Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: cnotold on June 22, 2009, 10:01:42 PM
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hi guys, i just can't beliebe how expensive strings are these days. I mean i used to get D'ADDARIO EXL110 10set for around 30GBP from local shop but since they've shut down, i couldn't source 'em at that price range anymore. Where do you get your strings from?
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www.stringsdirect.co.uk
Or I buy a bundle at guitar shows....
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www.stringsdirect.co.uk
+1
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www.stringsdirect.co.uk
+1
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i have a massive bunch of newtone strings now.
They take a while too come from newtone because they are made to order, worth the wait but i got impatient and got some standard newtone sets from strings direct while i was waiting.
so i guess thats another +1 for strings direct
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stringbusters is often a little cheaper than stringsdirect, i've found.
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I just restrung my LP with some fresh Newtones. I love these strings ^^
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I'm sucking it up to support my local shop in these hard times 8)
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I'm sucking it up to support my local shop in these hard times 8)
Me too. In fact he does a 3 for 2 deal on Roto reds which I think is pretty reasonable.
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plectrum price is annoying too!
GONE are the days when a good pick was a few pence! now its a problem finding a shop that will lend you one you steal when you try a guitar out
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www.hotroxuk.com
£3.05 for a set of Rotosound, compared to £3.95 at strings direct
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plectrum price is annoying too!
Yeah, Rizla papers are outrageously priced these days as well.... :lol:
I've been using www.soundunlimited.co.uk (http://www.soundunlimited.co.uk), I just checked, they're prices have shot up too :(
Nearly 33% in less than 12 months!!! :o
A set of ten EXL115 sets will still be a few quid cheaper than stringsdirect, though. The D'addario 10 set pack (which stringsdirect don't seem to do?) is £42.00 at the moment, and it fits through a letter box :D (so no post office redelivery @rsery!). A similar deal at stringsdirect is £44.90 for ten, and I'm guessing they'll be individual sets?
I'm also well taken by the soundunlimited service - their local post office messed up on one of my early orders, and we had to pay an excess £2 postage at our end. I dropped soundunlimited an email just to let them know they might have a problem. They refunded my card within minutes, no question asked or any evidence required, and offered me a free set of strings for my trouble... :D I'm hooked, I buy all my strings from them, electric, accoustic, reso, bass... really fast turn round.
EDIT: Just had a look at hotroxuk - they're a few quid cheaper again... (they can't spell "gauge" though! :D)
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Soundunlimited have the rotosounds in at £5.01, FARK me that nearly £2 per set MORE expensive than HotRox!
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Soundunlimited have the rotosounds in at £5.01, FARK me that nearly £2 per set MORE expensive than HotRox!
Yeah that scared me too!
Luckily I don't use rotosound :lol:
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I've stuck with Dr Ducks for the last few years. I get 'em in boxes of 12 from the states off ebay:
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Ducks-Guitar-Supply-Bonanza__W0QQ_armrsZ1
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Ebay has Daddario 10 sets for around £34.
Andy
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thanks for replies guys. i think i might give rotosound a go. If my memory serves right, it wasn't bad string at all. hotrox isn't too far away from where i live, so thats a bonus! I may also checkout ebay for string hunting as well, thanks andy!
keep em' coming if you know any other places where bargain is happening :)
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I've stuck with Dr Ducks for the last few years. I get 'em in boxes of 12 from the states off ebay:
http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Ducks-Guitar-Supply-Bonanza__W0QQ_armrsZ1
+1 on the Dr Ducks, I've used them for a good few years now. I've been on Pyramid strings for a while though since the Dr didn't have any of my preferred 11's in stock and Thomann were knocking out Pyramid 11's for cheap.
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Stringsdirect or Thomann (depending on how the pound is).