every guitarist wants a bright tone

the strings give a great tone, i will probably get more of these strings some day

The E string and the G string both have a decent tone and punch, but the A string and the D string are about as flat and dull as I have ever experienced

Nice tone on some of the strings but not all-- inconsistent

They hold their tune, they have a nice, sweet tone, and by all rights are a really high quality string

If you want a really bright tone, then maybe these aren't the strings for you

They sound great with a fuzzy overdrive, they sound great with a warm crunchy distortion and they sound best with a classic scooped out heavy distortion (perfect Black Album tone).Con: I've put them on last night, tried them out for 20 minutes, been noodling for an hour tonight and my G-string is already stripped of the coating (no pun intended), which happens with coated strings but I can see it so clearly with the black coating.

They tend to wear off the coating where the playing is roughest but the tone remains and the strings are there to sound good not win a beauty contest.

I swear by DR strings and these strings will last longer tone wise than most other strings ive tried.