I am much more familiar with their Pure Blues and that is really how I see DR Strings.
I wasn’t all too sure about how DR Strings would perform on drop tunings. Overall, they are great quality for their relatively low price. They should easily last about a month or two depending on how often and hard you play them. The last thing you want is a string snapping while you are in the middle of a heavy breakdown riff.Īs for lifespan, these strings are about what you can expect from D’Addario. I suspect anyone else who plays in a drop tuning will also want tough strings. That means that having tough strings is kind of a must. I tend to play more aggressively on drop tunings. Although some might actually want that darker tone to come through on lower tunings. I wouldn’t call it muddy, the strings just lose a little bit of their brightness the lower you tune them. It does darken a bit going lower and I can certainly see that putting some people off. The tone is still quite bright and punchy. In drop D, and even drop C, I don’t find the mellower tone to come through that much. When drop tuning, especially low like B or A, having strings with a brighter sound and more attack is better. They are nickel-plated, which mellows out the sound a little bit. They do get a bit too loose when tuned lower, but raising your action a bit could be an easy solution.
But that isn’t too surprising for D’Addario strings.ĭ’Addario claims they are optimized for D tuning, but I have no problem tuning them as low as C, drop B. It isn’t hard to see why these strings are so popular. These genres tend to use drop tunings more, making strings that can handle these tunings a must. D’Addario strings are fairly common among metal and rock guitarists.
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