Dunlop Super Bright Strings Changed?

[74hc]

So I have to ask if anyone noticed a change in the way Dunlop makes these strings from, say 6 years ago or so?

I purchased a 5 string set of SS super brights and installed those on my Kiesel. First thing I noticed was these don't feel anything like the super brights that came from the factory.

These did not feel flexible, or balanced whatsoever. It felt and sounded more like standard roundwounds like Boomers. But my hex core Boomers on the pbass sounded better to me.

I did my regular Sunday gig with these just to give the strings a chance. I would think with the type of songs we do in for this season, these would sound good. Nope, I actually hated them, and took them off for the Pressure wounds I have the next day.

 

[Yonni]

I wasn't using them 6 years ago and haven't tried Boomers but they are my go to string for my jazz. Everything else gets Cobalts. I like 'em. I find them bright and funky. Maybe it was just a bad pack?

 

[74hc]

Cobalts flat is what I normally use, but we're playing more 4/4 christian pop this time of the year, and rounds sound better to me for these songs due to the fuller mid-highs and highs.

I too wondered if I got a bad pack. When I tuned them up and tried them, I thought I might have tuned to the next octave up. So I down tuned a couple of the strings but those where floppy and sliding around the frets. Plus the tuner really couldn't sort out the note either.

Thankfully, these strings were only twenty bucks plus tax.

 

[Yonni]

I've got cobalt flats on my P and cobalt rounds on my Lakland. Next change of strings I might put them on the jazz too and give up on the Dunlop brights.

 

[74hc]

I gave the super brights one more shot at rehearsal, and promptly fired them. I put the GHS pressure wounds on which is what I normally use for this season's songs if I use the 5-string.

This has to be a bad pack, but my only comparison is the super brights that Kiesel installs. Apparently, Kiesel doesn't sell any strings in their online shop anymore.

 

[mmbongo]

I have been using the super bright nickels ever since they came out and I have not noticed a change in them. What you are describing is kind of the impression I got from the regular Dunlop strings. Kind of dull and flat sounding. I wonder if maybe you got the regular Dunlops in the wrong packaging?

I have a Kiesel as well and did not notice any difference from the strings that came from the factory and a fresh set of super bright Nickels.

 

[tindrum]

I gave the super brights one more shot at rehearsal, and promptly fired them. I put the GHS pressure wounds on which is what I normally use for this season's songs if I use the 5-string.

This has to be a bad pack, but my only comparison is the super brights that Kiesel installs. Apparently, Kiesel doesn't sell any strings in their online shop anymore.

I'm pretty sure Kiesel installs Dunlop regular strings from the factory. At time I think they used La Bellas.

 

[mmbongo]

I'm pretty sure Kiesel installs Dunlop regular strings from the factory. At time I think they used La Bellas.

 

[ihixulu]

I recently got a bum set of Super Bright Nickels. Every string in the pack wouldn't intonate properly. Double stops sounded like poo too. Happens.

I saw an interview with Roger Sadowsky recently in which he stated that the incidence of bad strings is far more wide spread than people assume. So, like I said, happens.

 

[Zooberwerx]

I recently got a bum set of Super Bright Nickels. Every string in the pack wouldn't intonate properly. Double stops sounded like poo too. Happens.

I saw an interview with Roger Sadowsky recently in which he stated that the incidence of bad strings is far more wide spread than people assume. So, like I said, happens.

There was a major QC faux pas a few years back and, TBH, they've never regained my trust. I'm just now using the last of the two cartons (nickel & SS) Dunlop provided. They act / intonate exactly as described.

Riis

 

[Goatrope]

Thanks for the heads-up, @74hc .

I've got them on auto-delivery. Put a set on one of the basses every month. Haven't noticed anything different in years, and I'm gigging with them regularly.

I will certainly keep watch. Love the strings, and this is the second thread I've read about a problem.