Pure nickel strings

I tried DR Pure Blues nickel strings on my 5420 a while back. I went back to my favorite D’Addario 11’s because the chime and sparkle wasn’t there. I like the D’Addarios well enough that I haven’t tried any other nickel strings...
YMMV

 

Pure nickel seems to attenuate the response a good bit, less growl. I've tried them and then went back to my regular strings and the growl came back. I figure the higher steel content contributes to higher output. I do like pure nickels on my Strat as it drops the extreme brightness just a bit.

I use these:

 

... and: nickel strings are only the wound ones, the plain strings are still steel, as is the core on the nickel wound ones...

 

I've been playing pure nickel from Curt Mangan (round core) for some time now and I really like them. I find they last a good long while in the sweet spot. For me, these were a step brighter after playing Chromes for a long time and at the time I switched, I was playing much more on the clean side. I switched to them after changing amps. I was playing through an Epiphone Valve Sr which was a pretty bright amp compared the new amp which was a Quilter Micropro 12. The Chromes were too dark for the Quilter whereas the pure nickel added a touch of clarity in my case. FWIW, I switched back to the Epiphone and I've been playing with a lot of drive lately and the pure nickels hold up just fine for me there too.

 

I’ll run pure nickels on Gibsons and some Fenders, but for Gretsch I want the snarl of NPS