MATTHEW RUBANO
"I've been using DR String pretty much since I began playing bass. I have Lo-Riders and Fat Beams on my Jazz basses and the Legend Flatwounds on my P bass. I've also been experimenting with the DDT and Dragon Skin+. The quality and consistency of DR strings make it so I can focus entirely on playing and making music."
PRODUCTS
Hi-Beam™
Stainless Steel Round Core Bass Strings
Model: LR-40, MR-45, LR5-40 & MR5-45
Hi-Beam™ stainless steel bass strings are round wound and constructed on a round core which is unique in the industry. Hi-Beams require much more time, care and extra steps to make than other bass strings. The extra effort DR expends making Hi-Beams results in a bass string that is highly flexible and musically but not harshly bright. They are renowned for durability, unusually long life, consistency and string-to-string balance. They don’t eat your frets. Hi-Beams are the string to choose for brightness, punch and ease of playing. Hi-Beam bass strings require much more time, care and extra steps to make than other bass strings.
Dragon Skin+™
Coated Stainless Steel Electric Bass Strings
Model: DBS-40, DBS-45, DBS5-40 & DBS5-45
Dragon Skin+™ strings sound huge, are easy to play, and have outstanding endurance. Dragon Skin+ upgrades both the core and the wrap wires to be exceptionally musical, balanced, and loud. Accurate Core Technology™ creates grooves on the core to cradle the wrap wire, allowing the strings to ring out to their full potential.
Designed to feel and sound better,
Dragon Skin+ is unlike anything out there.
The difference is real.Lo-Rider™
Stainless Steel Hexagonal Core Bass Strings
Model: LH-40, MH-45, LH5-40 & MH5-45
Lo-Rider™ bass strings are for players who are into slapping, popping and tapping. With a stainless-steel wrap wire on a hexagonal core, they deliver a combination of high end, depth and a bit of stiffness that makes harmonics very accurate. Great consistency and superior string-to-string balance are hallmarks of all DR strings, but Lo-Rider™ strings provide more depth of tone and are a bit stiffer than Hi-Beams™.
Pure Blues™
Quantum-Nickel Round Core Bass Strings
Model: PB-40, PB-45, PB5-40 & PB5-45
Pure Blues™ bass strings combine the warm tone of pure nickel with the brightness and edge of stainless steel for a rich and tonally balanced string that is perfect for players who demand versatility. Whether you play fingerstyle, with a pick, or slap, your bass will come alive with a full bottom, colorful mids, and bright articulate highs.
Legend™ Flatwound
Polished Stainless Steel Round Core Bass Strings
Model: FL-45
Flatwound bass strings have provided the "thump" behind countless famous basslines.
Legend™ polished flatwound bass strings combine the warm, fat tone of a polished wound wrap wire with the balanced harmonics and flexible feel of a round core wire. These strings feel smooth and comfortable, adding to the pleasure of dropping bass notes deep into the pocket. Made to fit 34 or 35" scale basses and also available in short scale. These strings will make your tone a LEGEND.BIO
Matt Rubano has spent his career recording and touring with some of the most iconic voices in several genres of music. Most known for his work on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill - (recently named iTunes greatest album of all time) Matt was also a member of Taking Back Sunday and has performed and recorded with Angels and Airwaves, All American Rejects, Glassjaw, Kelly Clarkson, Wynonna Judd, Joss Stone, Gloria Gaynor and Patrick Stump.
