DR Neon strings!!

[CHRISDABASS]

[url="http://www.drstrings.com/neon-strings-gallery"]http://www.drstrings.com/neon-strings-gallery[/url]

I like the look of these......

what do you think?








(will this thread get to 9 pages like the last one i posted?? haha)

[alanbass1]

I like the look of Traci!

[Delberthot]

Sold! Where do I buy them?

I like anything garish and over the top

[Delberthot]

just been on Stringbusters - looks like Evergreen and Hot Pink have been discontinued in the colour coated ones

[CHRISDABASS]

i cant find them for sale anywhere yet??!!

argh!!

[Delberthot]

explains my previous post

[url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9754800"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9754800[/url]


looks like they're not released yet

[lapolpora]

Just need to buy clothes to match.

[Delberthot]

[url="http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation?q=dr+bass+neon"]http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation?q=dr+bass+neon[/url]

looks like they'll be the same or maybe ever slightly cheaper than the colour coated ones

[Meenie]

I wonder if they're going to do a five string drop tuned set?

[BottomEndian]

I'm usually pretty visually understated, but they're really rather cool. Quite tempted by the idea of a pink set on my all-black SR5.

[Ou7shined]

Hmmm not sure. They look great under UV but without it they look a bit

[Randy_Marsh]

Going to have to get those UV Orange strings! Hope theyre not going to be like £45 ¬_¬

[Grand Wazoo]

1 word = gimmick

[zero9]

You could try and create your own by using:

[url="http://www.glowtec.co.uk/paint-usage-Neon.htm"]http://www.glowtec.co.uk/paint-usage-Neon.htm[/url]

Maybe try some old strings first!!!

[velvetkevorkian]

It bugs me that they can trademark the word NEON.

[funkyspuke]

I already have clothes to match

they look awesome ... yes, gimmick, but none the less .. awesome.

I can imagine they will cost an arm and a leg

[Lfalex v1.1]

Never tried DR coated strings before. Are they based on any of their non-coated strings (Fat/Hi/Sun beams or Lo-Riders etc)?
If they exhibit wear like Elixirs do, expect fluffy flozzy strings after a while as they fray. If the coating flakes off, it's going to look great under UV all over your trousers!
I suppose they do look good on the right bass, but unless you keep your strings very clean, I reckon they'll start to look speckled with dirt after a while.

[i]....thinks....[/i]

Interesting alternative to LEDs in a dark environment, though- provided you can bathe yourself in UV light. And don't suffer from dandruff/flaky scalp!
Imagine how funny they'd look in an orchestra pit!

[KiOgon]

Cool but short lived, however Traci looks lovely - now new wallpaper on my 'phone, SOG I know.

[LawrenceH]

I find the black beauty coating very robust playing both fingerstyle and slap. It wears down on the bit that contacts the frets (which you don't see) but I haven't noticed any flaking and after a good 8 or 9 months I'm still happy with the feel and tone of them on my jazz, and I really don't like dead strings. A pick would probably be a bit much for them though.

[Kev]

No. Just no.

[kingofthestuntmen]

Oh great..! The age old finish/scratchplate/fretboard debate just got more complicated...






BTW, the correct answer is 3TSB/Tort/Rosewood (or ebony) and NEON pink strings..!

[skej21]

Slightly unrelated, but I tried DR Black Beauties a few years ago and they went dead VERY quickly. Is this a common problem with DR strings, or did I just get a bad set?

Edited September 25, 2010 by skej21

[Lfalex v1.1]

The FatBeams and Sunbeams I regularly use are among the longest lasting uncoated strings I've used. I had a set of Warwick EMPs do this once. I am quite wary of coated strings, although I find Elixirs fine (except on phenolic fretboards)

[Delberthot]

Apparently DR use a different type of coating to what they originally used.

I remember having a set of Rotosound Spacer strings in about 1993 which were I think the first black coated strings available - they quickly, over the space of a few weeks, went from black to grey and dead as a dead thing. Surprisingly they never took off

[Grand Wazoo]

Y'know, those strings will entitle you to a free membership in........