Darkstorm - the coating does not appear to be magnetically reactive. It should be just fine, like covering your pickups with plastic or wood covers is just fine
Then why does the level of sound from pups drop so much? Its especially noticed on the unwound guitar strings. Compared to rotosound pinks and ghs boomers the sound level of the neons is like lowering the guitar volume control by at least half. This is course changes the drive for overdrives and distortions by a very notcieable amount. As though one has lowered the overdrive gain/overdrive amount by nearly half. Ay first I thought maybe it was something caused by adjusting to the strings feel. But nope, even my procesors tuner had trouble reading any notes for the guitar B & E string. Once I took the neons off and replaced them with uncoated strings, the volume drop disappeared completely.
With the bass strings there is a very minor drop off of volume compared to rotosound swing66 and ghs boomer 45's. But its vvery minor, like rolling basses volume down 1. I dont mind that given the excellent tone they give and output still allows for all but that last little bit of over the edge saturated overdrive. I normally run basses volume on 8-9 a little less if wanting cleaner tone. With the guitars there was not getting saturated overdive just medium grade but nice chunky overdrive. You do realize I'm making no adjustments to the processor for either bass or guitar.
Unless I somehow got a bad set, the guitar strings create an undeniable easilly heard drop in strings level out the guitars output jack. Which I think I reasonably think is a result of the coating on the strings.
Whats even more telling is that with the guitar. I have two with identical pups etc. The one I put the neon greens had ghs boomers9's on it. The other guitar has rotosound 9's on it. If I plug the neon strung guitar in then then one with uncoated strings on it in. The volume drop affect to overdrive saturation is very noticeable. That drom disapeared completely once I took the neons off and repalced with roto 9 pinks. I then out of idle curiostity reversed which guitar had the neons on it. I had bought two paks of the things. Same exact results.
Ive put the other set of neon greens on my other bass cause theyre sound does satisfy and doesnt interfere with drive levels in any significant way to me. But the thinner strings for guitar just dont.
What else would it be other then the coating? Boomers are nickel, rotosounds are stainless steel. So its not what metal the DR's have under the coating as whats causeing the diff. And Ive tried noncoated DR strings in the past and they dont have this volume drop to them either.
