Check out GHS "new packaging"

[djaxup]

You're like the hotel california.

this is not entirely a compliment, given the negativity the song puts on the name hotel california

[Darth Tater]

GHS has been around forever, they are one of the originals. Been around since the early 60's.

Along with EB, some of the companies that actually make their own strings are GHS, LaBella, SIT, D'Addario, DR, Dunlop, and D'Aquisto. Fender too I guess, but not in the USA.

I've tried all of the above and still use Slinky's on my guitar

Forgot Dean Markley/American Winding.

[marsguitars]

On the subject of stay-fresh minimal string packaging, I hate to be the first to mention it but... D'Addario? Different packaging, I know, but they've been using it for years.

But congrats to EB for the change to foil packs... it must have been a big decision to make, with production line tooling costs etc

I too was amused to see the GHS Strings packaging announcement. To be fair, they didn't actually say they invented it.

[Darth Tater]

On the subject of stay-fresh minimal string packaging, I hate to be the first to mention it but... D'Addario? Different packaging, I know, but they've been using it for years.

But congrats to EB for the change to foil packs... it must have been a big decision to make, with production line tooling costs etc

I too was amused to see the GHS Strings packaging announcement. To be fair, they didn't actually say they invented it.

I love D'Addarrio's packaging. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my day doing that 'magic rings' separation technique with the new strings I just bought

[Four Eyes]

May have copied the packaging, but they're still GHS strings inside.

[megaroel]

GHS makes their own strings and then for some of the other brands...not ours...I dont want tto disclose anybodies business

thats an easy one ghs makes strings for peavey and dunlop and gibson to. lol and yes DR makes there strings in the usa. i think dean markley is comming out with some HD helix strings revolutionary strings that are years ahead of every other string. They provide a smoother feel and a brighter, more resonant tone.. last time i checked slinky's were the smoothest hands down..

they just have to remember that ernie ball slinky's are number one.

[megaroel]

I love D'Addarrio's packaging. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my day doing that 'magic rings' separation technique with the new strings I just bought

lmao sarcasm

[Darth Tater]

thats an easy one ghs makes strings for peavey and dunlop and gibson to. lol and yes DR makes there strings in the usa.

they just have to remember that ernie ball slinky's are number one.

Dunlop makes their own strings, GHS does not make them. Les O'Connor (formerly with DR) runs Dunlops string factory.

[sirshack]

I love D'Addarrio's packaging. I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my day doing that 'magic rings' separation technique with the new strings I just bought

I would actually love to see EB do away with the individual string packaging inside the foil pack. About the only thing I hate about changing strings is all of the crap left over....snipped-off string ends, empty paper envelopes, other packaging, the dead strings you took off...the less leftover junk, the better.

I'd love to be able to crack open a foil pack of strings and just have strings, nothing else! Maybe this isn't practical or possible, but a boy can dream.....

[buckethead777]

May have copied the packaging, but they're still GHS strings inside.

No one argued that point, it's the packaging we're discussing.

[Nitrix]

While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, it must also be the height of frustration.

I became a Ernie Ball string convert when I became a Ernie Ball guitar convert. When I played my first EB neck and bought my Axis Super Sport (mm90's) I was so impressed by the quality of manufacture that I figured I would try the strings as well. I started playing Markley's when I was a kid because they gave free stickers. I covered a guitar case with them. I stayed in the habit for decades after with some flirting with Elixers (slip slidin' away!) and D'Addario.

I switched to EB about 6 years ago and haven't looked back since. Is it a pure coincidence that my strings don't break at the bridge anymore?

[isaactmeyer]

So does Ghs make their own strings or not?

[bkrumme]

So does Ghs make their own strings or not?

See post #10 above. Big Poppa already answered.

[mcnulty]

So does Ghs make their own strings or not?

I was talking to "anonymous european bass amplifier manufacturer" who also have "their own" bass strings. They used to use GHS as a manufacturer of their strings but as he told me, they ditched GHS because of the production is pretty much in China these days.

It was also mentioned that GHS isn't producing any of the strings in the States any longer. I can't tell if this is true or not. This is just their version of the story.

[martinhense]

GHS has been around forever, they are one of the originals. Been around since the early 60's.

Along with EB, some of the companies that actually make their own strings are GHS, LaBella, SIT, D'Addario, DR, Dunlop, and D'Aquisto. Fender too I guess, but not in the USA.

I've tried all of the above and still use Slinky's on my guitar

no fender closed their string factory in mexico, they buy them no from one US String manufactor