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Dunlop package, what's wrong?

Discussion in 'Strings [BG]' started by Jay2U, Jan 2, 2015.

  1. Jan 2, 2015 #1
    Jay2U

    Jay2U Not as bad as he lóòks

    Dec 7, 2010
    22 ft below sea level
    I just installed new Dunlops on my G&L. Old package versus new package. Note the gauges. :roflmao:
    DunlopBlunder_zpsbdc5ef5d.jpg
     
  2. Jan 2, 2015 #2
    SLaPiNFuNK

    SLaPiNFuNK Inactive Commercial User

    Jul 28, 2006
    LA California
    The Brains: FretNation.com
    A few companies do this...

    I know one small one that does not want to change it because it will cost too much in already printed materials.

    When they run out of these I'm sure they will update it.
     
  3. Jan 2, 2015 #3
    Jon Moody

    Jon Moody Commercial User

    Sep 9, 2007
    Kalamazoo, MI
    Manager of Brand Identity & Development, GHS Strings, Innovation Double Bass Strings, Rocktron
    If I had a dollar for every time I've encountered this...
     
  4. Jan 2, 2015 #4
    quickfix

    quickfix

    Nov 25, 2014
    Adrift in the frozen north
    I get it.
    .045,
    .065,
    .085, and
    .105.

    A few zeros missing. If they're gonna use the decimal point they should keep in mind that it's in thousandths of an inch.

    Took me a moment though.
     
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  5. Jan 2, 2015 #5
    SLaPiNFuNK

    SLaPiNFuNK Inactive Commercial User

    Jul 28, 2006
    LA California
    The Brains: FretNation.com
    I know one brand that refused to understand there was a problem with their packaging like that... I no longer carry it.
     
  6. Jan 2, 2015 #6
    Smooth_bass88

    Smooth_bass88 vaxx!

    Oct 31, 2006
    Western Hemisphere
    Lightest low E EVER
     
  7. Jan 2, 2015 #7
    SLaPiNFuNK

    SLaPiNFuNK Inactive Commercial User

    Jul 28, 2006
    LA California
    The Brains: FretNation.com
    That is the only correct one.
     
  8. Jan 2, 2015 #8
    Smooth_bass88

    Smooth_bass88 vaxx!

    Oct 31, 2006
    Western Hemisphere
    Never claimed to be a string expert...I stand corrected.
     
  9. Jan 2, 2015 #9
    SLaPiNFuNK

    SLaPiNFuNK Inactive Commercial User

    Jul 28, 2006
    LA California
    The Brains: FretNation.com
    Its all good. I sometimes miss this on packaging... Just look at the 45 etc... However... Some brands just put those numbers but the actual gauges are different.
     
  10. Jan 2, 2015 #10
    mmbongo

    mmbongo I have too many basses. Supporting Member

    Aug 5, 2009
    Upstate, South Carolina
    I wonder if those will work on 35' scale basses?
     
  11. Jan 2, 2015 #11
    Jay2U

    Jay2U Not as bad as he lóòks

    Dec 7, 2010
    22 ft below sea level
    You might also wonder if these gauges are the holy grail for metal... :bag:
     
  12. Jan 3, 2015 #12
    Jay2U

    Jay2U Not as bad as he lóòks

    Dec 7, 2010
    22 ft below sea level
    Once installed, tuned to standard E and properly intonated, I dug out the vernier callipers and took some measurements at room temperature. :beaver: The actual gauges in inches are 0.047, 0.067, 0.087 and 0.106. Not bad I'd say.
     
  13. Jan 5, 2015 #13
    Baird6869

    Baird6869 Supporting Member

    Feb 16, 2007
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    It happens. Fodera and a few others have done the same thing over the last couple of years.

    I wouldn't avoid buying string set just because the string package was labelled .40-.100. Seems senseless to me unless the gauges are actually not .040-.100.:)

    I would also never say "give me a point zero forty string" either.
     
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  14. Jan 6, 2015 #14
    quickfix

    quickfix

    Nov 25, 2014
    Adrift in the frozen north
    Tsk..you're missing the point. Get it? The point? Eh? No? Oh...never mind.