hartke and ernie ball..one and the same?

[bro)))616]

ok well sam ash was having a sale and i was looking for some new strings sooo i was looking at the hartke 3 pack of strings and he was telling me there the same as ernie ball strings there just packaged at a different factory...i thought he was full of it or is there some truth to this???


thanks!

[Ukko]

He's full of it. Ernie Ball makes their own strings and they don't make them for anyone else.

[nastyn8c]

IME Sam Ash employees are all full of s***. My guess is that he just heard someone say how they sound the same as each other.

That said, it is a possibility, but given that EB is such a large string producer, it is unlikely that they outsource.

[John Wentzien]

Hartke strings are made in China...

[Joe Nerve]

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No

Incredibly different strings I might add. Don't like hartke strings.

[ChrisBowsman]

Originally Posted by Ukko

He's full of it. Ernie Ball makes their own strings and they don't make them for anyone else.

I've heard quite a few times that EB & Rotosound come from the same factory (in the UK, anyway).