robocorpse Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 OK, so they look great and will go down a storm live, but has anyone actually tried these? I'm double-loathe to drop the money on a set as they only come in 45-105, and I'm a '40s man (DR say they have no immediate plans to do other gauges) Quote
spinynorman Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 (edited) I tried some Black Beauties and some of the black came off pretty quickly with a pick, though not enough to make a difference visually. Haven't tried Neons though. The BBs didn't seem that different to standard roundwounds, but then I mostly use flats. Edited January 28, 2011 by spinynorman Quote
BottomEndian Posted January 28, 2011 Posted January 28, 2011 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109677"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109677[/url] and [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111397"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=111397[/url] In a nutshell, they sound nice and look crazy. The coating's supposed to be much more hard-wearing than the previous generation of coloured strings too. Quote
robocorpse Posted January 28, 2011 Author Posted January 28, 2011 Thanks for that, serves me right for not using the search button Quote
dougie Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) [quote name='robocorpse' post='1106223' date='Jan 28 2011, 02:07 PM']OK, so they look great and will go down a storm live, but has anyone actually tried these? I'm double-loathe to drop the money on a set as they only come in 45-105, and I'm a '40s man (DR say they have no immediate plans to do other gauges) [/quote] I bought a set whilst half pissed bumming around on Ebay,could have got them cheaper if i bought them from one of the Yank Bayers but inc postage a set of green ones cost me just shy of 30 quid,ive put them on the shitiest bass i have to see if it sounded better(cheapo Marlin P),they definatley sounded better than the stock ones Marlin use(wouldnt be hard)...........as for worth 30 quid i dunno :unsure Edited February 10, 2011 by dougie Quote
DolganoFF Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 I have a set of green hi-def neons on one of my basses since one week. These strings are strange: very rough feeling under the fingers, won't slide easily. Like if the coating had some invisible grit in it. Sound is good however, slightly muffled highs but still very articulate. Quote
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