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Bass Strings Online is Closing
- Thread starter madbassplaya
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Another option would be to (if applicable) go to your local music shop and spend the extra $5 to help keep them in business!
I appreciate that thank you!
Lots of things have already sold so not much available in those variety at all.
Lots of things have already sold so not much available in those variety at all.
I would if they had more than 3 choices and one of which is one set of 5 string
Happens to me all the time. Someone orders a set, I have to order 6 of them to fulfill their single string order... Then are stock with the other 5 sets. They set for a few months, I'm tired of looking at them so heavily discount them to move them. They finally move then someone else wants one set again....
Yeah, I mean I get it.. kind of why I qualified the original post with (if applicable). I'm lucky my local store stocks a good variety and my go-to's are almost always on the shelf. When he's out, that's when I experiment.
It's my local guitar center. I've asked several times then just figured the brain dead 20something behind the counter just doesn't care. So I order from someone who does care and gives excellent customer service. Survival of the fittest. So my strings get delivered right to my mailbox and I don't have to drive a half hour to talk to this guy.
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I was just about to grab some more of the EBS cables... and I find this. Boo.....
Best of luck & thanks for the awesome pricing you brought us bassists!!!!
Best of luck & thanks for the awesome pricing you brought us bassists!!!!
I’m sure it’s even worse at a brick and mortar, where one out of every 15 people that walk in is a bass player.
First music store I ever worked in had a great policy for all string orders that weren't "meat and potatoes" sets (and those brands and gauges really haven't changed much in over 30 years!) - if the minimum order was a box, and it usually was, you were buying a box or you could go somewhere else. You live and die by inventory turn in retail and we were not going to have nine sets of Roto 35-95 sitting around until the heat death of the universe.
Yep seem likes a tough position to be in to be honest. Don't wanna be stuck with it, but you can't hold it against the customer if they do go elsewhere in that case. Our local music shop only stocks 45-105 in ghs so I don't buy strings there anymore. Only brand with gauge options in that shop are d'addario.
Just placed what may be my last order 
(although I just saw in another thread he still has some incoming DR orders, so. . .maybe not)
And everyone be sure to keep checking the site. Looks like new stuff is being/has been added to the 'In Stock Items' section.
(although I just saw in another thread he still has some incoming DR orders, so. . .maybe not)And everyone be sure to keep checking the site. Looks like new stuff is being/has been added to the 'In Stock Items' section.
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Well, at least he still has some of my favorites in stock. I don't necessarily need strings, but I'll make sure to support him at least once before he closes up for good.
Major bummer and unfortunate. Always a great to deal with, wish nothing but the best going forward.
Was incredibly great do deal with as a Canadian buyer, Still not sure where I'm gonna go now or even if i can find that kind of variety and pricing again.
Believe me, I know! I've placed a few orders with Jason and it's always been great. I'm gonna miss him.
