How has your luck been ordering strings over the net?

[michaeln]

I stand corrected. They do carry the Gore Elixir 14200 set, at $52.95, but they aren't in stock. JustStrings sells the same set for $45.67 and they ARE in stock. But the set I need is the super long ones, and they don't sell those. JustStrings does, for the same $45.67 price.

So they are still 0/2 for my needs.

[Bruce Lindfield]

By coincidence, I have just got a set of Slowwounds for my 5 string with a tapered B from SheetMusicPlus (SW2000-5). It came in the last week or so and I have put the set with the tapered B on my Tobias. I used the last Super Long set of SlowWounds I got from SheetMusicPlus on my Fender Roscoe Beck, as I was stringing through the body, but the Tobias doesn't need the extra length.

As to prices - I am taking into account shipping to the UK, which most of these companies won't do in the first place, but if they do are usually prohibitively expensive or take for ever. SheetMusicPlus are very good at this and I am reluctant to switch to another comapny that might be less reliable, although I obviously don't want to pay more than I need to.

So maybe I'll try Just Strings for my next order and do a direct comparison and post the details here.

[This message has been edited by Bruce Lindfield (edited July 13, 2000).]

[Brooks]

Bruce, I live in the Middle East. Ordered a bunch of strings for both my basses and guitars from JustStrings. First, AFTER taking my order, they refused to ship them on my account with DHL or FedEx (???????). They refused to ship them via these and charge me. They sent them parcel post. I got them 9 weeks later. I am now looking for someone who can properly handle international orders. By the way, people like Bass Alone, Bass NorthWest & The Bass Palace do a great job with international orders, but being stores, are too expensive for strings.

[Bruce Lindfield]

Following my last post, I went to Just strings website and tried ordering the 5-string D'Addario SlowWound set. First impressions are that I don't like the interface as much as SheetMusic Plus and that you have to register before they will tell you how much shipping is - anyway I did it.

Secondly they don't seem to have as many sets. Sheet Music Plus has over 1400 different sets and for D'Addario SlowWounds they gave me the option of Soft or Mixed sets, but Just Strings only have the soft option. But this was what I ordered last time anyway, so I followed the procedure. However, this set is priced at $27.88. whereas SheetMusic Plus is priced at $24.39 for the exact same set!

So I cancelled the order and I think I will be staying with SheetMusicPlus!

PS. Brooks - go with SheetMusicPlus - only a week delivery time to the UK and cheaper than JustStrings!

[This message has been edited by Bruce Lindfield (edited July 13, 2000).]

[Dolan]

Well the strings finally arrived.They even threw in a guitar pick in each pack,imagine that?I decided to go the local music store route and ordered 'em through them.They cut me a good deal and just went ahead and ordered a couple of box's.Again,thanks everyone for your input.

[Sammy Camden]

Hey Guys! One of the wonderful things about using a credit card is that you can go back to the credit card company with the complaint and get the charge put into a dispute. They will investigate and if your complaint is valid, you will get the charge removed and the credit card people go after the deadbeat! Check it out.

Keep Thumpin'! Sammy!

[michaeln]

I was looking this week for a La Bella 760M set for my 62 Precision Reissue. These are the "54 Fender / Jamerson" set. Just Strings has them on order, but none in stock, $26.25.

Sheet Music Plus said $26.29, 2-3 weeks.

This is apparently a set that isn't commonly kept in stock.

Then I remember that Bass Northwest says on their website that they carry a wide variety of strings and normally sell them for 50% off.

I called them, they had them in stock, shipped same day, $25.00. So I think in the future I'll be using them for my string needs. 50% off is a good price, and having stock is important to me. I'm not interested in waiting.
http://www.bassnw.com ... I've had great dealings with them on other stuff too. I bought my Sadowsky PJ5 and my Kern IP-777 from them and both of those deals went very smoothly. Great folks!