Anyone else have problems with DR strings?

[thegame]

Recently installed a 10-50 set of Titefits for my LP and 11-50 Highbeams for my Floyd equipped axe. I can't get these to intonate properly on either! Furthermore, they don't stay in tune particularly well (both tuned to standard). As for the tone the Titefits are too dark and the Highbeams have harsh glassy overtones. Last but not least, one already broke at the machine head while retuning. God, I hate these

Neither guitar has ever had any of those problems with Ernie Balls or D'addarios.

 

[Drkorey]

Yes, I've had some intonation issues with them on an LP I have been recording with recently.
My engineer likes DR strings, which I just started to use for this project on his recommendation, and we've changed sets of DR Tite-Fit 10's every time I've started to record a new song.
After the 6th song and 6th new set of strings my LP would not hold intonation and just sounded horrible and we scrapped it and used one of my Andersons with DRs on it, which we were able to intonate and use for two songs.
Then for the last song, I used an Aristides with the DR's and we needed to re-intonate initially, but after that it seemed ok.
I have been freaking out a bit that somehow my LP got totally jacked and I'd need a luthier to go over it lol.
After reading your post, seems like it's a string issue and I can start to trouble shoot with a different brand/set of strings and hopefully that will be it.

 

[Devin]

Not a fan

 

[thenine]

NYXL. Done

 

[napalmdeath]

NYXL. Done

Are they THAT good? I've yet to try them. What's good about them? I typically buy the EXL110's in 3 or 10 packs, but last year or so, I'm noticing something funky about them. They seem tight as shit, and not bend like they use to. But, might be in my head, and the fact that I've been buying/playing more 25.5 scales, vs LP style shorter scale.. But, I still think something's changed...

 

[311boogieman]

Never had a problem with DR Tite-Fits .11s
No tuning issues either.

 

[Mailman1971]

I played these for years. Loved em. Zero problems.

 

[bhuard75]

StringJoy.com

Been buying my strings from this U.S. company for a few years now. I get about 30hrs of playtime before they start to “not feel new”. Im lucky if I tune my PRS 594 singlecut 3 times a month including initial tuning right after the string change. Playing an hour a night, the strings are lasting me just over a month before getting stiff. I do wipe my string after every session too.

 

[thenine]

NYXL. Done

Are they THAT good? I've yet to try them. What's good about them? I typically buy the EXL110's in 3 or 10 packs, but last year or so, I'm noticing something funky about them. They seem tight as shit, and not bend like they use to. But, might be in my head, and the fact that I've been buying/playing more 25.5 scales, vs LP style shorter scale.. But, I still think something's changed...

Yep. Longest lasting strung I’ve tried. Maintain their briteness and feel. Do not corrode like D’Addarios. Expensive to be sure. Best of used though.

 

[Monkey Man]

There's an elephant in the room with those 'though:
They're super-stiff when compared to other brands at the same gauges. I've recommended peeps go at least one full-point gauge down from their usual one when trying NYXLs, advice based on my brief experience with them a few years ago when they first appeared.

As for the OP's DR question, have you tried Pure Blues?

https://www.drstrings.com/electric-pure-blues

My brother has sworn by them for quite a few years now. He loves the tonal benefits and durability.

 

[Kordoba]

I played these for years. Loved em. Zero problems.

I keep a set of those on my guitar that I mostly reserve for Dime riffage. I'm using them here:

 

[Mailman1971]

I bought a box of 12 packs of the dimebag ones. Still using em. Zero problems.
Bought it about 10 years back

 

[Devin]

The NYXL's are pretty awesome but I like the Ernie Ball Paradigms even more. I had one set on my Dark Matter for pretty much an entire year - as long as you wipe the sweat and grime off em after playing they last forever and maintain the "fresh string sound" longer than anything else I've ever used.

 

[thenine]

stiff? yeah, I agree. They're not too slinky feeling but not enough to drop a gauge tho.

no more stiff than Blue Steels I don't think.

 

[japetus]

I used DR strings for a long time, exclusively. A few years back, I got a pack and they were corroded on the ends and all over the strings. I chalked it up to a freak thing, took them back to the dealer and got another pack. Opened them..same exact thing, even worse this time. I took those back and started trying different strings, and never used DR again. Turns out there was a lawsuit that went down a little while later that explained it.

https://autotechnology.com/news/2015/06 ... r-strings/

 

[CornNutz]

I used DR strings for a long time, exclusively. A few years back, I got a pack and they were corroded on the ends and all over the strings. I chalked it up to a freak thing, took them back to the dealer and got another pack. Opened them..same exact thing, even worse this time. I took those back and started trying different strings, and never used DR again. Turns out there was a lawsuit that went down a little while later that explained it.

https://autotechnology.com/news/2015/06 ... r-strings/

So sadly it was not DR music fault, it was cenveo the envelope printers. Wow I hope DR sued the living hell out of them, their reputation was ruined.

Anyhow I used them for 20 years, never had a problem. I've since switched over to D'Addario EXL110+ XL 10.5

 

[thegame]

Some further research has revealed that inconsistency is the biggest problem with all DR products, with a DR rep admitting, "yeah, thats going to happen with a hand wound string. And furthermore, don't use too accurate of a tuner. It'll exacerbate the problem." That quote was paraphrased but WTF ?!? I found lots of stories on a Telecaster forum about people having the same issues I've had. Even when they could be intonated properly, they've found the saddles had to be moved an unusually extreme distance to get there.

 

[Beyond Black]

There's an elephant in the room with those 'though:
They're super-stiff when compared to other brands at the same gauges. I've recommended peeps go at least one full-point gauge down from their usual one when trying NYXLs, advice based on my brief experience with them a few years ago when they first appeared.

As for the OP's DR question, have you tried Pure Blues?

https://www.drstrings.com/electric-pure-blues

My brother has sworn by them for quite a few years now. He loves the tonal benefits and durability.

Totally agree. Definitely stiffer feeling strings. 10’s felt like 11’s, at least 10.5’s. I didn’t care for that at all. But they did sound good and stay in tune well, so I can see why they’re liked.

 

[Devin]

Some further research has revealed that inconsistency is the biggest problem with all DR products, with a DR rep admitting, "yeah, thats going to happen with a hand wound string. And furthermore, don't use too accurate of a tuner. It'll exacerbate the problem." That quote was paraphrased but WTF ?!? I found lots of stories on a Telecaster forum about people having the same issues I've had. Even when they could be intonated properly, they've found the saddles had to be moved an unusually extreme distance to get there.

This seems to have been a pretty common thing with DR strings for as long as I can remember; tons of stories of DR strings that either don't or just barely intonate.

NO THANKS lol

 

[thisguy]

Some further research has revealed that inconsistency is the biggest problem with all DR products, with a DR rep admitting, "yeah, thats going to happen with a hand wound string. And furthermore, don't use too accurate of a tuner. It'll exacerbate the problem." That quote was paraphrased but WTF ?!? I found lots of stories on a Telecaster forum about people having the same issues I've had. Even when they could be intonated properly, they've found the saddles had to be moved an unusually extreme distance to get there.

This seems to have been a pretty common thing with DR strings for as long as I can remember; tons of stories of DR strings that either don't or just barely intonate.

NO THANKS lol

I used them for years then all of a sudden started having problems with the wound strings not intonating and even coming unraveled. I was having some work done by one of the top Nashville repair guys and he told me he refused to put them on people's guitars because of problems.