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- #23,929 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
- #157 in Bass Guitar Strings
Product Description
Flatwound Legend 5-String Bass Medium. DR flat wound Hi-Beam stainless steel bass strings are built on a round core, unique in the industry. Hi-Beam bass strings require much more time, care, and extra steps to make than other strings. The extra effort DR expends making Hi-Beams results in a bass string that is highly flexible, musically warm and renowned for durability, unusually long life, consistency, and string-to-string balance. They don't eat your frets. Package of 5 medium bass strings, 45-125.
From the Manufacturer
LEGEND™ Polished Flatwound Bass Strings have long been a jazz, R&B, funk and reggae musical standard due to their warm, mellow tone, rounded low end and a dark and defined thump. The feel of the polished stainless-steel wrap wire is smooth and comfortable under the fingers while the round core wire provides great flexibility.
IamPain
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2023
These strings sound really good on my 5-string bass, but there's just something about them that feels a little "off" to me. They are a hand-wound string, which sounds great, but it means that there are little inconsistencies throughout the strings. They don't feel as good or as playable as the Ernie Ball Super Slinkies flatwounds on my 4-string. I got these simply because they would get here in time for a show. Now I wish I had stuck with my Ernie's.
Marktwein
Reviewed in Germany on March 24, 2023
Die Saiten ansich sind absolut solide und der Sound passt. Was mich stutzig macht ist die B-Saite. Die Länge der Umwicklung ist so lange, dass ich diese auf die Stimmwirbel mit aufziehe. Ich habe einen normalen Longscale Bass. Ich konnte auch nirgendwo sehen, dass es sich hier um längere Saiten handelt. Die anderen passen perfekt, sodass ich mit etwas Kürzen 3-4 Umwicklungen schaffe. Ob sich das ganze negativ auswirkt kann ich leider nicht sagen.
H. Viglione
Reviewed in Singapore on May 23, 2021
I'm sorry I ever doubted you, DR Legends. I'm NEVER playing anything else ever again!
Chrislwells
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2021
Very smooth. These have a nice warm sound. The strings are very quiet for church but can carry a lot of volume if needed. I use them at church where excess noise is a distraction. I find these to be better than Earnie Ball flatwounds. Highly recommended.
Barton Shultz
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2021
Love the online pricing, (better than the store). Getting them within 3 or 4 days of ordering is a huge bonus.
Multitaskle
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020
These strings play well and sound great. And at half the price of what I paid last time for another high end brand, I've found a great replacement.
Steve Vander Veer
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020
These particular flats are (to me) the best all-around string set (5er) for general bottom-end ...All genres, play nice with stomp boxes/effects, jump out on solos ... Thanks, DR Strings!
Ty
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2019
There were a few places on the packaging that said “brighter” sounding flats but sound like regular flats to me. I went with these flats simply because they gauge and also that I’ve had DR Strings before. Not disappointed but I wouldn’t say this strings are bright at all. I’ll be uploading a demo video to this product to so check that out. I play slab, pick, and finger style. They are quality strings, I’ll say that. I’ll also attach some pictures to this review. This is definitely a playable gauge, no fret buzz which is a huge pro. Over all, happy with my purchase but they probably drop the price on this a little. I think anything over $30 is asking for too much. But that’s all personally opinion. Along with the rest of this review. I was also surprised to find out that this strings have gold threading on both ends of every string, which didn’t turn out level on my bass but that’s a minor detail. I’ll include a picture of that as well. One thing that did get to me though, is that the last two strings(D&G) sounded much brighter than the other 3. So it sounds weird going from D string to A. That’s my only real complaint about this set, I’ll write an update on this later if I notice anything change over time. My other DR Strings seem so mellow out over the span of a few months so we’ll see how these do. And one last thing, the treading on the B string is not holding up, which you can see in the photo of the headstock. Not very pretty to look at.
Raiffeisen Wiesloch-Baiertal
Reviewed in Germany on January 13, 2019
Alles bestens
Patrick Severson
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018
I bought these because I've always played on DR flatwounds, however these are the most poorly made strings I've ever had. All 5 strings broke away at the tie ends, before any tension was applied to tune. The tie ends are literally wrapped onto the bass string, and not actually part of the string itself. I can't imagine how anyone has ever used these with confidence. I'm a 15 year bassist, never once have I seen this happen. This is a quality issue. It's not worth my time to go out of my way to return these, so my advise is to just not buy the legends. I will never buy another set of legends again. this experience is a massive damper on my commitment to DR. I've always trusted this brand and the quality, and these have shown me DR has seriously lost both it's quality control and ability to produce a product that is safe for it's customers to trust. Worst string buy of my life.
Timothy O'donnell
Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2017
I've been playing bass for 45years, 25 of those years on fretless, and I think I've finally found THE strings, these strings play very well, and the tone lasts along time, and they just feel great, I highly recommend these flat wounds for fretless players
R. Max Church Jr.
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2016
I just replace half-round strings with this set of stainless DR flatwounds. These strings are so much better, they are absolutely smooth and play like butter. On the half-rounds my fingers would sometimes stick instead of slide because they were slightly rough. These DR's have a very bright, consistent sound, even the G string. Although they are very new the fact they are stainless should mean they will last a long time, plus because they are flatwound there should be less dirt getting in the string grooves. The price of about $35 seems reasonable especially because bass strings last so long. If anything negative shows up in the next few months I will return and revise this review.
Rev Gherkin
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2015
Quality strings. I love their smooth texture and the quality of sound they produce. Did take a while to arrive- they came from Germany, so as long as you are not desperate, it's not a problem. I bought some round wounds to tide me over, but will be putting these back on asap!
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