Description
Most stainless sets trade feel for brightness. Hi-Beams don’t make you choose. DR builds these on a round core wire instead of the hex core you’ll find on nearly everything else, and that construction is why they stay flexible and easy to play while still cutting through a mix with real clarity. It’s a slower, more labor-intensive way to make a bass string, but it’s the reason Hi-Beams have earned their reputation.
Plug in this Medium 45-105 set and you get punch and top-end sparkle without the harshness that stainless usually brings. Slap players get snap that doesn’t feel brittle, and finger-style players get a string that responds instead of fighting back. Tone stays consistent string to string, so your low B doesn’t sound like a different instrument than your G.
Durability is where these strings really pay for themselves on the road. Players count on Hi-Beams for unusually long life and stable intonation gig after gig, and they’re kind to your frets instead of chewing them up over time.
- Gauges: Medium (45, 65, 85, 105)
- Material: Stainless steel, round core wire, ball end
- Scale length: 37 3/4″
- Also available for short scale (33 3/4″) and long scale (40 1/2″) basses
If you want stainless brightness that still feels good under your hands night after night, this is the set to grab.
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