New string.

[surfergirl]

Thought I would try these just for the heck of it. DR Neon, I'm using DR Pure Blues on my Strat.

[Caevan O’Shite]

Looking forward to your observations!
    

 

[Mark Schmieder]

Wow, those are bold colors! The last time I saw colors that strong was on a Mexican Vihuela. I usually only see color for microfiber and nylon strings.

[Larryz]

SurferGirl, It's always fun to try new strings and with any luck, you'll land on a set you really like.  Those DR colors look pretty cool!  I have finally found some new strings made by Magma that I really like and have loaded them up on both of my acoustics and on 4 electrics so far.  Hope you have a similar experience.  I've heard good comments by Caevan over the years on the DR Pure Blues strings. Let us know how you like them on your Strat?  Looking forward to your review after you have played the new DR set for a while.  I would like to know if the coating lasts if you are using a pick? 😎

[KuruPrionz]

Those are fun colors!!!!😃

I've used D'Addario strings for many years and don't feel like I have any reason to switch. The Players Circle program has worked out great for me, lots of sets of strings from the points I've earned. They've also sent me free sets to try out if I fill out a simple survey, I like that. 

 

I tend to put strings on a guitar and they stay there for a LONG time. I don't really like the sound of new strings, dead strings because dirty and old are more my thing. 

 

[Winston Psmith]

@surfergirl - I've seen those sets in the "Sale" bin at my FLMS, but haven't tried them yet. I'm curious about them because I use the DR Pure Blues on all my solid body Electrics. Let us know how those work out.

[Caevan O’Shite]

On 9/17/2022 at 12:57 PM, surfergirl said:

Thought I would try these just for the heck of it. DR Neon, I'm using DR Pure Blues on my Strat.

 

On 9/17/2022 at 2:48 PM, Larryz said:

 I've heard good comments by Caevan over the years on the DR Pure Blues strings. Let us know how you like them on your Strat?  Looking forward to your review after you have played the new DR set for a while. 😎

 

7 hours ago, Winston Psmith said:

@surfergirl - I've seen those sets in the "Sale" bin at my FLMS, but haven't tried them yet. I'm curious about them because I use the DR Pure Blues on all my solid body Electrics. Let us know how those work out.

I liked the appearance of some of DR's blue strings- Peacock Blue, I think they called them?- but since they had the 'more usual' hexagonal-core wire and- I think- nickel-plated steel winding (as opposed to the round-core and solid/pure nickel wrap of the Pure Blues), I passed on their colored and coated strings.

It's just that I found what I really, REALLY like in the round-core, compression-wound, solid nickel strings! Some of my favorite strings from other makers happen to share those design and material details, as well.

[surfergirl]

I like the Pure Blues, I'll likely put them on my G&L eventualy. I thought these would be kinda fun to try. I had $10.41 of free money from MF, so I thought I try the neons.

[desertbluesman]

How long do those Pure Blues and DR Neon strings last? My D'Addareo XL 110's last for several years in Arizona with the very low humidity here. I play my three guitars at least one hour daily and rotate the guitars on the succeeding days. And when I do change the strings they sound the same as the ones I just took off. So could those DR strings equal that. How tough is the coating?

[surfergirl]

I can't speak to the longevity of the strings as I haven't been using them long. I did notice a very slight drag on the  neon stings.