I feel no differance. (DR content)

I've been wanting to try some DR Lo-Riders for a while but stayed away because some folks here have found them to have too much tension due to the hex core.

Well, what the hell? No guts no glory, right? I have a set of Fat Beams (round core) on my Jazz bass and thought it would be interesting to see how the two sets differed in terms of feel. Bought the SS Lo-Riders today, put them on my Squire Affinity P bass and.......I feel NO differance what so ever in terms of tension between the two sets. Looked at the package to be sure I didn't screw up! Nope...says Lo-Rider and hex core right there.

I'm very, very surprised by this. I've got a set of GHS Boomers on my MIJ bass and in terms of feel the Boomers have more tension than the Lo-Riders.

I was really expecting something very differant. Fact is, I really wanted to feel a differance but the tension from both sets feels identical!

A packing error on DR's part, perhaps? That's the only thing I can think of.

 

Well, the package says MLH-45 45 65 80 100. According the DR's site this is the Medium Lite set. I normally use an 85 and a 105 and while I saw the 80 and the 100 on the box I thought it can't make that much differance. Besides, these Lo-Riders were the only ones in the store.

But still, the 45 and 65 is what I use and again, being hex core I thouht these were going to have as much tension as say, GHS Pressure Wounds. Now those are some high tension strings!

I again compared the Lo-Riders on the P to the Fat Beams on my J and again, I feel no differance in tension between the two sets on any of the strings.