gricko

PM sent

strings arrived surprisingly fast

very even, from string to string. both tonally and tension.

so...

managed to get hold of neil via facebook. few e-mails were exchanged - i've said what kind of set i would like, he proposed what he thinks would work for me, order for one set for testing was placed etc... very quick and easy communication.

sent another PM a week ago, but he's neither replying nor closing/marking post inactive....

message sent regarding soleman

On 26/04/2019 at 11:43, ixlramp said:

Is there any particular reason you chose Newtone? You can create equal tension sets using singles from any brand. 

i chose newtone because someone here recommended them as a viable replacement for kalium.

sadly, there is no great variety of available options for bass strings where i live [south-eastern europe].

4 hours ago, bazzbass said:

who are Newtone strings lol. Contact D'Addario

newtone are UK string manufacturer

d'addario - no can do anymore... played d'addario from '89 to '12-something, then was bitten by balanced strings bug. circleK at that time, kalium now. ordered from them a few times -  batches of 5-6-7 sets at the time, but it takes too long to arrive to europe and customer support is non existent on this side of the ocean. kind of expensive also, but cheaper than buying 5-string sets from d'addario and having a drawer full of .45 strings.

will need new batch of strings soon and were evaluation my options for getting them from europe.

4 hours ago, Dood said:

In fairness, Newtone strings is like one guy making countless packets of strings a day. He probably gets 100's of emails, especially as Newtone offer custom gauge strings that folk may not be able to get "off the hook" as it were.  

There's also the possibility that at least your email message went in to his spam bin unfortunately. That could happen. Have you tried the old school thing of talking to Newtone directly?  

did not know that. will give them a call next week.

kind regards

sent them an e-mail end of february, asking about tension of their strings and possibility of making me a 4-string BEAD set as balanced as possible. never got a reply.

few weeks ago sent them an instagram DM about not receiving any reply from them. again no reply.

was my question that stupid or they do not care about selling their product?

PM'd +10 days ago, but no answer.

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