New DR neon strings

[ehque]

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,

I have been using the coated (ELs, not the neon) acoustic strings for quite a while, and am familiar with how long they last. It seems to be a personal thing - my coatings almost never wear, but only if I'm the only one playing them. I once lent my acoustic to a good friend, a guitarist, and 15 minutes with him and a few chucks of the coating had flaked off.

Oh and in this tropical climate non-coateds are not an option, especially if you don't play that regularly. I've seen strings rust-out even in "corrosion proof" envelopes and plastic bags, not to mention attached to a guitar. I keep my unused strings in a dehumidifier.

 

[sidez81]

Its taken me 12 yrs to finally get a set of DR's on (i know shocking) but until now I was happy with Fenders, Ernie's and Dean Markleys but I tried them and love'm im usin the Neons but wanna know what the non-neon equal is...... sunbeams? plz correct me if im wrong.

 

[LilRay]

Its taken me 12 yrs to finally get a set of DR's on (i know shocking) but until now I was happy with Fenders, Ernie's and Dean Markleys but I tried them and love'm im usin the Neons but wanna know what the non-neon equal is...... sunbeams? plz correct me if im wrong.

You're right. Neons are built around Sunbeams .



God Bless, Ray

 

[davelowell2]

I thought they were coated Hi-Beams...

 

[LilRay]

I thought they were coated Hi-Beams...

Dave, The Neons are Nickel, not Stainless on a round core. In other words Sunbeams that have the neon coating.



God Bless, Ray

 

[bannybassman]

I've had a set of the green DR Neons on my bass for a few weeks now, and I have to say I love them! They've got a nice bright tone and are very light. I use them on my ibanez GSR 200 which I mainly use for playing rock and punk (mostly with a pick), and for that they're great. I wouldn't want to use them for jazz or funk, the tone is wrong (imo).
But of course the main thing is how they look and on my red bass the green ones look great! Will try to post some pictures at some stage!

 

[NielsBass]

What color neon strings would look best on a black fender jazz bass?

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

What color neon strings would look best on a black fender jazz bass?

One of my students has a black Squier Deluxe Jazz Bass V (completely black: No pickguard plus ebonol fingerboard) loaded with orange Neons and it looks absolutely killer.

 

[sidez81]

You're right. Neons are built around Sunbeams .



God Bless, Ray

Cheers Ray, I thought they were bein the nickel with roundcore but wanted to double check.

DR all the way for me now.

 

[bannybassman]

What color neon strings would look best on a black fender jazz bass?

tbh i think a black jazz would look awsom with any of the colours, but id probably go with green

 

[jasper383]

What color neon strings would look best on a black fender jazz bass?

Maple or rosewood fretboard?

Maple fretboard= black first, then any of the others. I like the yellow, personally.

Rosewood=any of the neon colors.

 

[sidez81]

I hear they bringin out blue, red and purple soon which will be ace

 

[JasonKain]

I hear they bringin out blue, red and purple soon which will be ace

I play flats and I'd convert to rounds if they did Blue Neons.

 

[BillyIVbass]

Had to pull out the black light! I have an Orange set on my black Jazz Bass and Green on my natural Warwick.

Here's a link to the photos on my blog:
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[Follow1]

Do they sound ok?

 

[smeet]

Used the Green Neons on my green/maple SB5000 at a gig a couple of days ago. Very happy with the sound and feel, and the look is fun.

The sound seems kind of middle-of-the-road to me, but not in a bad way. Decent bass and fundamental, decent midrange, decent highs, good B string. I'm not blown away by any one thing, but then again they are not lacking something like most other sets. Soft bossa and walking, driving rock, fingerstyle funk, aggressive slap, all sounded good. Lots of discernible pitch with grunt and low treble aggressiveness when digging in.

 

[DenisLM]

 

[Follow1]

Do you recommend them for funk?

 

[smeet]

They funk for me!

 

[sidez81]

Do you recommend them for funk?

oh they funk