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Excellent long life
I've used DR Extras for a number of years as gigging in a club/function band around 100 times a year I found I was going through lots of strings.
With these coated strings I found that I only had to change about 3 times a year, and often that would be more for cosmetic reasons than tone.
When these strings go on, they don't have the same brightness you'd get from a set of brand new steel roundwounds, they have a crunchy kind of tone similar to a set of nickel roundwounds which have maybe done a gig or two.
They stay sounding that way for ages though. I've had sets which have done 30 gigs and you would never know from the tone they weren't new.
The colour coating does flake a little over time, but not so much that affects the sound, only the appearance. This is more of an issue if you use a pick.
I have one gripe with these which is that DR have recently changed the coating to something called Dragon Skin or K3 and while it may be longer lasting, I find it quite uncomfortable when doing a lot of slides as the friction causes a burning sensation too easily.
With these coated strings I found that I only had to change about 3 times a year, and often that would be more for cosmetic reasons than tone.
When these strings go on, they don't have the same brightness you'd get from a set of brand new steel roundwounds, they have a crunchy kind of tone similar to a set of nickel roundwounds which have maybe done a gig or two.
They stay sounding that way for ages though. I've had sets which have done 30 gigs and you would never know from the tone they weren't new.
The colour coating does flake a little over time, but not so much that affects the sound, only the appearance. This is more of an issue if you use a pick.
I have one gripe with these which is that DR have recently changed the coating to something called Dragon Skin or K3 and while it may be longer lasting, I find it quite uncomfortable when doing a lot of slides as the friction causes a burning sensation too easily.
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Burning issue
I was curious as to how these would feel with the black coating if it would affect my playing but they feel very nice however I find if I slide too much or to quickly it gives a horrible burning on fretting hand. They sound amazing too so if you don't play anything crazy and would like some nice sounding strings then these are for you. A big bonus is the look, they look very cool.
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Cool strings.
Good sounding and good looking strings. To me they feel a bit more "grippy" than regular ones.
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Last long, if you do not play with picks.
If you only play with fingers, absolutely go for it. Playing with a pick, it peels off quite quickly.
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