DR Strings Pure Blues PHR-10

I was always an Ernie ball fan although I tried a lot of brands in the past. A friend of mine was using DR’s he suggested me to try these babies.
Well I have to say I was blown away with the sound of these strings, the clarity even with mushier distortion tones was unbelievable. My guitar was sounded warmer with more harmonic overtones jumping out in every chord and greater string definition when soloing.
My only complaint is the price as these babies are way more expensive than the Ernie ball, so 5 sets of DR’s cost like 6 sets of EB’s.
Personally now I use both brands EB’s for rehearsing and bedroom play, DR’s for recording.

The Pure Blues from DR are superb hand made strings, perfect on Strats but also great on humbucker style guitars. They give a particular warm tone on those alnico vintage single coils, especially on the neck pickup, while reacting to the picking well enough to transfer much of the attack to the coils, creating the effect of a slightly compressed sound where you can hear each string you play clearly. They take gain well, however those are not recommended for metal tones. They are fantastic for blue and rock. Pay attention to the printed instructions when changing the strings, they do break as the manual suggest. While you will still want to change the strings often, the DR seem to last forever and keep both tone and tune longer than many other strings I have tried.