Members twotimingpete Posted July 21, 2009 Members Share Posted July 21, 2009 any thoughts? at $2.39 a pack, they're really cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted July 21, 2009 Members Share Posted July 21, 2009 Huh, hadn't even seen those... http://store.guitarfetish.com/guitarstrings.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twotimingpete Posted July 21, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 21, 2009 apparently they're new, or have been gone for a long time and are back now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mister natural Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 just got some mediums from Jay - I'll put them on this weekend . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David E H Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 I'm getting 2 packs tomorrow. First GFS order by the way...going dandy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fullmetalguitar Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 I wish he had bass strings as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 d'addario strings are $3 a set - is it worth using cheap strings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cade Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 d'addario strings are $3 a set - is it worth using cheap strings? Doesn't that make d'addario's cheap too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sean-Patrick Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 when he makes .08s and flatwounds, we'll talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Doesn't that make d'addario's cheap too? it makes them inexpensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cade Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 it makes them inexpensive. LOL...good one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keNz Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Speaking of cheap strings, the Guitar Research ones from SamAsh aren't too bad. Put em in two of my guitars last week and 1 out of the 12 strings was already dead. But the rest of em sound alright. Can't beat the price ($10 for 10 packs), but still prefer D'Addarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cade Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Don't go cheap on strings. If you wipe them down after playing they should last quite awhile. Alot of your tone (if you have any ) is in the strings. I prefer Dr's. Pure Blues or Tite Fits. IMHO, they sound the best on all my guitars. It's not worth saving a few bucks to lose any chance at good tone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lotsaguitars Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Speaking of cheap strings, the Guitar Research ones from SamAsh aren't too bad. Put em in two of my guitars last week and 1 out of the 12 strings was already dead. But the rest of em sound alright. Can't beat the price ($10 for 10 packs), but still prefer D'Addarios. Can't agree. The Sam Ash sales guy told me they buzzed but I still bought a box to try because of the price. Guess what? They buzz especially on the wound D string. Makes a nice guitar sound like a Wal Mart toy. Maybe yours were from a different factory but I don't feel like taking a chance again on $1.00 strings. The cheap GHS sets from GC at about $3.00 a pack were much more usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Don't go cheap on strings. If you wipe them down after playing they should last quite awhile. Alot of your tone (if you have any ) is in the strings. I prefer Dr's. Pure Blues or Tite Fits. IMHO, they sound the best on all my guitars. It's not worth saving a few bucks to lose any chance at good tone... That was really my point about the "cheap" strings. I mentioned d'addarios being $3 a pack - that's the sale price, and when they are on sale I stock up. The savings on cheap strings just isn't worth it. There IS a difference in sound/tone and it's a not a good one. Also, d'addarios rarely break if you keep them changed and fresh. So you save $1 or even $2 on a set of strings. Big deal. I change my strings every 3 gigs, sometimes that's 3 weeks, sometimes it's 2 weeks - regardless, saving $1 or $2 over that time period isn't worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Florbastang Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 I didn't check the shipping cost of these, but I've found the shipping costs at Guitarfetish to be somewhat inflated. So unless you're buying other items or 10 or more packs, you're probably not saving much money over going into GC and buying a pack of D'darios or Ernie Balls. For cheap strings, I'd rather just go with Webstrings. The only thing is that you only save money if you buy in bulk, which I don't tend to do (strings last me a long time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Back when I used to gig a bunch, my guitars got new strings every week and I was playing .11's. I tried out everything available at the time and were always having issues with strings breaking (Ernie Balls), availability (Dean Markley's w/ unwound G), or tone (various off brands which were inconsistent and/or contained dead strings). I gave D'Addario's a shot and was happy with the tone, consistency, and resistence to breaking. I don't change my strings as often now but I still stick with D'Addario's as I buy them in larger quantities whenever they're on sale at around $3 a pop (as mentioned above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 They're probably made by Vinci or one of the other big companies. I remember back in the day some stores had their own brand. If their good it may be worth it. I personally hae stuck with the same brand for about 15 years (Fender and if I can't get them EB) and their really inexpensive but they are probably worth checking out. Some of those 'store brand' strings were pretty good due to the fact that they were made by a big company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members David E H Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 UPDATE: Alright, I just got some .011's and other parts in the mail and put them on my Strat. I'd say they're very respectful and worth the price, but nothing spectacular....but I wouldn't say they're below average either. They're better than some strings I've payed 5x the price for. My thesis is: if you're ordering from GFS, feel free to add a couple packs to the cart, but don't feel obligated to "stock up" per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted July 22, 2009 Members Share Posted July 22, 2009 Thanks for that info David. That's about what I suspected. FWIW, I'll still stay w/what I know works for me, and that's d'addarios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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