Kev Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Amazon winning out for me, NYXL set I use is £29 at the mo, which makes it a good deal, when Stringsdirect sells the same set for £40. Also, its worth watching Amazon strings. They walk the price down over time, before increasing it after a certainly number of sales. The last NYXL set I bought I watched it fall to £26 before buying, next day it was up to £32. Get them added to your basket and keep an eye on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 Strings Direct is really expensive. I only ever use them if I can't find the strings elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linus27 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 I'm after a set of LaBella Low Tension Flats Long Scale. Prices seem all over the place from £40 up to £80. Bass Direct seem the best place right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 Just bought a custom set of Chromes from Strings Direct, 45-65-85-105. They were £79. Late 2020 I bought a 45-60-80-105 set from them, which I think was about £62. Given general inflation and the recent shortages of the ribbon steel needed for flatwounds, this seems about right. Though can't help recalling that the 49-109 set of LaBellas I bought 6 months ago from Bass Direct were half that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I recently paid £57 for a set of tapewounds. No 5 string sets available at the time so had to go for a 4 string plus a single. The 4 string set were £43 and a single 5th string was £8 - then there was the P&P. Now available on Amazon and eBay for around £50 Thomann are the cheapest site but are charging £19 delivery Earlier this year I think I paid £39 to my door. When I could buy them from Status Graphite they were soo cheap that it was like buying steels from a shop. Ah, those were the days...and reminiscing was so much better then too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 After a bit of experimentation I think I've settled on the good old La Bella Deep Talking Flats to replace my lovely Dunlops. They are a lot cheaper these days. I've got a set on my 'Berg TT5 and they sound very good. Ideally the B would be a bit heavier than the .128 but as long as I don't really whack it the sound is good. Unfortunately they only make a B flat in that gauge. Hopefully I'll get 5 years out of them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) On 09/01/2023 at 16:17, fretmeister said: After a bit of experimentation I think I've settled on the good old La Bella Deep Talking Flats to replace my lovely Dunlops. They are a lot cheaper these days. I've got a set on my 'Berg TT5 and they sound very good. Ideally the B would be a bit heavier than the .128 but as long as I don't really whack it the sound is good. Unfortunately they only make a B flat in that gauge. Hopefully I'll get 5 years out of them! Interesting. I absolutely love the Dunlop flats but there's no way I'm paying £90 if I need to replace them. Are the DTFs quite low tension? It's one of the things I like about the Dunlop. Edited January 14, 2023 by uncle psychosis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 On 07/12/2022 at 19:08, mario_buoninfante said: Yap, prices have defo gone up. Recently I have been buying D'Addario EXL165 45-65-85-105 and in July they were £22.89, while now £27.99 on sale, otherwise £35.50. All prices on Gak. These were what I used when I switched back from flats to rounds as they are smooth for rounds and sound really good. I was buying the twin packs for around £30. Since they put the prices up I decided to try other strings and have settled on Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys at about £18 a set. I can only get 5 or 6 wedding length sets out of them before they get start to get dull as opposed to 7 with the D'addarios but they sound and feel much better. The E string seems more solid, especially when detuned to D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) . Double post Edited January 19, 2023 by Delberthot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_buoninfante Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 49 minutes ago, Delberthot said: These were what I used when I switched back from flats to rounds as they are smooth for rounds and sound really good. I was buying the twin packs for around £30. Since they put the prices up I decided to try other strings and have settled on Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkys at about £18 a set. I can only get 5 or 6 wedding length sets out of them before they get start to get dull as opposed to 7 with the D'addarios but they sound and feel much better. The E string seems more solid, especially when detuned to D I'll defo double check them then! Thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted January 22, 2023 Author Share Posted January 22, 2023 On 14/01/2023 at 15:50, uncle psychosis said: Interesting. I absolutely love the Dunlop flats but there's no way I'm paying £90 if I need to replace them. Are the DTFs quite low tension? It's one of the things I like about the Dunlop. They are close enough in tension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf1e Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 On 03/12/2022 at 13:13, TheGreek said: I've been ordering Warwick tapewounds for my basses. Best price is £20 from Thomann but postage is £10. Does anybody know if they combine the cost if you order more than 1 set. I thought shipping was free over a certain amount. Can't remember what it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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