re cheap strings!

[surfguy13]

Hi Folks

Just seen this ad on our local Gumtree - not sure how ggod a deal it is but looks OK to me. Thought I'd post it anyway. £1500s worth of sytrings for £600 ONO can't be bad!

[url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rotosound-bass-string-sets-brand-new-1500-worth-600-ono/100227173"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/rotosound-bass-string-sets-brand-new-1500-worth-600-ono/100227173[/url]

[Lozz196]

Averaging out at a tenner a set. Not bad prices, seeing as some of those cost a good few quid more than £10, with even the cheapest sets at about £16 new.

[Sean]

Basschat string co-operative anyone?

[TheGreek]

Amazing what you can push out of the back of a lorry!

[rushbo]

If that lot is legit, it'd be well worth a whipround...

[pburrows]

I'll stick 20 quid in

[chrismuzz]

I'd have some of that too, can't go wrong with some cheap good quality strings

[4 Strings]

These are cheap bass strings:

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/597-legacy_4_string_nickel_bass_strings_40_100_45_105_

[chrismuzz]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1334274361' post='1613829']
These are cheap bass strings:

[url="http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/597-legacy_4_string_nickel_bass_strings_40_100_45_105_"]http://www.stringsdi..._40_100_45_105_[/url]
[/quote]

Blimey the reviews of those are great! Must try some sometime...

[Sean]

[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1334274361' post='1613829']
These are cheap bass strings:

http://www.stringsdirect.co.uk/products/597-legacy_4_string_nickel_bass_strings_40_100_45_105_
[/quote]

They are Rotosound Rotobass unsilked strings packaged up under the Legacy name. They're pretty good and if you like changing your strings a lot then you can't go wrong.

[thisnameistaken]

I was in MOR Music in York the other day and he's got these Chinese bass strings in that he's selling for £5 a pack or something silly. He said 'They're not sh*t', with a surprised look on his face. I haven't tried them but they must be worth a punt at that price.

[4 Strings]

Like most things, you pays your money, you takes your choice. £5 a set sounds worth a hit but I would imagine benefitting from the testing for sounds playability and experience of products from someone like Rotosound is worth paying for, if you can find/appreciate the difference.

(Had a set of the Legacies on my regular bass for over a year now. They're fine, not the most zingy, but that's ok by me).

[chrismuzz]

Just fitted a set of Stainless Elites on my 4 string, £15 delivered. Forgot how great they feel and sound!

[4 Strings]

Anyway, the original lot are still there, bet he'd take £500 for them.

(They're only £1500 if you sell them for £30 each - which I doubt would be easy).

[tom1946]

Be careful, all you see is not neccessarily gold. I used to sell Martin strings for £3 a set.
You may find that not a lot are what you would use then you'd have to sell them on. I wouldn't risk it personally, could buy a nice bass for that money

[brensabre79]

Also be careful of no-name cheap strings you can pick up for £5 a set. Like most metal things from the far east the regulations are rarely adhered to and the content of lead and other undesirable things can be astonishingly high. If your skin is going to be in contact with the metal (whether its a counterfeit watch or bass string) be warned!

[Conan]

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1334587609' post='1618055']
Also be careful of no-name cheap strings you can pick up for £5 a set. Like most metal things from the far east the regulations are rarely adhered to and the content of lead and other undesirable things can be astonishingly high. If your skin is going to be in contact with the metal (whether its a counterfeit watch or bass string) be warned!
[/quote]

Crikey! I'd never thought about that! How do we know that the "quality" brands contain less heavy metals?

[brensabre79]

A CE mark on the packet should be a dead giveaway

[bremen]

[quote name='brensabre79' timestamp='1334657039' post='1619120']
A CE mark on the packet should be a dead giveaway
[/quote]

Not really - there are probably factories in China that turn a healthy profit manufacturing CE stickers.

I have a circuit board here that's marked as lead-free and CE compliant and I know for a fact that at least one of the chips on it has never been manufactured lead-free.

Must admit It'd never ocurred to me that the reason guitards and bassists were all mad was because of the heavy metals (as opposed to Heavy Metals) in the strings...bit like the Mad Hatter and his mercury poisoning...

[brensabre79]

Ah true Bremen, its not hard to stick a logo on a packet...
I guess any reputable company who is officially importing into the UK will have to comply by the regs. So perhaps if the company does not have a UK distributor address I'd give them a swerve!