This thread is 10 years old lol
But uh... Hi-Beams for life if you want bright and piano chime
But uh... Hi-Beams for life if you want bright and piano chime
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Hi-Beams vs. Fat beams
- Thread starter grobe
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Fat beams for more body to your tone. Im glad to see the old threads getting bumped. The guys on here need to make up thier minds, on 1 hand they talk smack on every old thread that gets bumped years later while they also cry about starting new threads on the same topic. Tb logic should be a meme. Lol
Posted this in another old thread regarding DR strings…
Had the hi beams on for a month or so and have been digging the tone and feel. Decided to throw fat beams on while the hi beams were still fresh to do a good comparison. For those interested, fat beams sound like hi beams if you turn the treble down a hair and then the bass up a hair. Nothing extremely different. Tension and flexibility has no discernible difference to me. Made zero chances to my setup/action.
What I do notice, however, is the fat beams are quite a bit more comfortable due to the slower winding. Hi beams are a bit “grabby” on my fingers. Fat beams are smoother and make faster passages and slides a bit more seamless. I think you could interchange these strings with minor EQ changes and be perfectly happy. The slower wound/tighter winding gives the fat beams a leg up for me!
Had the hi beams on for a month or so and have been digging the tone and feel. Decided to throw fat beams on while the hi beams were still fresh to do a good comparison. For those interested, fat beams sound like hi beams if you turn the treble down a hair and then the bass up a hair. Nothing extremely different. Tension and flexibility has no discernible difference to me. Made zero chances to my setup/action.
What I do notice, however, is the fat beams are quite a bit more comfortable due to the slower winding. Hi beams are a bit “grabby” on my fingers. Fat beams are smoother and make faster passages and slides a bit more seamless. I think you could interchange these strings with minor EQ changes and be perfectly happy. The slower wound/tighter winding gives the fat beams a leg up for me!
I did a similar comparison to DieTired about 10 yrs ago. Went from Fat to Hi and after playing the Hi's for about a month went back to the Fats as I appreciated their tone better. You got the benefit of a bright string but with more booty. I've moved on from Fats due to wanting a higher tensioned string.
