DR -or- D'Adderio?

Rodent · **Posted:** February 13th, 2009, 10:28 am

if you had to generalize on one brand or the other, which would it be?

all the best,

R

andrew · **Posted:** February 13th, 2009, 10:33 am

You know my vote. DR!

lefty68 · **Posted:** February 13th, 2009, 10:43 am

Yep + one for DR

Matt R. · **Posted:** February 13th, 2009, 11:07 am

Just tried DRs last night for the first time. Not blown away by the feel.

LefThanDed · **Joined:** May 12th, 2008, 5:55 pm **Posts:** 254

DR Nickels - especially Sunbeams.

andrew · **Posted:** February 15th, 2009, 1:58 pm

Matt R. wrote:

Just tried DRs last night for the first time. Not blown away by the feel.

Which ones, and what do you normally use?

WestBerliner · **Posted:** April 1st, 2009, 10:48 pm

D'Addarios all the way! XL 105s. same thing for guitars. no other strings for me!

danomite64 · **Posted:** April 2nd, 2009, 7:48 am

D'Addario. I've only tried one set of DR's, the ones with the coating on them. Didn't like them at all.

AzWhoFan · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 10:57 am **Posts:** 2866

DR for taper cores.
D'Addario for other applications

pjmuck · **Posted:** April 2nd, 2009, 10:26 am

Neither for me anymore, as I'm happy with Elixirs, but I did play D'Addario XL165s for years and still like them.

Basshappi · **Joined:** March 14th, 2008, 2:28 pm **Posts:** 965

DRs by far. But I am not a brand loyalist. I have 2 basses that have D'Addarios on them. One is strung piccolo and I think the D'Addarios are good for that one. The other is my 5 string that has XLs and I'm not too happy with them so the 'string quest' will continue.

I am a beliver that each bass has a certain type string that brings out its particular "voice" to the fullest. I tend to go through several Brands/types of strings with a new bass until I find "the one" and then I stay with it. With 9 basses I wish I could be satisfied with some budget string for all of them....oh well.

pjmuck · **Posted:** April 2nd, 2009, 2:20 pm

Basshappi wrote:

I am a beliver that each bass has a certain type string that brings out its particular "voice" to the fullest. I tend to go through several Brands/types of strings with a new bass until I find "the one" and then I stay with it.

+1. My experience especially with flats. I like D'Addario Chromes on my J, Labella Jamersons on my P, and TIs on my Tele bass.

Malfunct8 · **Joined:** August 29th, 2008, 4:21 pm **Posts:** 112

Big fan of the D'Addario Half wounds, by far my favorite string, long life, with a ground outer wrap, they don't pick up gunge like round wounds yet still have some zing unlike full chromes.

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