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07-12-2006, 07:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinurgh, Scotland | | | Highest You Paid For Strings?
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07-12-2006, 08:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New City, NY | | | $45 for a 4 string set of Elixirs, but I don't mind really, because I've had them for a few months now, and sound brand new. I usually wreck strings pretty fast, within a week or 2, because I have really sweaty hands, but because the Elixirs are coated, they have a much longer life.
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07-12-2006, 08:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Edinurgh, Scotland | | | i only paid about 13 pound which is about 23 dollars i guess
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07-12-2006, 08:37 AM
| | Pat's the best! | | Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Northern Virginia, USA | | | The six string set of LaBella Nylon Tapewounds on my Brice were the most expensive set I've ever bought. I don't remember the price - something like $55? |
07-12-2006, 08:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | 400kr for the cheapest set of strings at the shop, cant remember the brand now
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07-12-2006, 08:45 AM
| | If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail. | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Harrow, London, U.K | | | something like £40
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07-12-2006, 08:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Baltimore | | | I think it was $55 for a set of Ernie Ball Slinkys.. I don't know if they're suppose to be that expensive or G**tar Center was just ripping me off.
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07-12-2006, 08:49 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Decatur, GA | | Heh...cheapskates. 
I think I paid $80 for a set of Thomastik Acousticores for my old 6 string ABG.
And, TI Jazz Flats run about $60 for a 5 string set.... |
07-12-2006, 09:25 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Jim Dunlop strings | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Heerlen, Netherlands | | | $ ~50 (45 euros) for a 5 string Cocco set.. lasted 3 weeks (joyjoyjoy...NOT!!) |
07-12-2006, 09:39 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bridgewater, CT | | | $110 for my Corelli Forte's. For double bass. |
07-12-2006, 10:53 AM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | $240 for a 4 string set of Velvet Animas for DB. |
07-12-2006, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol, UK | | | £120 (thats about $220) for a set of 4 Thomastic Belcanto Gold Tungsten wrap Cello strings. Allergic to nickel and these were the only 100% nickel free strings I could find...
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07-12-2006, 10:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Norway | | | $120 for Rotosound RS776LD, $140 for Rotosound RS886LD in the music stores here in Norway. Needless to say, I don't buy my strings in Norway. |
07-12-2006, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Saint John, Canada | | | 65+ plus taxes for Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky's for my 6er.
125$ for a replacement set on my DB. |
07-12-2006, 11:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oviedo, Fl | | | $85 - 5 string set of Gold optimas for my electric |
07-12-2006, 11:55 AM
| | Dumbing My Process Down | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Michigan | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by evan_phi 65+ plus taxes for Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky's for my 6er.
125$ for a replacement set on my DB. | These are like, 18$ strings here in the states. That sucks.
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07-12-2006, 02:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles | | | $45 for D'Addrio Chromes |
07-12-2006, 02:31 PM
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Commander-in-chief, 3Leaf Audio | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle / NYC | | | $37 or 5 string DR Low Riders, and I change them every month. |
07-12-2006, 02:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto, ON | | | $30 Canadian on DR Hi-Beams... I guess I'm cheap or something.
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07-12-2006, 03:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | $108 for my D'Addario Helicores (double bass)
$58 shipped for a set of Optimas.
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