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Dunlop Nickel Plated Steel Electric Guitar Strings - Light
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A unique combination of crisp highs, aggressive mids, and a focused low end gives Dunlop electric guitar strings a voice all their own. The Dunlop recipe for string-to-string balance and responsiveness produces string sets that are perfect for dynamic lead work, while notes in a chord ring out clearly whether clean or heavily distorted. This powerful voice is...
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For many years my guitar strings have been GHS Boomers. I've always liked their strong tone, and relative longevity.
When I saw the new Dunlop nickel plated string range in my local music store I thought I would ask the guys there what they thought of them. They believed that they were quite a good string, and at AUD$7 I couldn't argue with the price.
I bought a pack and strung up my RG550 20th Anniversary reissue with them, and now that I have had them on the guitar for a few weeks I thought it was time for a review.
On first impressions the Dunlop strings had a great, bright without being too bright tone. The strings required very little stretching before they had settled in. Even with a lot of whammy bar abuse the Dunlop strings did their job with little fuss. Bends are nice and easy with the Dunlop strings too.
It's nice to see that now after the strings have been on my guitar for a few weeks that they are still holding tune, and the tone is still nice and strong. It doesn't appear that there has been any real corrosion to the strings, and I believe that they will stay good for at least a few weeks more. That's all I can ask from a cheap set of guitar strings.
I hope that Dunlop keep the prices on their new range of strings so low, as I believe that they are at least on par with the other major string manufacturers. Maybe even after playing GHS Boomers for over 17 years I might even convert over to another brand of strings. For the money they are that good.
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Great tone, bright but not too bright.
* Minimal stretch in time before holding tune.
* Currently well priced.
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Nothing really, for the money they are a great set of strings.
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5.0 |
By LonePhantom Jan 06, 2010
Last updated: July 07, 2010
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Wow!
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I've tried a lot of string brands, and only these Dunlop 9-42 strings held up for more than a whole month without any major rusting (almost 2 actually), and in fact they are still nice and shiny while I'm making this review!
I have 2 guitars which use gauge 9 strings, both RGs. One is a mid range RG350EX which I use as a workhorse guitar, and the other a Prestige RG2550EGK with an excellent Edge Pro trem. The problem I always have with most string brands is that whether or not you play on them a lot, they will still rust in under a month no matter how much you take of them. Well, not with the Dunlops. I saw them in the local music store a few months ago and thought that since they are priced similarly with D'Addarios and Ernie Balls I'd just see if they were worth anything. I'm glad I got them. As I said above, even after around 2 months the strings were still fresh and shiny, it was as if they were only played a couple of times, when in reality I've been playing fairly moderately on them for quite a while before I hid the guitar away. All these for a great price and good tone makes it sound like a dream come true for sweaty-fingers guitar players like me, thanks Dunlop :)
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1. Good tone
2. Long life (seriously!)
3. Rugged packaging
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No complaints so far
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5.0 |
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