Ever heard of DR Black Beauties?

[myassitches]

i was flipping through a guitar magazine the other day and saw an ad that shows strings that are coated red, green, and black. i just want to know if those strings are any good. if you've tried them, compare them to the strings you used to have.

[7 skrang]

here's my ffriend's Dean ML with the black beauties on them. they look great and he says they last a long time and sound awesome.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b373/icetitan/211046342_l.jpg

[Yppolitia]

I personally think they are a gimmick and prefer staying with the normal ones.

[myassitches]

I personally think they are a gimmick and prefer staying with the normal ones.

me too thats why i want to find out if they're worth it.

[Timm]

I think normal ones look..just better

[Evil Peavey]

In my experience the color wears away fairly quick where I pick.

[The_Mop]

I've got some - they fade a bit where you pick, but they last for a long time.

They're not too good on trem systems though.

Even though gimmicky, on a fixed bridge, they're just as good (probably even better) than normal strings.

However, my favourite strings are D'addarios.