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05-15-2011, 09:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Over Here | | | Decent low priced strings
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I am on a tight budget sine I started playing again and have always preferred Ernie ball Super Slinkys. They are not that high priced but and I find that they are good strings for the money. I was just windering if there are some decent low priced strings out there. Or if strings are like any other product and you get what you pay for.
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05-15-2011, 10:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Apple Valley Ca. | | | There's a thread on dunlop strings for 9 bucks...search dunlop strings
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05-16-2011, 06:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Over Here | | | Those dunlops are a great deal but i don't buy online anymore. I have had way too many problems with merchants being dishonest and double dipping on my bank account and such. Are there any good deals i could get in a guitar shop or even guitar center.
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05-16-2011, 07:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowner  Those dunlops are a great deal but i don't buy online anymore. I have had way too many problems with merchants being dishonest and double dipping on my bank account and such. Are there any good deals i could get in a guitar shop or even guitar center. | No. You're going to pay a fortune compared to on line if you buy strings in a brick on mortar store. Try buying from a reputable online merchant, and pay with a credit card.
Twin pack of D'Addario EXL rounds are only $25 or so from the big on line sources, which comes to $12.50 or so per set.
As previously posted, there's that crazy deal on the Dunlop strings right now.
Also, if you want recommendations on where to buy from a brick and mortar store, it would help if you told us where you live. |
05-16-2011, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: CT | | Dunlop.
Online or not.
Usually a good deal for a great string.
(Or a set of em LOL  ) |
05-16-2011, 07:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: NYC | | | I went on a hunt for strings a while back - bummed w/ spending lots of $$ and not being happy w/ any of 'em I got a set of GHS boomers because they were cheap . . . been using them since. Great string for the $$ IMO |
05-16-2011, 07:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: So Cal | | | carvin go online, they're made by LaBella and a great price
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05-16-2011, 07:59 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Altamonte Springs, Florida | | | Black Diamonds or Curt Magnus typically run under $15.00.
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05-16-2011, 08:02 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Denver | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Craigster carvin go online, they're made by LaBella and a great price | +1. $15 for a six string set, less for others, essentially LaBella Slappers, private-labeled for Carvin. Hard to beat. |
05-16-2011, 08:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin, TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by WJGreer +1. $15 for a six string set, less for others, essentially LaBella Slappers, private-labeled for Carvin. Hard to beat. | If you buy enough sets to make up for the $10 shipping, these are a great deal. |
05-16-2011, 08:14 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Upstate, South Carolina | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lowner Those dunlops are a great deal but i don't buy online anymore. I have had way too many problems with merchants being dishonest and double dipping on my bank account and such. Are there any good deals i could get in a guitar shop or even guitar center. | You need to get over that, you're only limiting yourself. Strings & Beyond (they have the BOGO Dunlops) and juststrings.com are wonderful. Been using them for years. Just stick with the reputable places and you'll be allright.
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05-16-2011, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina | | | Rotosound Nickel on Steel "Unsilked"
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05-16-2011, 04:24 PM
|  | Everybody Wang Chung Tonight | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Houston Tx | | | Ive been through tons of different strings and have setteled on D'Adario XL's
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05-16-2011, 04:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Niagara on the Lake, Ontario | | | I used to pay loads of cash for D'Addario strings, but then I moved to Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkies and was quite pleased, just like you were. Very recently I went to get some fresh Slinkies and noticed that the store had Dean Markley Nickelsteels for almost exactly $20 (a whole $6 cheaper than the Slinkies).
...And I can tell you, they are just as good if not better than the Slinkies at such a great store price
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05-16-2011, 05:13 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cary, Il | | | The problem is that what you really need are strings that will last you, EB's IMO do not last at all. If you like dead hard to intonate strings, EB's are for you. If you want strings that will outlast and out perform, spend the extra few bucks and get some DR's or Circle K's, your investment in the long run will be far less then buying crappy cheap strings. |
05-16-2011, 06:16 PM
| | | | Maybe search for the thread on “Naked” strings, made in Florida, with lots of good reviews.
I hit the Dunlops deal, myself.
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05-16-2011, 06:19 PM
| | | | HARTKE STRINGS ARE ALSO A GOOD BANG 4 THE BUCK. IMHO |
05-16-2011, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: new jersey | | | Lots of good suggestions. Dont forget about SIT |
05-16-2011, 06:28 PM
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05-16-2011, 06:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Work an hour of OT then go to your local store & buy whatever's on sale. If no sale try Sam ASh/guitar ctr/best buy. they always have something. all bass strings are good just like all basses are good. ALL | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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