Put a set of Dr High- Beams on the other day and Wow! Very low output. So much I took them off today and ordered another set of NYXL Strings. Anyone have this problem?
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Low Output on DR High Beams
- Thread starter magic8161
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I use Hi Beams a lot. That has never happened to me. Did you do a full setup after putting them on? I’m wondering if the pickup height needed adjustment.
I had a set of D'Addarios on but the G and E string was dead. I replaced them with the HI-Beams same gauge as i always use. I did some research after I posted this and it seems its a Problem with others as well. Never had this problem before with other strings.
Should you ever give DR another shot, I'd recommend giving Sunbeams a try. This is just my experience, but the couple of times I pulled the trigger on hi beams they had a inherent brittleness to their tone I never cared for. Sunbeams have a nice fat bottom end with plenty of output and clarity, and they dont die off into a thuddy lifeless string with nasty overtones the way nickle XL's do.
