Official http://weneedstrings.com/central-donation-location-for-the-uk/
Just in case people thought I was after free strings.
Had some promising donations, can I urge people to speak to their locals techs these guys do a couple of restrings a day, same with roadies and techs out with bands.
I'd like to share this story from Talkbass
[QUOTE=Baird6869]Great cause.
I have about 20 nearly new bass string sets that I was about to sell in the classifieds, I will send them to Janek ASAP.
A quick story thy some of you might find interesting....
As a Canadian, I have travelled to Cuba on vacation a few times. Each time I go, I bring a couple of bass string sets as well as 3 or 4 acoustic guitar sets (MAYBE worth $35 total).
On my last trip I saw a guitarist tying a knot (the 3rd on that string) on his broken G string. I asked him if he could use a new set if strings and he hugged me, invited me to play a few songs with the band, invited me to his home for dinner and brought me a bunch of cigars the next day. Of course, I didn't ask for anything and only took the cigars as his brother rolled them for me.
A couple of days later, I saw a great band playing in a market in Veradero, Cuba. Bass player was pretty good considering she had no E string! I gave her a set of bass strings and she was actually crying. She was so excited it was crazy. Over a stupid set of $12 strings.
Strings may be cheap and easy for us to discount as necessities, but to many people in countries like Cuba, they are nearly impossible to come by and they are very expensive imported goods if they can even find them.[/QUOTE]