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VERITAS™, we believe is a completely new category of long lasting acoustic strings that last up to 4X longer than ordinary acoustic strings, according to Stefan Grossman… a renowned concert artist, educator, and owner of The Guitar Workshop Catalog. Stefan says “I can play 4 concerts with one set of VERITAS™. I used to only play one concert with other strings.” “Love the way they sound,” said Happy Traum, educator, performing artist, owner of The Homespun Music Instruction Catalog.
Accurate Core Technology™ (ACT™) is at the heart of VERITAS™ strings. Superior core wire is recognized as the foundation for rich tone, accuracy of intonation, and durability. Accurate Core Technology™ was designed to reinforce the core wire and fill in imperfections along the length of the core wire. In our opinion, this results in strings with improved pitch retention, and stability.
http://www.drstrings.com/veritas
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Marketing blurb on the pack adds:
-Loud and bright, notes seem to jump off the pick
-Extremely stable, they seem to lock into tune
-Robust and resonant tone, excellent sustain
These are not coated or treated strings in the conventional sense. The improvement in life and tone is supposed to be due to the core wire treatment. The ACT treatment is supposed to 'normalize' and treat the core wire to ensure that it's consistent w/r/t a number of properties, beyond just diameter. Per DR they believe that corrosion & string failure starts from the core wire out to the wrap so the this is how they achieve longer consistent string life without coating the string.
Happened across these strings on sale when my local shop was out of the usual D'A EJ16s that I usually buy. (EJ16s are a great fit for my Larrive OM and they have a really nice balanced tone with great bottom end, decent mids and clear upper range tones. John Pearse PBs are even better but I rarely find them local at a decent price and haven't ordered any off the web in a while). These were on sale for 4 bucks and change, out the door. I've also played DR Sunbeams a couple times in the past but I did not the tone as much as the D'As. This guitar has also seen Elixir Nanos, D'A EXPs, EB Earthwoods & Dunlop PBs. Strung them up this morning using the technique demonstrated in the Martin guitar videos on YT then tuned to pitch, stretched them and re-tuned. They pack them 6-3, 2-5 & 1-4 which while it's not a big deal (and other mfgs do this too) isn't optimal for a typical 3x3 headstock stringing working from the outside in
Initial impressions:
Tone - Fresh out of the pack they are indeed loud & bright with a mid range and upper emphasis compared to the well worn DAs that came off. Tone reminds me somewhat of the DR Dragon Skin coated acoustic strings that I tried a few years ago but with slightly more low end; these sound a little more rounded or full & have nice crisp note definition. This guitar has great resonance & sustain and these strings seem to have a really nice even decay as the notes and chords trail off.
Feel - The wound strings feel a little more edgy than the D'As and I do notice more of the pick, which is probably partly due to more mid range emphasis too. The 3rd and 4th strings can be a little squeaky sliding up and down the fretboard but the 5th and 6th are quiet. Play a little looser than some other 12s & have an already broken-in new string feel to them, if that makes any sense.
Overall - They seem to have settled into pitch with less adjustment needed than most strings. Since I play unaccompanied, at home, I generally like a little fuller sound and don't need volume/projection but these are a nice compromise string.
So I'll update with impressions as the strings break in more.
Accurate Core Technology™ (ACT™) is at the heart of VERITAS™ strings. Superior core wire is recognized as the foundation for rich tone, accuracy of intonation, and durability. Accurate Core Technology™ was designed to reinforce the core wire and fill in imperfections along the length of the core wire. In our opinion, this results in strings with improved pitch retention, and stability.
http://www.drstrings.com/veritas
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Marketing blurb on the pack adds:
-Loud and bright, notes seem to jump off the pick
-Extremely stable, they seem to lock into tune
-Robust and resonant tone, excellent sustain
These are not coated or treated strings in the conventional sense. The improvement in life and tone is supposed to be due to the core wire treatment. The ACT treatment is supposed to 'normalize' and treat the core wire to ensure that it's consistent w/r/t a number of properties, beyond just diameter. Per DR they believe that corrosion & string failure starts from the core wire out to the wrap so the this is how they achieve longer consistent string life without coating the string.
Happened across these strings on sale when my local shop was out of the usual D'A EJ16s that I usually buy. (EJ16s are a great fit for my Larrive OM and they have a really nice balanced tone with great bottom end, decent mids and clear upper range tones. John Pearse PBs are even better but I rarely find them local at a decent price and haven't ordered any off the web in a while). These were on sale for 4 bucks and change, out the door. I've also played DR Sunbeams a couple times in the past but I did not the tone as much as the D'As. This guitar has also seen Elixir Nanos, D'A EXPs, EB Earthwoods & Dunlop PBs. Strung them up this morning using the technique demonstrated in the Martin guitar videos on YT then tuned to pitch, stretched them and re-tuned. They pack them 6-3, 2-5 & 1-4 which while it's not a big deal (and other mfgs do this too) isn't optimal for a typical 3x3 headstock stringing working from the outside in
Initial impressions:
Tone - Fresh out of the pack they are indeed loud & bright with a mid range and upper emphasis compared to the well worn DAs that came off. Tone reminds me somewhat of the DR Dragon Skin coated acoustic strings that I tried a few years ago but with slightly more low end; these sound a little more rounded or full & have nice crisp note definition. This guitar has great resonance & sustain and these strings seem to have a really nice even decay as the notes and chords trail off.
Feel - The wound strings feel a little more edgy than the D'As and I do notice more of the pick, which is probably partly due to more mid range emphasis too. The 3rd and 4th strings can be a little squeaky sliding up and down the fretboard but the 5th and 6th are quiet. Play a little looser than some other 12s & have an already broken-in new string feel to them, if that makes any sense.
Overall - They seem to have settled into pitch with less adjustment needed than most strings. Since I play unaccompanied, at home, I generally like a little fuller sound and don't need volume/projection but these are a nice compromise string.
So I'll update with impressions as the strings break in more.
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