How do Dunlop Super Brights compare to Stainless Steel strings?

[Apolicious]

specifically DR Hi/Fat Beams. I associate being "bright" with stainless, but people claim the nickel Dunlops are just as bright and easier on the fingers. I'm also curious about their comparative longevity, since SS seems to be at least useful for about forever, whereas nickel doesn't seem to.

thoughts?

edit: apparently Dunlop makes these in SS, but I'm referring to the nickel-wounds.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

From recent memory and way too many Winter string changes...

DSBN vs Dunlop Marcus Miller Steel Rounds
flexible : tenser
pang : ping
(I think) round core vs hex core
slick : grippy
wider envelope : tight envelope

DSBN vs Fat Beams
FB darker
About the same flex
DNSB scooped
Fat Beams better balanced

Preferring Fat Beams more often than DSBN lately.
Have a 90s Tune PJ that loves the Marcus Millers.

 

[michael_t]

DSBN vs Dunlop Marcus Miller Steel Rounds
flexible : tenser
pang : ping
(I think) round core vs hex core
slick : grippy
wider envelope : tight envelope

All Dunlop Super Brights are hex core, except the core diameter is thinner than most, making them almost as flexible as some round cores.

 

[ImTheOnlyOne]

All Dunlop Super Brights are hex core, except the core diameter is thinner than most, making them almost as flexible as some round cores.

Appreciate your verifying

Ever compare them with SIT Foundations? Very similar surface feel, more flex, harmonically a bit more chaotic. Both easy on the fingers.

Those Marcus Miller steels are fantastic for finger style.

 

[michael_t]

Ever compare them with SIT Foundations? Very similar surface feel, more flex, harmonically a bit more chaotic. Both easy on the fingers...

The SIT Foundations use the same formula as the Dunlop Super Brights, ie thinner-than-average hex core for added flexibility.

My son used to use the Super Bright Stainless on his Ibanez, but I got him a set of the Foundations Stainless last year, which he seems to like.

Dunlop Marcus Millers are slightly stiffer due to the thicker core wire.