Dunlop Heavy Core Heavier

Electric Guitar Strings

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4 years ago

Sounds heavy and feels nice

It has a very nice cracking (?) sound when played with my 5150 and TS sim, sounds very nice for drop tuning. The sound i think is better than Ernie Ball for modern metal. The lowest string is rather slinky as it is a lower gauge, which can be an advantage or disadvantage. Overall these are solid strings, happy with it.

5 years ago

My favourite strings for Drop C and Standard D Metal

Use:

A 24"75 scale Dean ML and a 25"5 scale Ibanez RG370DX.

Fantastic strings for slightly downtuned metal, good resonance, fantastic aging time (slightly worse than Elixirs), possibly a bit bright at first, but they mellow very well for progressive metal.

Conclusion:

The only brand of strings I use anymore.

Note: They may rust faster than they did for me if your environment isn't as safe, or your hands have a corrosive component.

6 years ago

A good option for lower guitar

Very high tension should be considered. when setting up.

Recently I switched to low order and I liked.

6 years ago

Good, but not really that heavier...

I use Dunlop strings exclusively for maybe 8 years now,

I wanted to to tune my Tele in C# Standard for some songs,

so I first put standard Dunlop 11s and it wasn't enough, so I tried these,

but it didn't have much difference, the strings feel more solid but the

tension stayed almost the same...

They are very nice strings, just don't expect them to do miracles.

8 years ago

Quality strings

I play stoner rock in Drop C tuning. These strings are perfect for the music I play. The gauge is not too heavy, so you can still bend the strings easily, but the sound is massive, just the way I like it :-)

Have been using these strings extensively for about a year now on all of my guitars, and I never had a string break *knocks on wood

8 years ago

Best strings for Drop C tunning

Best strings for Drop C tuning,long lasting

9 years ago

Indeed Heavy

Decent strings, they fulfill their purpose although they do not

belong to the highest quality class.

9 years ago

I bought these string so i could achieve a better sound on heavier tunings and they do great att it but the time they last is not much . I wish they where a little more durable.

Besides that they have a great sound and when new feel relly good to play.

10 years ago

Very sturdy, but okay

This is kind of an outlier, so only take my review into account if you plan to use it as I did, which is for a 8(octave)-stringed bass.

It's really hard to get strings for 8 string basses, and they are expensive too. This is why it seems like a good idea to use guitar strings.

One problem is that Dunlop doesn't indicate wheter the G string is plain (p) or wound (w). At a gauge this size, I think it's not trivial. I hoped it would be w, but it is not, the G string is already plain steel.

Sound is okay, punchy, with correct bass, but nothing extra.

I was surprised to see how sturdy they are. They pulled the neck of the guitar quite heavily, I had to make adjustments.

In comparison: Now I order Ernie ball single strings for this purpuse, they don't burden the neck this much, but they are the same size!

So far they didn't wear out, I guess they would do fine on a guitar.

Again, this reveiw is only for those who consider using them as octave strings for bass - bad idea. Too much burden for the neck, and G string is plain steel.

For guitar, they sound OK.

11 years ago

Full sounding with nice clarity

Really enjoy these strings: the sound is persistent for a long time and they stay in tune. The heavy core makes a big, precise sound and helps compensate for the heavy handed players on jumbo frets.

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Dunlop
  • Released in 2010
  • Average price : $10
  • Nickel plated Steel
  • Hexagonal core
  • For higher string tension
  • Especially for dropped tunings with well-balanced tension over the whole set
  • Guages: 011-014 - 018-028 - 038-050
  • Made in USA
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