gapiro Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 I don't get through many strings, but if appears that several of the d'addario strings are widely out of stock. Is there some issue or is it just coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Dunlop too on the Amazon website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lo-E Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 This is all related to the materials and shipping issues caused by COVID. Music stores here in NYC are short on everything; strings, accessories, instruments…. There are long wait times for orders as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zbd1960 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 There's a lot of disruption to supply chains for many things, especially more specialist stuff. Most of the hiatus is Covid related one way or another Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Time to panic buy. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Skybone said: Time to panic buy. You're not wrong. I'm down to my last spare set. What am I supposed to do in another five years when I put those on? 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I phoned around about 20 shops across the UK looking for Elixir 40-95s, ended up finally finding a single set behind the counter of a small music shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan63 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Northwest Guitars today said their suppliers have said prices are going up on D'Addario and Seymour Duncan products from the 5th and several US suppliers I know of have doubled their prices in the car parts market, even with the slight bounce in the £ that is hard to explain to customers here in UK who expect everything for nothing; sign of things to come perhaps globally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) Working in construction I can confirm this is because of a huge surge in demand around the world for steel (along with certain polymers and timber) which happened once major economies like China and US started to return to normality, kinda. Prices for steel are going through the roof. Then there is the problem of containers all over the world being dislocated. When Covid hit and shipping just stopped, empty containers have been left at import destinations rather than going back to big ports in China. In my industry we're short of loads of products not just steel and timber. So if you've bought a new house off-plan and it's been left part finished, it's because wev'e gone from a just-in time delivery system to lead times of up to 3 months. Edited October 1, 2021 by Barking Spiders repeated post 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Barking Spiders said: Working in construction I can confirm this is because of a huge surge in demand around the world for steel (along with certain polymers and timber) which happened once major economies like China and US started to return to normality, kinda. Prices for steel are going through the roof. Then there is the problem of containers all over the world being dislocated. When Covid hit and shipping just stopped, empty containers have been left at import destinations rather than going back to big ports in China. In my industry we're short of loads of products not just steel and timber. So if you've bought a new house off-plan and it's been left part finished, it's because wev'e gone from a just-in time delivery system to lead times of up to 3 months. I'm waiting to get a new guitar but back in July all the stores I tried said they weren't expecting deliveries till October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Tis true, all the steel required for strings is being re-purposed to make barbed wire to keep our borders secured.... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 At least it's not being used as reinforcing bars, there's a concrete shortage as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 We're struggling to get steel, stainless steel and copper at work because of materials shortages. According to one steel supplier, its near impossible to get anything from the big stockholders in Europe now. We're getting loads of orders but can't make anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 49 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: We're struggling to get steel, stainless steel and copper at work because of materials shortages. According to one steel supplier, its near impossible to get anything from the big stockholders in Europe now. We're getting loads of orders but can't make anything. Wonder why that is? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 15 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: Wonder why that is? Definitely not due to brexit. Definitely not that. Absolutely definitely not brexit. According to the Farage fan at work anyway. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Im down to my last 4 sets of long scale 🤫 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassfinger Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said: Wonder why that is? Because some of the biggest steel producers are in Texas, and were badly affected by last winters floods and blizzards, either directly indirectly via damage to the power grid. Many of them still aren't producing anywhere jear xapscity. Texas alone accounts for more steel production than all the EU countroes combined (EU countries account for about 7%) so this has hit the world market hard. Nucor alone produce 22 million tonnes a year and are only now starting to get back towards normal capacity. Demand locally in the UK is massively up with stuff like HS2, and around the world with things like massive building projects in China and the rapod expansion of their navy . As a result the people in the middle suffer shortages, and people who aren't buying steel in massive quantities and thus spending massive sums are having trouble obtaining it. It has little, directly at least, to do with the B word. Edited October 1, 2021 by Bassfinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: Because some of the biggest steel producers are in Texas, and were badly affected by last winters floods and blizzards, either directly indirectly via damage to the power grid. Many of them still aren't producing anywhere jear xapscity. Texas alone accounts for more steel production than all the EU countroes combined (EU countries account for about 7%) so this has hit the world market hard. Nucor alone produce 22 million tonnes a year and are only now starting to get back towards normal capacity. Demand locally in the UK is massively up with stuff like HS2, and around the world with things like massive building projects in China and the rapod expansion of their navy . As a result the people in the middle suffer shortages, and people who aren't buying steel in massive quantities and thus spending massive sums are having trouble obtaining it. It has little, directly at least, to do with the B word. Spoilsport! 😆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Bassfinger said: Because some of the biggest steel producers are in Texas, and were badly affected by last winters floods and blizzards, either directly indirectly via damage to the power grid. Many of them still aren't producing anywhere jear xapscity. Texas alone accounts for more steel production than all the EU countroes combined (EU countries account for about 7%) so this has hit the world market hard. Nucor alone produce 22 million tonnes a year and are only now starting to get back towards normal capacity. Demand locally in the UK is massively up with stuff like HS2, and around the world with things like massive building projects in China and the rapod expansion of their navy . As a result the people in the middle suffer shortages, and people who aren't buying steel in massive quantities and thus spending massive sums are having trouble obtaining it. It has little, directly at least, to do with the B word. Not much of our structural steel comes from the US because they don't make British sections. Most of our structural sections come from China via Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I'm glad I read this thread as I've just gone over to my parts box and have no new sets of strings and a really busy spell coming up. New D'addario EXL165TP pack ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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