cameron1764
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I recently brought some Ernie Ball Super Slinkys off eBay, for £5 a packet (I brought 4).
When they arrived, I noticed the colour seemed a bit off, they are more purple than pink. I checked the back, to find a different design than I was used to, but I assumed it was an old packet.
I have done some research online about fake Ernie ball strings, and they say there should be the apostrophe (') in between the L and S in "balls are best" part of the logo. The strings do have that so I don't think that's the problem.
Another clue I found is there not being a white border on the "www.battleofthebands". Mine doesn't have it, there is only the glossy text, I am not sure if this means anything.
Another thing I found is that the fold in the center of the back of the packet covers up the barcode slightly, I couldn't find another example of this online.
The final thing I found was the actual string packets themselves. Luckily I have one genuine 9 gauge packet I could compare it to. As you can see, the real ones are bolder and the colours are brighter, as well as the white paper being "more white" whereas the suspect ones are a bit yellow, like they are old.
I checked the balls of the strings, they seem the same apart from that the real ones have a slightly larger gap for the string.
IMAGES: (note it may not look as clear on camera)
Pictures of the suspect strings:
Suspect String Images - Album on Imgur
Compared to real ones:
Real vs suspect - Album on Imgur
If anyone can help me out it would mean a lot.
Thanks!!
When they arrived, I noticed the colour seemed a bit off, they are more purple than pink. I checked the back, to find a different design than I was used to, but I assumed it was an old packet.
I have done some research online about fake Ernie ball strings, and they say there should be the apostrophe (') in between the L and S in "balls are best" part of the logo. The strings do have that so I don't think that's the problem.
Another clue I found is there not being a white border on the "www.battleofthebands". Mine doesn't have it, there is only the glossy text, I am not sure if this means anything.
Another thing I found is that the fold in the center of the back of the packet covers up the barcode slightly, I couldn't find another example of this online.
The final thing I found was the actual string packets themselves. Luckily I have one genuine 9 gauge packet I could compare it to. As you can see, the real ones are bolder and the colours are brighter, as well as the white paper being "more white" whereas the suspect ones are a bit yellow, like they are old.
I checked the balls of the strings, they seem the same apart from that the real ones have a slightly larger gap for the string.
IMAGES: (note it may not look as clear on camera)
Pictures of the suspect strings:
Suspect String Images - Album on Imgur
Compared to real ones:
Real vs suspect - Album on Imgur
If anyone can help me out it would mean a lot.
Thanks!!