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Big Poppa said:
GHS makes their own strings and then for some of the other brands...not ours...I dont want tto disclose anybodies business
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thats an easy one ghs makes strings for peavey and dunlop and gibson to.:eek: 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.:rolleyes:. last time i checked slinky's were the smoothest hands down..:cool:

they just have to remember that ernie ball slinky's are number one.:cool:
 
megaroel said:
thats an easy one ghs makes strings for peavey and dunlop and gibson to.:eek: lol and yes DR makes there strings in the usa.

they just have to remember that ernie ball slinky's are number one.:cool:
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Dunlop makes their own strings, GHS does not make them. Les O'Connor (formerly with DR) runs Dunlops string factory.
 
Darth Tater said:
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 :)
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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.....:D
 
Flattery

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 said:
So does Ghs make their own strings or not?
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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.
 
Darth Tater said:
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 :)
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no fender closed their string factory in mexico, they buy them no from one US String manufactor
 
Darth Tater said:
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 :)
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I might be wrong about this but I thought Gibson made their own strings. I thought that EB, SIT , GHS and A'ddario were the only other ones--but what do I know.
 
I use Slinkys the majority of the time but I have to confess to using SIT occassionaly. Why? [1] everyone needs a change now and then--I guess it's human nature, they just get tired of doing the same old thing over and over. [2] I like their strings and [3] I like to help out the little guys every now and then. I don't really know how little they really are [I have been told they makes strings for others as well as for themselves] but I imagine compared to Ernie Ball and D'Addario they are small fish.
 
I started out using Ernie Ball strings and liked them. For some stupid reason, I also started using another brand around the same time and also liked them but over the last 2 or 3 years, that brands set of strings was going dead rather quickly. About 6 months ago I switched back to Ernie Ball and have wondered why I ever left. I re-strung all of my basses with Ernie Ball's and all of the strings on all of my basses are still bright and never go out of tune.
 
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