DR Strings Acoustic Guitar Strings, Black Beauties - Black Coated, 12-54

Not only do they look cool, these are the best sounding strings I have found in 40 years of playing. The sustain on a single chord is amazing. They are bright, but not tinsly. Really good buy.

I’ll never use any other brand of string again. Unless it’s their colorful coated ones. I did a lot of research before deciding that I wanted the sound of coated, medium strings for my acoustic guitar. I definitely was willing to pay the extra $1 for black strings 🤘but they are functionally behind looking cool. High quality, I don’t constantly break my g string now and are comfortable to play.

not the sound or fell I like, but they looked super different and magical! - Music addict

Coating comes off too easy.

I was really surprised by these strings, they sound really excellent and I’ve not had any breakage. Originally I tried them because I thought the look would be nice with the tusque XL black nut and bridge. I’d just done a re-fret with EVO gold and the whole look was real nice

They're not very clear sounding. Almost sound dead from the start. Not a fan of the acoustic set. I do use the Black Beauty's on my basses and that's where they shine imo.

I'm a big fan of DR coated strings. They give a mellow phosphorus coated sound without any finger noise sliding between frets.Easy on the fingers.They're very durable, although the pick does wear off the coating where I stum; it doesn't change that mellow sound.

I love DR strings; their RARE phospor bronze are the best-sounding acoustic string for the money. I saw these Black Beauties and thought "cool....they're coated and supposed to last". (SIDE NOTES: I had a big "DUH" moment when I realized they are ACTUALLY black.) They look pretty cool on my Taylor dreadnought. You can't really see them except between the sound hole and the bridge. However, I was immediately disappointed in the sound.They sound muddy and muted, like they have been on the guitar for a year. I put them on yesterday, proceeded to play for about 3 hours, and the coating started coming off the G-string! The same day! I have already ordered a set of RARE to replace them. Oh, well.