Good strings for low tuning?

[FunkMetalBass]

My Circle K set arrived today.
Can't wait for the damn guitards to finish recording so I can put them on and see how they play.

You're going to love them. Really. Post links to those recordings when you're done.

 

[SirGrotius]

How'd the strings work out for you? That is one bad-ass tuning. Are the DR Drop Tuning Strings too uncool?

 

[FunkMetalBass]

How'd the strings work out for you? That is one bad-ass tuning. Are the DR Drop Tuning Strings too uncool?

The DR Drop Tuning strings are just poorly designed. They don't make an attempt to balance out tension at all (and in fact, the tension differences are almost always worse than most traditional sets).

 

[ixlramp]

The DR DDTs have gauges chosen primarily for all-fourths tunings (of whatever pitch), so it seems they are for players who are going back and forth between all-fourths and a drop tuning. In a drop tuning the DDTs will have the dropped string at very much lower tension than the others but it seems that the deliberately thick and stiff core keeps the flop under control. I was speculating that the sets may be deliberately top-heavy tensionwise because stiffness is now playing such a large part in supporting the vibration of the lower stiffer strings that less tension is needed on them ... also perhaps to minimise the change in total tension when retuning. It's an interesting design idea but i personally feel a deliberately stiff string is a bad idea, causing a darker more inharmonic tone, perhaps like the bass strings of an upright piano ... some people will like them of course

If a player is in a permanent drop tuning in my opinion it's best to choose gauges for equal tension strings in that tuning.

 

[tom once dead]

So, a really late update here.
All the recording and just everything is just taking way longer than I had expected. I only just put the Circle K set on a couple of weeks ago and I was really worried that they would've gone a little dead especially seeing as it's wet season here at the moment. Luckily the strings were fine when i put them on, they were hanging up in our studio the whole time so they were in a good environment.

So far the strings have lived up to my expectations completely and I'm definitely glad I made the purchase. The only real problem I've had is trying to get my action perfect again. I knew this would happen though because of the huge difference in tension between the Circle K's and the Dunlop/DR's I've had on there for the past couple of years.

I really love the feel of the strings now that I'm used to them. The low G is super solid and actually rings out for longer than 2 second now . I also love the piano-like tone you can get from the higher strings especially when tapping (I added in some tapping to another song just because it sounds so nice!)

As far as the recording goes, I've only done 3 songs so far (juggling a full time job, recording an album and packing up to move cities is not an easy task). The strings have hardly lost any brightness at all which I'm further impressed by.

I'll definitely be using Circle K strings from now on and I would recommend them to anyone.

PS. If you want to hear the recordings once they're done, shoot me a PM and I'll be sure to give you send them to you!

 

[ixlramp]

Good to hear they worked for you