OLF Daddario String Buy

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:05 pm

Okay the OLF is having one of its Daddario bulk string buys. Unfortunately if youre outside the US you cant participate unless you get an OLFer in the US to freight the strings over to you. Price for the strings is $US360 per gross and you have a choice of light or medium guage.

Would any of our Seppo mates in here who are also OLFers be willing to help their Antipodean ANZLFer mates take part in the buy? Im willing to act as distributor for the goods once they hit Australia.

Cheers Martin

Hesh1956 · Post by **Hesh1956** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:54 pm

Martin PM Stan T. on the OLF I think that he was willing to accept and forward string shipments. Sam in the UK was getting hers from Stan and Stan mentioned our friends down under too.

joel · Post by **joel** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:40 pm

I'd certainly be interested in some. 2 or 3 dozen would last me for years.

I'm curious how would you pack these up once the gross was broken up?

Urban Sludgewater · Post by **Urban Sludgewater** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:59 pm

Aye, Lads!

Listen, I forward stuff to friends all over the world who have this problem - Any time you want something from stateside and need help with the mailing, just give me a shout.

eben at aerieguitars.com

cheers,

E

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:11 am

Just a thought for those wanting to get strings at a reasonable cost, and able to get their product at any time, I just bought a dozen sets of unpackaged Martin phosphor bronze along with an order for Alan in Townsville. I wanted to do a small order to see what the service and product was like before offering to go out on group buy.

We used String This and I'd rate the product and service as very good. They have a discount at 12 and 48 sets.

On my 12 sets, buy the time they were landed on my door step I paid $4.37 AU per set. A hell of a savings, as I've been paying $16 + up here for the packaged ones.

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:21 am

Could the buy include some mando sets? I'd take a dozen, along with guitar sets,

Sebastiaan

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:12 am

joel wrote:I'd certainly be interested in some. 2 or 3 dozen would last me for years.

I'm curious how would you pack these up once the gross was broken up?

The strings come in straight lengths (ie uncoiled) and there packaged by guage (ie all bottom E strings in same sealed package, A strings in a seperate package). The deal requires purchase of a gross (ie 144 sets).

There is a choice of light or medium guage and no mandolin strings.

Cheers Martin

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:07 am

Okay Ive done a bit of checking around and after looking at the String This website Ive decided that the OLF bulk buy may work out only slightly cheaper by the time you factor in freight and Paypal costs.

To our American buddies who kindly offered to help out with an OLF buy, a big thanks and sorry for any inconvenience caused by the change of plan.

Cheers Martin

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:29 am

Post script. I tentatively put my hand up for 1/2 gross of medium gauge strings via Steve Kinnaird and will go ahead with the deal mainly because I dont like backing out of a deal once Ive shaken hands with a bloke (Kiwi/ Australian way).

It'll be more strings than I can use so I'll shed part of the order to you guys once they arrive. Will keep you posted.

Sorry for the confusion.

Martin

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:31 am

Thanks Eben,

Ive already commited to a load of medium gauge strings via Stev K but Im sure others in here will be keen to take part in the OLF offer via you.

Cheers Martin

Urban Sludgewater wrote:Aye, Lads!

Listen, I forward stuff to friends all over the world who have this problem - Any time you want something from stateside and need help with the mailing, just give me a shout.

eben at aerieguitars.com

cheers,

E

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:36 am

joel wrote:I'd certainly be interested in some. 2 or 3 dozen would last me for years.

I'm curious how would you pack these up once the gross was broken up?

I guess they could be bundled by gauge with rubber bands around them and then shoved into a posting tube or length of PVC tube.

Joel if you can handle medium gauge strings I can let you have 2 dozen from my medium gauge order when it arrives. You can square me up when the goods arrive (late September?). PM me if youre interested.

Cheers Martin

sebastiaan56 · Post by **sebastiaan56** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:35 am

OK everyone,

Ive just been to String This and have an acute case of SAS going. Martin mando strings for me, 12 sets for $27.99 (I pay $15.99 for one set in Penrith) does anyone want in? Im thinking some sets of light guitar strings as well... I can seperate, post, etc.

psst, hey man ya wanna buy cheap strings......

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:41 am

A quick note about the bulk, unpackaged strings I got.

They came in 3 heat sealed plastic bags. The low E and G strings in one bag. The A and B in another, D and high E in the third. They were looped into a loose circle and shipped in a box along with around a dozen packaged sets for Alan. Shipping was $36.50 US for the size of box that was required. If it was just going to be bulk strings, they could have got away with a post pack and perhaps shipping would have been much less.

For long time storage you will probably want to get yourself some PVC pipe or similar to make tube like holders for the strings. String This does sell string tubes, but I suspect that by the time you get them shipped here, that it will cost a fair bit, and the chances of them being bent in half to fit through the mail slot are pretty high.

Nick Payne · Post by **Nick Payne** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:08 am

For those using nylon string guitars, have you seen the link here: http://www.guitar-vacation-retreats.com ... rings.html. I decided to give it a try, and ordered three 25m lengths from the fishing web merchant listed in the article. It cost me about $A75 for the three lengths, which will be sufficient for about 25 treble sets. They sound just as good as what comes out of a string manufacturers packet, and the intonation, checked with a strobe tuner, is pretty much spot on.

As for the bass strings, taking them off and soaking them in warm water with ammonia gets rid of the crud that accumulates between the windings and causes them to go dead.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:32 am

Okay Ive made a firm order via Steve K for half a gross of medium gauge strings. They should arrive sometime in October. Still waiting on Joel to PM me to confirm he wants 2 dozen of same. When the strings get here Ill decide how many Im going realistically use over the next 10 years and release the surplus at cost price.

Steve, thanks very much for helping out with the buy. A big thanks again to the other American brothers who offered to help out.

Cheers Martin

joel · Post by **joel** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:02 pm

I'm in Martin. PM sent.

I've also bookmarked the String This website. What a great way to buy strings! I'll never go back to paying $18 a set again!!!

Of course, I now need to justify having all those strings about the place and build/play more.

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