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It is such a ripoff...This was brians concept...I emailed the owner at GHS to mock congratulate him and he forgot he copied us and was very pleased with himself until I snt a followup email pointing out he ripped us off
 

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It is such a ripoff...This was brians concept...I emailed the owner at GHS to mock congratulate him and he forgot he copied us and was very pleased with himself until I snt a followup email pointing out he ripped us off

BP...I bet you never heard back from the GHS owner after you exposed his forgery.
 

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Do they actually make their own strings? I seem to recall something about only three US based string factories, Ernie Ball, D'Addario and a mystery third. Everyone else "outsources" their strings. (And of course Ernie Ball don't make strings for anyone else).
 

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I saw these at Guitar Center, pretty lame of them to do that. But then again, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, which just shows how awesome Ernie Ball is.
 

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Do they actually make their own strings? I seem to recall something about only three US based string factories, Ernie Ball, D'Addario and a mystery third. Everyone else "outsources" their strings. (And of course Ernie Ball don't make strings for anyone else).

I think DR is made in USA.
 

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we should all email GHS...

and it should say this
Try as best as you can... but you will never get to Ernie Ball Status- way to copy the packing!
 

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Do they actually make their own strings? I seem to recall something about only three US based string factories, Ernie Ball, D'Addario and a mystery third. Everyone else "outsources" their strings. (And of course Ernie Ball don't make strings for anyone else).

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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when i first started playing 20+ years ago i was advised on strings and was told EB's were incredible... so i tried them exclusively for 10-11 years and thought... why haven't i tried other brands... i tried another brand (i think D'Addario) and had a set of EB's just in case... i think i played 'em for about 15-20 minutes and then cut 'em off. They just didn't feel right to me... so i strung it up with EB's and haven't wavered since... it's great to know a product will not let you down and is so consistent. Thanks BP
 

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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.
 

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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. :rolleyes: To be fair, they didn't actually say they invented it.
 

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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. :rolleyes: 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 :)
 
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