know about strings comes right from the hype these string manufacturers claim.BTW,I have used both the Dunlop Nickel Roundwounds & DR LoRiders,and I would take the LoRiders over the Dunlops anyday.

 

[mmbongo]

LoRiders in my experience are not a "high tension" string. .

Well, Ed Friedland..and Mark Dronge...disagree with you. And SURPRISE...I agree with them because they tend to know what they are talking about. And personally, I think you comparing Dunlops to D'Addario proves that you've never used Dunlops. I could be wrong, but I don't see how anybody in their right mind could confuse the two.

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