Dunlop Heavy Core strings

[Mattayus]

I just picked up a set for my 7 string, 10 13 17 28 38 48 60, and man they are punchy! I was originally using a D'addario 10-59 set but felt that it was just lacking a tiny bit of tension and feel.

These are supposed to feel thicker at the same gauge, so for example a heavy core 52 would feel like any other brand's 56/59 maybe. They just have a thicker core so they have higher tension at the same thickness. Feels great! Might have to pick up a set for the 6 next.

Anyone else tried them?

 

[Empathy]

I've got a set for my 7 sitting here on my desk that I bought a month ago, still haven't been arsed putting them. I'll throw them on next time I need to do some DI tracking.

 

[Terminus]

Got a few sets of 12-54 and liking them so far.

 

[JeffTD]

Let us know how quickly they die. The standard Dunlop strings go painfully dead in a day or so, where as D'addarios still usually sound pretty good up to 1.5-2 weeks after a change.

 

[Empathy]

Let us know how quickly they die. The standard Dunlop strings go painfully dead in a day or so, where as D'addarios still usually sound pretty good up to 1.5-2 weeks after a change.

This'll be the deal maker for me. If they're as bad as the Ernie Balls I put on that were shit after 2 days, I'll never bother with them again.

 

[Lazzari]

I know this has nothing to do with the OT, but you guys should try GHS strings. They don't wear as quickly as Ernie Balls or D'addarios. At least that's my personal experience with them.

 

[Mattayus]

Let us know how quickly they die. The standard Dunlop strings go painfully dead in a day or so, where as D'addarios still usually sound pretty good up to 1.5-2 weeks after a change.

Yeah that's the true test, especially since that was the whole reason I was using D'addario for so many years, they took forever to lose their chime. I'll report back in a week and see how they're holdin up.

 

[greyskull]

Yeah that's the true test, especially since that was the whole reason I was using D'addario for so many years, they took forever to lose their chime. I'll report back in a week and see how they're holdin up.

I've switched over to the 11-50 Heavy Cores From D'addarios and am LOVING them

 

[PD-Baraka]

i use heavy core 11/54 too. they are tight.

 

[ratsapprentice]

I used to use them, before switching to D'Addario, they don't last very long, as you're about find out....

 

[Tommy Evans]

If I may derail for a moment, I've been using Ernie Ball Slinky 12's for years. I'm loyal to them cuz frankly, I don't know any better.

What are your guys' thoughts on these strings?

 

[Empathy]

If I may derail for a moment, I've been using Ernie Ball Slinky 12's for years. I'm loyal to them cuz frankly, I don't know any better.

What are your guys' thoughts on these strings?

Total garbage.

 

[Mattayus]

Yup ^
I used Slinky's for my first 4 years of playing, before switching to D'addario one day and realising what strings are actually supposed to sound like.

 

[Nimvi]

A good friend of mine put them on his gibson explorer a while ago and I played it for a good part of the evening. I cannot comment on the lifetime of the tone, but I really loved how they felt. I didn't know they were heavy-core strings, so I was completely unbiased, but after a few minutes I asked him what these strings were cause I liked playing them so much. It is hard to describe what was so nice about them, but to me it felt like I was getting all the benefits from a thicker string, with the playability of a thinner string. Cool stuff!

 

[Rex Rocker]

I'd really like to give the Dunlop strings a try, but they don't offer many different sets, TBH.

 

[Tommy Evans]

Thanks Empathy and Mattayus. I'll have to grab a set of these dunlop heavycores and see what's what!

 

[nosgulstic]

I've tried the Dunlop Heavy Core 52 set when I bought a 5 pack and regretted it. Sounded good, but died within a day.

 

[Uros]

Which D'addarios are you talking about, guys?

 

[Mattayus]

Well. Second day. And they're dead.



Not 'dead' completely, but have certainly lost that new string twang and rasp. That's a disgrace for 48 hours. I haven't even played my guitar that much.

 

[K Odell]

I wish I could use Daddarios, but they just do not make a gauge that I like. Right now I use the EB 11-54 sets. My vibrato just annihilates strings after a while. FML