I've gotten hooked on flatwound strings, for the comfortable feel and no 'raking' sound when you move your hand on the fretboard. I strictly play La Bella flats on my P-Bass. But they just don't sound right on a Jazz Bass.
I guess what I really want on the Jazz Bass is a set of strings that *sound* like rounds, but *feel* like flats. I think that may be what DR is going for here. They really don't feel flat — they're more like half-rounds — but they are pretty comfortable to play, don't make a *lot* of the raking noise (although they do a little), and they sound excellent on the Jazz Bass.
I got them because I was first trying out a set of D'Addario Half Rounds, which felt decent but sounded *terrible*, especially the completely dead E string. No sustain whatsoever. These DR's, on the other hand, sound extremely consistent string-to-string, with great ringing tone and lots of sustain.
I think I may have just found my go-to strings for Jazz Bass.
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In 1989, DR Strings re-introduced hand-made round core string making to the general market. It requires a lot of skill, time and care, but we feel it’s worth it because we can hear the difference between a handmade string and a machine made string.
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Maybe I Got A Bad Set?
The moment I opened this pack of strings and felt the texture of them I knew something was off. I’ve owned two sets of DR Legends in the past and they are quality strings that definitely give labella and TI flats a run for their money. I chose this brand to go on my newly acquired Stingray Classic however, something is way off. The E and A strings in particular feel rough. Not quite as rough as a round wound string but definitely not the same level of quality and smoothness as I’ve experienced with past sets of this string. Almost like a cheap ground wound string. And the sound.. I know I’m buying flats but these flats brand new out of the box sound rich and full, and age like fine wine into that thumpy warm tone. This set sounds terribly lifeless and uneven straight out of the box. Not only that, the D string core completely slipped during installation and is now useless. Surely I thought to myself that the quality couldn’t have dropped off this terribly? So I compared it to two year old DR Legend Flats I had stored from my Fender P-bass, and surely enough I was right. Each string on the old set was perfectly smooth and felt right. So much so I decided to install them on the Stingray instead and WOW the difference that made. At two years old the previous set of these particular strings completely blew the brand new set out of the water. I hope DR isn’t sacrificing quality control to save costs on manufacturing. I would very much rather pay an extra $4-$5 to keep the same level of quality of years’ past than to get the subpar product I received today for $35. I’m going to definitely try and exchange this set for a different one and give DR the benefit of the doubt for now. But if DR Legend strings really has changed then perhaps the Legend dead.
