DR Flats

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 4:56 am

For those so inclined, DR is now offering flats. I don't know anything about them except that they are available. Has anyone here tried them?

loverickbass · Post by **loverickbass** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:02 am

I saw that too Ted; very interesting!

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:44 pm

Ooh, I am intrigued! I might look into a five-string set for my Tobias once I hear how they sound. My experience with DR has been quite good.

lowendbob · Post by **lowendbob** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:14 am

I have been tempted to try them.
I love DR High Beams.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 11:59 am

They are the High Beam flats which, if they are like the rounds, are wound on a round core, which will make them low tension strings. If that is the case, I'm so used to the feel and sound of the Chromes that I don't know if they would work for me.

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:16 pm

Wait, so then are Chromes not low tension strings? I've been told that my experience of Chromes as ultra-high-tension strings is very out of the ordinary . . . are they low-tension or high-tension or somewhere in between? I think that, if the Hi-beam Flats feel anything like the Hi-beam rounds, tension-wise, I will love them. Usually, the reason I switch away from flats and back to rounds is an issue of tension and playability (basically, I prefer noodles to bridge cables).

rickfan60 · Post by **rickfan60** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 4:49 pm

Chromes are not as bad as Fender flats but they are not exactly low tension. In my experience, anyway.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:22 pm

"Wait, so then are Chromes not low tension strings?"

It depends on which guage set you get.

xsubs · Post by **xsubs** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 6:31 pm

Jeff... what do you use... the 40s or 45s?
Cheers
Sean

jps · Post by **jps** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:49 am

I use the Super Soft set 40-60-75-95 and I replace the .60 D string with a single .55.

woodyng · Post by **woodyng** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 6:43 am

i put a 45-105 set of chromes on my 68 tele bass-and it was VERY high-tension,almost as bad as the fender flatwounds-the lakland joe osborn flats don't seem nearly as tight,but for the money,nothing has been better for me than pyramid flats-i use dr strings on all my basses that have roundwounds on 'em...would love to try a set of dr flatwounds if i can find them. the pyramid strings,by the way,come the closest (going by memory) of the set of rickenbacker flatwounds i had used many many years ago....thomastiks,for me,just don't get it.

rictified · Post by **rictified** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:53 am

If you want noodles try TI's or GHS Bright flat light gauge which really sound good after they break in. I think they they also have a 0.95 E.

rickfan63 · Post by **rickfan63** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:41 pm

I use the 45-100 set straight out of the box and the tension has never been high at all. Now they are not exactly like TI's by no means, but they aren't guide wires either. They are a medium tension string. Somewhere between TI's and Fender flats.