Where do people get their strings from? Where is good?

[shoulderpet]

Hi All

Just wondering where people get their strings from and where is good to buy from.  I see Stringbusters seems to have dissapeared, Stringsdirect has a decent range but the prices are pretty expensive

[Iacopo San]

Amazon recently 

Thomann seems to have great price and huge variety. Shame for the shipping costs

[Lozz196]

I got my last batch from Gear4Music, had the best price online and received within a couple of days of the order.

[ped]

If using amazon or eBay check who actually is sending the strings. There are a lot of fakes out there (especially Elixirs) so make sure it’s a proper retailer 👍🏼

[Stub Mandrel]

I've always gone for Rotos or Elites. These days I buy Elites direct from http://www.basscentre.com/bass-centre-elites-strings.html

Confession, I have a 1990s Elites long-sleeve t-shirt 😲

[hooky_lowdown]

31 minutes ago, Lozz196 said:

I got my last batch from Gear4Music, had the best price online and received within a couple of days of the order.

+1 for Gear4music, generally the lowest prices for decent strings in UK.

[shoulderpet]

Thanks , I will give Gear4music a try

[Iacopo San]

20 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said:

+1 for Gear4music, generally the lowest prices for decent strings in UK.

Really??

I've just had a look, they only have 29 options for 5-string sets and they seem to be more expensive than other websites

Edited March 30, 2019 by Iacopo San

[hooky_lowdown]

1 hour ago, Iacopo San said:

Really??

I've just had a look, they only have 29 options for 5-string sets and they seem to be more expensive than other websites

Don't recall the OPs question specifically being about 5ers. Generally speaking they are good value.

[naxos10]

Depends upon what type of string you are looking for. I buy straight from the manufacturer Newtone which are a British company. Have a look at www.newtonestrings.com.

[Hobbayne]

I got some Warwick Reds from Gear4music recently. A bargain price and next day dispatch.

I sometimes use the tax dodgers too, but the prices seem to creeping up as does the P&P

[PatrickJ]

I normally use Stringsdirect or Amazon.

SD aren't the cheapest, though I don't think of them as particularly expensive.  Their customer service is excellent though, one of the few online retailers who pretty consistently get it right .

 

[casapete]

I've used Strings and Beyond for a while. Not as cost effective as a few years ago, but still worth a go, especially if you're buying a few sets to offset the shipping from the USA. They also currently are doing 15% discount off the whole store using the code TAXRELIEF. As an example, D'Addarios EXL170's here are around £23 a set. On the S&B site they are $20, then use the 15% deal to make them $17 = a shade over £13. So buying ten sets say, you could save £100, before taking shipping costs into account. BUT - do factor in that you may have to pay import duty on these. Even allowing for this, still worth investigating if you're buying a few sets - worth clubbing together an order with a mate maybe? They do all sorts of instrument strings as well as accessories etc.

https://www.stringsandbeyond.com/