Conductive Guitar String

[Super Cameraman]

Long story short, I'm building a Guitar Hero-ish controller and it has a string. Yes a string. AKA, no strum bar, or colored buttons.

The problem is, I can't find a good wire to use as the string. Right now I'm using what I think is wire that is intended to hold flowers up, but twisted up to add thickness and tightness. It works, but not that great.

I tried using a guitar string, but it's not conductive of electricity. I'll try one of the lower strings, but it probably won't work.

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[Valium]

I think crafting wire might work for what you need, they sell it at hobby shops and craft stores. You can also get it in different colors!

[Charlie]

Someone posted a thread where they used a string for a Frets On Fire controller.

I can't seem to find it though.

[Super Cameraman]

That was probably me!

Valium, I think I'm using that now. I think only the surface is conductive or something, because it stopped working once. I'll give it a shot though.

Hm, just realized I spelled the title wrong!

[Kurt_]

There are different coatings for guitar strings.

All of mine are conductive. They're all nickel-wound strings. It would make sense if all electric guitar strings were conductive, otherwise the signal going into the pickups would be pretty weak.

Anyways, double-check your connections. Guitar strings are conductive.

[Valium]

Its usually pure copper or aluminum, so it isn't just the surface.

At least the kind I've bought was.

[Super Cameraman]

Kurt, I was testing acoustic guitar string. Maybe that's the problem?

[Kurt_]

Perhaps. I know it's coated with some bronze-coloured metal.

I'm not about to test that right now, though.

Go out, get some nickel-wound electric strings, and they'll work fine.

[Super Cameraman]

Actually, I just tried it again and it works perfectly!

But I can't really use it until I solve THIS problem.