DR Strings Hi-Beams LR-40

102

Bass Strings Set

  • Beam Tite
  • Round wound
  • Round core
  • Thickness Set: .040", .060", .080", .100"
Available since June 2008
Item number 212033
Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
String gauge 040 - 100
Material Steel
Scale Long Scale
Taperwound No
$33
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Great strings, but not my personal faves.
Nadz 06.08.2015
I'm not what you would call a "Bass Player", I don't know that much about Bass gear etc, but I do regularly use a Squier Jaguar Bass for recording with (I am usually a guitarist or singer rather than Bass).

I was trying to achieve a particular sound for my bass, pronounced mids and a nicely defined top-end. That's the best way I can describe it, Bass players might call it differently, but I was after a kind of Justin Chancellor / Les Claypool direction.

A Bass Player friend of mine recommended I try these Hi Beams and the Ernie Ball Slinky set (blue packaging), and after trying both sets out, I found the EB's much more to my liking.

That's not to say these DR's weren't good, they were great! I put these on the Bass first and the difference from the last, thicker strings was great. I almost settled for these but curiosity got the better of me and I tried the EB's out and they were just that bit more to my liking.

These strings are definitely for anyone who wants a clear, bell-like tone, they reminded me a bit of a Piano, if that makes any sense? But my personal opinion is the Ernie Balls were slightly clearer with a more defined high-end response.
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My favourite strings
Jon-Inge 04.02.2022
My favourite bass strings. They sound lovely and lively from the start and has a quite long lifetime . The surface of these strings are not as raspy and coarse as some other steel round-wounds, like Dunlop and Fat Beams. The round core makes the strings a little softer and more flexible than strings with a hex core. For me, these are the reference I compare other strings towards. Top bass strings!
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Just the best.
Thonk 23.04.2023
Right.

Pro, then semi pro bass player. Walked into my 1st session in 1987 aged 17, still recoding and playing live now.
I worked my way through a bunch of brands and settled on these.
I used Rotosound, Dean Markley, Ernie Ball, I cant remember what else and the found these in the mid 90's.
I find them to be really reliable & consistent, bright yet deep, tight & full.
I like the consistent gap between them in gauge, i.e always .2

I match the gauge of stings up to the thickness of each neck - Precisions & Jazz's usually 105- 45's & Ibanez/ESP et al. 100's - 40's. This will vary a little bit.

It's just how I do it, no idea about others.

I try other stings as they come along but always come back to these and now I have been using them for coming on 30yrs. They are defiantly are part of the sound that I am paid to produce (which is still amazing to me), and I have a lot to thank them for.

The only time I move away is for flat wounds.
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Fabulous bass strings
Bassdog. 03.11.2022
Brilliant sounding strings..brilliant life in these strings even after a few months..highly recommend.
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