neon string!!!

[JDC]

http://www.drstrings.com/neon-strings-gallery

bet the tone is cr@p but think of the groupies!!!

[Davey]

1st thought... tacky.. for the ones that are hopelesly lost in the 80's.. nowadays only for paul gilbert and steve vai


then i saw the pictures
AND I $%&#ING WANT THEM! NOW! .. they look like lightsaber strings!

[Afghan Dave]

Would be fun for about 10 minutes until grease and tarnish dull out all your favourite scales  :?

[shaman]

...just a coated string that is attracted to black light...cool....personally, I have never liked the feel or tone of any coated string
...I did really dig those 24 k gold Maxima strings back in the day,however!

[FernandoDuarte]

Nice! I like the orange ones! :D

[gwEm]

i sort of like them i must admit, i wonder if they would make the instrument easier to play in a club

[Stevepage]

You can just tell that all the screamo/80s throw back/techno influenced bands are going to be using these.

[robbiethered]

You can still get the gold strings, changed their name from Maxima to Optima.
Just google it, they're available in quite a few places.

Brian May and a few others use them, it seems. I've used them but my playing on the Strat at least, needs the bass strings to twang a bit down low, and they weren't doing so with the Optimas, the attack was too soft. Never found anything to beat Slinkys for my playing.

[AndyR]

Ummmm...

Nope

Not for me :lol:

[nickcoumbe]

Well if they are as good as there other coloured strings they should be awesome!

I normally use the pinks for preference and I love them.

[Roobubba]

Ummmm...

Nope

Not for me :lol:

Don't quote me on this, but AndyR and I have found some common ground regarding guitar gear... :D

[tomjackson]

What if there are no neon lights where you are playing?

A bit 80's, like brightly coloured leg warmers and spokey dokes.  And the certainly would dull and tarnish although to be fair not much above the 12th fret for myself.....

[Sifu Ben]

Yeah, but they're primarily for gigging, so it would be less of an issue.

[James C]

wonder whether they'll do a pink 7 string set???

[ethan_hanus]

...just a coated string that is attracted to black light...cool....personally, I have never liked the feel or tone of any coated string
...I did really dig those 24 k gold Maxima strings back in the day,however!

Wait, gold plated strings!!! That must of been awesome, bright and never rusts.

Neon strings would be cool for a music video, not practical for live performances though if the tone is bad.