Electric Guitar Strings

Mr Badger · 24 Feb 2014 at 17:27

Anyone know of any good deals/websites for buying electric guitar strings please? Specifically looking for some decent quality 10's for 6 string lead guitar.

Happy to make a "bulk" purchase (say 10 or 12 sets) if it's at the right price.
Could also do with a couple of sets of Steinberger double ball ended.

Cheers!

spoffle · 24 Feb 2014 at 17:34

Mr Badger · 24 Feb 2014 at 17:53

spoffle said:
eBay

Any particular shop/seller?

jimbaw · 24 Feb 2014 at 18:43

I used to order from thomann when I used to live in France and always bought at least 10 sets at a time. Check Andertons and dv247 they've often got deals on.

jimbaw · 24 Feb 2014 at 18:45

Forgot to say, check stringsdirect as well

Mr Badger · 24 Feb 2014 at 20:29

jimbaw said:
Forgot to say, check stringsdirect as well

Strings Direct was the one I originally found and wondered if there are any others out there.

Do you know if there is any difference between those Legacy Pro-Tone strings and the D'Addario EXLs and Ernie Ball Slinkys? They all seem to be Nickel Wound and Googling for reviews just takes me back to Strings Direct

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jimbaw · 24 Feb 2014 at 21:32

the legacy pro tone ones are stringsdirect's own brand but that's all I know. I've tried many (MANY) strings in the past 10years and I always seem to go back to Ernie Ball or GHS.
the legacy ones are quite cheap so you could order a set and try them out (and let me know as well

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I would have sent you a couple sets of ernie ball but i'm all out.

just out of interest, what gauge do you use?

Mr Badger · 24 Feb 2014 at 21:54

jimbaw said:
the legacy pro tone ones are stringsdirect's own brand but that's all I know. I've tried many (MANY) strings in the past 10years and I always seem to go back to Ernie Ball or GHS.
the legacy ones are quite cheap so you could order a set and try them out (and let me know as well )
I would have sent you a couple sets of ernie ball but i'm all out.

just out of interest, what gauge do you use?

10 - 46. Always been a bit heavy handed on the rhythm so I tend to break D, A and bottom E strings rather than the top ones like most people

jimbaw · 24 Feb 2014 at 22:03

I break most of them as well. I used to play on 11-52 in E standard. I know use it for D#.
ghs boomers were the ones that lasted me the longest.

Mr Badger · 24 Feb 2014 at 22:36

jimbaw said:
I break most of them as well. I used to play on 11-52 in E standard. I know use it for D#.
ghs boomers were the ones that lasted me the longest.

I started out using mostly Ernie Ball, tried a few other brands along the way and have been playing D'Addario in recent times. In all honesty I can't say I've found much difference between them, hence why I was toying with trying the Legacy Pro-Tone strings from Strings Direct.

Ebay looks promising for D'ADDARIO EXL110 NICKEL WOUND - seems to work out around £3.40 per set if buying a 3 pack.

jimbaw · 25 Feb 2014 at 08:30

Have you tried thomann? They used to sell the big boxes of D'Addario

Scrutinize · 25 Feb 2014 at 08:47

I use the axetec ones, http://www.axetec.co.uk/guitar_parts_uk_080.htm

Raymond Lin · 26 Feb 2014 at 01:17

Amazon?

For example, I use Elixir 11s on the Taylor

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

£10.45 each

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/p/91...ound-anti-rust-electric-guitar-strings-11-49/

£11.95 each, even if you get 10 it is still £11.39 each.

Mr Badger · 26 Feb 2014 at 01:47

Raymond Lin said:
Amazon?

For example, I use Elixir 11s on the Taylor

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

£10.45 each

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/p/91...ound-anti-rust-electric-guitar-strings-11-49/

£11.95 each, even if you get 10 it is still £11.39 each.

Over £10 for a set of strings? You have expensive tastes my friend

Still, they apparently have an "Ultra-Thin Nanoweb Coating" :confused:

Do they really last much longer? I rarely go more than a couple of gigs without breaking a string and I wouldn't be happy if that still happened after paying 3x as much as normal.

Mr Badger · 26 Feb 2014 at 01:57

Scrutinize said:
I use the axetec ones, http://www.axetec.co.uk/guitar_parts_uk_080.htm

Interesting. Never heard of them before, but certainly can't fault the price if they are any good.

Mr Badger · 26 Feb 2014 at 02:06

jimbaw said:
Have you tried thomann? They used to sell the big boxes of D'Addario

They also sell Harley Benton Valuestrings - £0.78 per set :eek:

Never seen strings so cheap.

They do have some pretty good prices on other guitar strings, but the 10 Euro shipping charge kind of kills it. Unless I make my order up to £164 for free shipping

Raymond Lin · 26 Feb 2014 at 06:55

Mr Badger said:
Over £10 for a set of strings? You have expensive tastes my friend

Still, they apparently have an "Ultra-Thin Nanoweb Coating"

Do they really last much longer? I rarely go more than a couple of gigs without breaking a string and I wouldn't be happy if that still happened after paying 3x as much as normal.

That's what they ship the guitar with.

jimbaw · 26 Feb 2014 at 10:04

Mr Badger said:
They also sell Harley Benton Valuestrings - £0.78 per set Never seen strings so cheap.

They do have some pretty good prices on other guitar strings, but the 10 Euro shipping charge kind of kills it. Unless I make my order up to £164 for free shipping

That's true. If you've got friends that need strings as well just do a bulk order maybe?
When I did it I bought some stands, picks and cables as well so it was free shipping.

jimbaw · 26 Feb 2014 at 10:05

Oh forgot to say, don't buy harley benton strings. I ordered a couple of sets a while back and they're terrible.

Adsta · 26 Feb 2014 at 10:42

Another shout out for Thomann, I use them quite a lot here in Belgium. They do ship to the UK too. Always had great customer service from them and quite well priced.

I use these: Ernie Ball EB 2239 RPS Super