Follow-up on the Dunlops.
I am impressed with their packaging, as they vacuum-pack their strings. I guess so they don't spoil? At any rate, it does seem cool.
On the bass, they quickly settled in tune, even with using my trem. I like it when strings don't have a long break-in period, and these seem to be that way. Fresh on the bass, they sounded bright and snappy. The lows were clear and even, and the highs cut through well.
The downside. And maybe this has to do with the quick break-in time, but they seemed to lose their top-end really quickly. It felt like they went from being nice and bright to dull and lackluster after only about two weeks. I kept them on for a while just to get the most mileage out of them as I could, but the last few practices had me sounding really dead.
So maybe this is why they were being sold as a cheap two-for-one deal? It seems strange, as I see a lot of top players using them.
We have a gig Saturday, so I put on the second set last night after practice to give them adequate time to settle. I will wait and see if these lose their brightness so quickly as the first set did. If they do, I think I might just bite the bullet, and go back to using Rotosounds full-time again.
