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    DR Strings Pure Blues Pure Nickel Wrap Round Core 10-46

    • Fender pure nickels on my Strat
    • The EB's lasted about 16 hours with near-new tone before I popped one, a fair enough life and typical for my less aggressive bluesier playing; metal will of course eat up any string, and pure nickels are kind of pointless for metal, as they lack the top end you need for harmonic divebombs and overbends.(I was interested to see the only player's name/quote DR used to promote these was Jeff Healey, a great rockin' blues player and a blind man with incredibly great ears
    • I haven't tried these (or any other pure nickel string) with humbuckers, but I was generally happy with my humbucker sound using nickel/steel hybrid D'Addarios, so I probably will keep that combo intact
    • As for tone, the DR's are a little brighter than the Fenders, but not quite as shimmering with harmonics as the Ernie Ball pure nickels I tried while waiting for the other set of these
    • I regularly use round core pure nickel (Pyramid Classics) strings, so am aware of the need to pre-bend before cutting them to length.
    • They have a nice finger feel, and bend smoothly; pure nickel is certainly kinder to your frets than the alloys
    • I'd recommend trying each pure nickel type (I've got a few more to go) and seeing which makes your ears happiest.
    • Because the are pure nickel the sound is AMAZING and is so clear
    • These are pure nickel heavy gauge electric strings, and in my 20 years of playing i must say they are the best!
    • The pure nickel wrap literally wore off/separated from several strings after 3-4 days of casual playing.
    • Switched from D'Addario Pure Nickel's to the DR's Pure Blues about a month ago.
    • I love pure nickel strings and the roundcore really makes them very flexible
    • The EB's lasted about 16 hours with near-new tone before I popped one, a fair enough life and typical for my less aggressive bluesier playing; metal will of course eat up any string, and pure nickels are kind of pointless for metal, as they lack the top end you need for harmonic divebombs and overbends.(I was interested to see the only player's name/quote DR used to promote these was Jeff Healey, a great rockin' blues player and a blind man with incredibly great ears
    • initially i thought they had too much bite - overly bright not as balanced as the d'ad's 10 pure Nickel