Glow In The Dark Humbuckers?

[Guest]

Re: Glow In The Dark Humbuckers?

Do it, but just make sure you guys make it in more colours than green. Yellow blue and red would be cool as a line and maybe have custom zebras, or maybe figure out wich ones would sll best and sell zebras as a standard line for little more $.

I'd love a zebra GID-Red/Standard black bobbin

 

[Merodack]

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if there were real lights (fiber optics or something) it would be cooler although that would require a battery of some sort...

Yeah, for some reason I prefer the idea of pickups really shining rather than glowing, particularly glowing green. Maybe some shade of blue would be less aggressive. In any case, I agree that GID pickups have no place on classic guitars, and would seem out of place for certain styles of music. You could always sell them with an optional chrome cover :laugh2:

 

[yeti]

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Would a black light cause these bobbins to glow any differently than, say, white bobbins? I don't know the answer. Anyone?

It looks like these "store" black light to glow rather then reflect it like white bobbins, people's teeth, etc. I f that's the case, you can prolly do them in a variety of colors other then "radiation green".
The regular daylight color of the plastic is usually a dull (kinda pastel) opaque version of the glow color, so most of your color choices (if you offered that) would make for strange looking pups in daylight too.
How about some pups that light up and blow smoke like Ace Frehley's? Fun for the whole family!

 

[SCOTT502]

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I agree there may be a market for those but I have a hard time seeing these becoming big sellers. Offering them as custom shop pieces would be a good idea though.

 

[gripweed]

Re: Glow In The Dark Humbuckers?

What about pickups where the polepieces light up...















































Sorry Evan, I couldn't resist

 

[TheArchitect]

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Are you kidding me? NO. You tell us its too much effort to market research a functional item like a 10-12k wind but glow in the dark is plausable? Umm, OK.

Edit:
To answer your specific question, lame.

 

[accipiter]

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'Picture yourself in a boat on a river...'

Yeah, why not a glow in the dark pup.

The older crowd may not be keen but the youngin's will say "kewl", if ya know what I mean.

Anything with a spider, skull, snake or a vampire on it will sell to the younger crowd so this will go over big with them too, I think. You know more than I that business is a constant reinvention so you're not left in the past if you plan on the future.

Even an ol' dog like myself would have one guitar that this pup would be "kewl" in. ha ha

I think a fiber optics pup would be killer too!

Jeff

 

[aleclee]

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I'm really trying to keep this thread on the subject of whether or not glow in the dark bobbins are cool or lame; and not on why or why not other products were or were not put into production.

How's this?

They're not my cup o' tea at all but I don't think I'm in the target market. I'd be interested to see what you think is the target market for such a feature.

I think it'd be hard to OEM 'em because they're liable to turn off as many folks as they attract except on a very few models (BC Rich comes to mind). The question is whether the few guitar companies in that niche would be willing to pay enough of a premium to make it worth your while.

For those who don't play much in very dark places, it'd be a way for them to get a "creamy" looking pickup. If the phosphorescent property doesn't last too long, you might have a winner.

 

[MikeS]

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You guys and your incessant 10-12k humbucker requests… I’m sure casting a special plastic into an already designed mold is a hell of a lot less R&D work than designing a new pickup. I could be wrong, but it’s a hunch.

I have a feeling I’m included in the target market, but I have to say that I wouldn’t even consider a glow-in-the-dark pickup. The idea seems a little stale (perhaps this would have been the cat’s ass in the 80s). As many have stated before me, I’m sure there’s a market for them, but I would guess that it’d be a small market. IMO it’s cheesy and gimmicky, but if they don’t cost any more for SD to make, I suppose there’s no harm in making them an additional bobbin color choice.

 

[St_Genesius]

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I don't think so. It seems to me the appeal would either be for old guys with a fondness for sh*tty 80s hairmetal or 14 year olds. I don't know your tastes, but your age would suggest that you fall in between the two groups who might be willing to buy something like this.

I have a feeling I’m included in the target market.

 

[MikeS]

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I don't think so. It seems to me the appeal would either be for old guys with a fondness for sh*tty 80s hairmetal or 14 year olds. I don't know your tastes, but your age would suggest that you fall in between the two groups who might be willing to buy something like this.

Age is irrelevant. I should have been born a decade earlier because I'd bet I have more 80s albums releases than many of the guys in their 30s.

The market for this is 80s nostalgia and teenagers longing for a higher CF (CF = coolness factor).

 

[shredaholic]

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Those pictures make me want them so much more!

 

[Wattage]

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Cool I'll put them in my air guitar so I know where it is at night!

 

[diggamark]

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I'd buy one.

 

[HamerPlyr]

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Lame. My perception of SD is that it's a company that is above that kind of gimmicky thing.

 

[TheArchitect]

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Lame. My perception of SD is that it's a company that is above that kind of gimmicky thing.

Exactly

 

[Zhangliqun]

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Maybe if it was a cobalt blue...

 

[HamerPlyr]

Re: Glow In The Dark Humbuckers?

Lame. My perception of SD is that it's a company that is above that kind of gimmicky thing.

After thinking about this some more, let me elaborate as to why I think that it's "gimmicky". I equate glow-in-the-dark with cheap, made in China, and children's toys, all of which are negatives when thinking about a pickup.

That's just me, though.

 

[sunnysideup]

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What do you think about this?

It's an experiment to see what the market reaction is.

Thoughts?

quick, patent it! before Dimarzio do that

 

[fusion101]

Re: Glow In The Dark Humbuckers?

thats ****in cool