Have you checked string prices ?

[MadAsAHatter]

WTF is Dan talking about? Someone must be ripping him off.
I just looked at Sweetwater and strings are pretty much the same price as they've been for the last 20 years; about $5 a pack.

 

[Floyd Eye]

That’s been the case everywhere I’ve worked, mostly restaurants & manufacturing jobs.

You can claim you need to step outside to smoke a few times a day, and no one will question it. Sitting in the same spot, doing anything else, you’ll get chewed out immediately. Anywhere you work nights, it’s far more evident.

It’s becoming less common, it seems the younger generation has less smokers among them.

Don't know man. I'm 57 and I've been working since I was 15. I've never seen anyone be able to just step out and have a smoke on the clock. The vast majority of my adult life I worked outside though. But I've never heard anyone else bring it up either.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

WTF is Dan talking about? Someone must be ripping him off.
I just looked at Sweetwater and strings are pretty much the same price as they've been for the last 20 years; about $5 a pack.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226266820066?_skw=ghs+9.5+.048&itmmeta=01K0J5FGQ5ZEZRSTTVNPAGN3SP&hash=item34ae8dade2:g:MUgAAOSw0lxmBtMP&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eY6M5A45i9qEZTWzuUv7dW8wE7mv1fR7FVVtFvWeCLivhnClqzwulUDMzmpVh3L09TTQmKXR3KQBd8bJorUW/bq9RzvKJvdVDxWz/dzhbkw809caa8GS0Yzu0Up9bsuk++LhgUces/wNUsbYDeUqUSevWLpjNIvleH+pCO9JcuXnscqupyRKpqXD88V0P0cDZlpY+uyee4dIf7NdiS5ZYBrcjN/83Ck8MdPS9xLRiOGVf5QOarrjKoE8nVVwmUqYntU3O1ctTMSJXib3L9V2yyjTn2MGZ4mynmWNBvwA9r9Q==|tkp:BFBM2ou-xYRm

SW doesn't carry GHS Big Cores, thats WTF im talking about Bru. Big Cores.
These used to be Santana Big Cores. They getting harder to find.
I ended up paying $13 a set x 3 = $42.48
Not the end of the world but strings are so basic wasn't expecting a price increase.

 

[MadAsAHatter]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226266820066?_skw=ghs+9.5+.048&itmmeta=01K0J5FGQ5ZEZRSTTVNPAGN3SP&hash=item34ae8dade2:g:MUgAAOSw0lxmBtMP&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eY6M5A45i9qEZTWzuUv7dW8wE7mv1fR7FVVtFvWeCLivhnClqzwulUDMzmpVh3L09TTQmKXR3KQBd8bJorUW/bq9RzvKJvdVDxWz/dzhbkw809caa8GS0Yzu0Up9bsuk++LhgUces/wNUsbYDeUqUSevWLpjNIvleH+pCO9JcuXnscqupyRKpqXD88V0P0cDZlpY+uyee4dIf7NdiS5ZYBrcjN/83Ck8MdPS9xLRiOGVf5QOarrjKoE8nVVwmUqYntU3O1ctTMSJXib3L9V2yyjTn2MGZ4mynmWNBvwA9r9Q==|tkp:BFBM2ou-xYRm

SW doesn't carry GHS Big Cores, thats WTF im talking about Bru. Big Cores.
These used to be Santana Big Cores. They getting harder to find.
I ended up paying $13 a set x 3 = $42.48
Not the end of the world but strings are so basic wasn't expecting a price increase.

Well there you go... Specialty strings that are harder to find. Of course there'd be a slight price increase.
Tariffs

 

[Floyd Eye]

You can get big Cores for under $10 a pack. $7 a pack if you buy them 10 at a time.

https://www.amazon.com/GHS-Strings-Electric-BCXL-10-SET/dp/B07TSF7BGF

 

[Maguchi]

I usually just wait for the sales and get them for about $4 or $5 bucks a set. I think I saw a Musician's Fiend Stupid Deal of the Day ad in my email a couple days ago for like 10 or 12 sets of name brand strings for under $4 bucks apiece. Can't remember what brand they were but they were good strings. Right now I got a bit of a overstock on both acoustic and electric strings so don't need none for awhile.
DR MT-10 Tite Fit Electric Guitar Strings (10-46) | Reverb https://share.google/ZckdCs2tRkAn9wsNn

 

[cobrahead1030]

Don't know man. I'm 57 and I've been working since I was 15. I've never seen anyone be able to just step out and have a smoke on the clock. The vast majority of my adult life I worked outside though. But I've never heard anyone else bring it up either.

To be fair, I’m also in a southern “right to work” state. The laws kinda screw us on things like break times etc. so I don’t expect what’s common here to be the norm across the US.

 

[jb44]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226266820066?

SW doesn't carry GHS Big Cores, thats WTF im talking about Bru. Big Cores.
These used to be Santana Big Cores. They getting harder to find.
I ended up paying $13 a set x 3 = $42.48
Not the end of the world but strings are so basic wasn't expecting a price increase.

You're buying from the wrong vendor.
Stringsandbeyond.com. Free shipping on > $35 orders.

 

[njshred]

I’ve gone to buying direct from D’Addario to avoid fakes on Amazon, a set there is $7.50:

https://www.daddario.com/products/g...l-wound-balanced-tension-regular-light-10-46/

I buy their 25 set boxes and save about 33% doing so, bring cost down to $5.04 per set

https://www.daddario.com/products/g...-guitar-strings-super-light-9-42-25-sets-552/

 

[Geo]

I’ve gone to buying direct from D’Addario to avoid fakes on Amazon, a set there is $7.50:

https://www.daddario.com/products/g...l-wound-balanced-tension-regular-light-10-46/

Musicians Friend does a lot of stupid deals of the day with D'Addario, that's where and when I buy.

About a month ago they had 12 set box of 10-46 for $39.95.

 

[napalmdeath]

Just paid $39.95 for a 12 pack of D'Addario 10-46.

Same price as I paid the last couple of years.

Where?

 

[Geo]

Where?

It was a Musicians Friend deal of the day. If you can wait, it will come up again.

 

[napalmdeath]

It was a Musicians Friend deal of the day. If you can wait, it will come up again.

Oh yeah, that's where I've gotten them... I typically get 5-packs on Amazon for $25.99.

 

[JDs Couch]

Leave it to Dan to make every fucking thing about his rage at the fact that stupid bitch didn’t get elected.

He was talking about string prices. You, cutie, made it political.

 

[JDs Couch]

Me too.

You should quit. I want you to live a long healthy life. Cheers bro.

 

[The~Kid]

Can’t afford eggs now this dude can’t afford strings……



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