New DR neon strings

[lopxtc]

These were taken at home to see how they looked under a blacklight. I have a set of four in pink, and a set of five in orange.

 

[RIbassPlayer]

You can also check out Strings by Aurora, I've played the mediums and they are bright and lively. Link Removed. Love the black on black look.

 

[bass5]

From what I've seen on guitar center and musicians friend it only says medium gauge I think, can anyone tell me what the string size is for a 5er set?

 

[gunlak]

My DR Neon's is 2 months old now, but they sound really dead already, not my liking..

but my 1 year old DR Black Beauties (sans K3), believe it or not, still has some brightness and snap in them..

why is it like this?

 

[bass0823]

I just put the neon orange on my Spector. They sound pretty good. I need to see how they work out when I play with band. I don't think they're as clear as the black beauties I had on this bass before.

 

[leonche64]

Just Sunlight. I love the tone, feel and look.

 

[Mr. Earl]

Pretty weak when people think about how 'cool' the strings look instead of the most important reason for strings..THE SOUND.. Sounds like a bunch of Justin Beaver wann-bees and reject guitarists posing as bass players. Enough to make Jaco and Phil Linnot roll over in their graves.

 

[SMILEYSIXX]

Just Sunlight. I love the tone, feel and look.

sweet bass, dude!

 

[smeet]

Pretty weak when people think about how 'cool' the strings look instead of the most important reason for strings..THE SOUND.. Sounds like a bunch of Justin Beaver wann-bees and reject guitarists posing as bass players. Enough to make Jaco and Phil Linnot roll over in their graves.

Sound comes first, but there's nothing wrong with a string (or anything else) looking good. In the end it's entertainment for the audience. Jaco did stupid flips off his amp, I don't think that made it sound better, but it was entertaining.

 

[semiprohooker]

Pretty weak when people think about how 'cool' the strings look instead of the most important reason for strings..THE SOUND.. Sounds like a bunch of Justin Beaver wann-bees and reject guitarists posing as bass players. Enough to make Jaco and Phil Linnot roll over in their graves.

Last time I checked I love the way DR Sunbeams sounded. I also like their Marcus Miller signatures. Now you tell me I can get a badass looking string from the company I already use? Why wouldn't I wanna try it out?

 

[One Drop]

Pretty weak when people think about how 'cool' the strings look instead of the most important reason for strings..THE SOUND.. Sounds like a bunch of Justin Beaver wann-bees and reject guitarists posing as bass players. Enough to make Jaco and Phil Linnot roll over in their graves.

Yeah, a guy with a giant Afro and a mirrored pickguard never cared about the way he looked on stage. Lynott (not Linnot) understood SHOWbusiness.

 

[canadian_man_44]

Ok. So I've got a set of black beauties and love them, but I was leaning towards putting a set of Neons on my bass. Problem is I have been unable to find any pictures of them on a sunburst finish....other then the neon green ones on page 11 of this thread.
Just wondering if anyone has pictures of the Neon Orange strings on a Sunburst finished bass.
Thanks in advance.

 

[PersonalTraynor]

Your kidding right? Neon strings on sunburst?
jeez....

 

[canadian_man_44]

Your kidding right? Neon strings on sunburst?
jeez....

Why not???? The neon green ones on page 11 of this thread didn't look bad. I'm just wondering how a set of Neon Orange would look on this.

 

[canadian_man_44]

Terrible photoshop, but what do you think?

 

[sidez81]

Terrible photoshop, but what do you think?

Just done it and pics will be up soon on FB. threw a set on my 5 string squier P sunburst.... look up Ronn Power (thats me yo)over the next few days and ill have 1 or 2 up.

 

[ehque]

On the DR website it looks like the K3 coating is going to be applied throughout the line... Any DR reps want to confirm or deny that?

And when we getting our Acoustic Neons, and our Six String bass Neons? I can't even get regular Six string sets at my local DR dealer!

 

[canadian_man_44]

I can't speak for the Six String neons, but I used Neons on my acoustic bass for awhile and they worked great both unplugged and plugged in. They were actually louder the the phosphar ones unplugged.

 

[ehque]

I can't speak for the Six String neons, but I used Neons on my acoustic bass for awhile and they worked great both unplugged and plugged in. They were actually louder the the phosphar ones unplugged.

Thanks for the information.

However, and perhaps it was my phrasing, I'm a bassist / acoustic guitarist and i was looking for neon acoustic guitar sets.

 

[darkstorm]

Thanks for the information.

However, and perhaps it was my phrasing, I'm a bassist / acoustic guitarist and i was looking for neon acoustic guitar sets.

I tried the guitar version, the coating wears off the uncoated G,B & E strings pretty fast, significant coating wear off in less then a month from pick use. No such problem with the bass strings though even though I use same pick on bass. Bass strings havent shown any noticeable wear in 5 months. Maybe a tiny bit of wear that needs magnifying glass to see but thats it. Seems the coating doesnt do well on uncoated strings in my experience. BTW I really like the bass string version. sound, feel, and looks wise,