C. B. Gitty guitar strings singles? Cheap!

[daskren]

I'm using a semi custom set where I need a .014 and .018. Singles around $4 each. I see the C. B. Gitty guitar strings on Amazon - 12-packs of steel singles for $4+ ! Anyone tried them?

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[citizenk74]

[jazzkritter]

‘You get what you pay for’
someone said that

Here… Ernie Ball .14
$0.99 each:


Ernie Ball 1014 Tin Plated Carbon Steel .014 Single Guitar String

[Jabberwocky]

JustStrings.com Bulk Strings - Plain Steel .014, Bulk Pack of 12, 014P

$3.17 per dozen.

[Jabberwocky]

JustStrings.com Bulk Strings - Plain Steel .018, Bulk Pack of 12, 018P

[jazzkritter]

Is there a way we can charge for doing google searches for others?

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

‘You get what you pay for’
someone said that

C B Gitty is a (maybe even The) big supplier of “nontraditional” stringed instruments like cigar box guitars and other quaint nods to early ingenuity in back yard music making. They sell all kinds of strings for everything from washtub bass to lap steels, and I suspect their stuff is decent from what I’ve read.

I wonder if their plain steel strings are any different from anybody else’s, since there are very few string making factories and most apparently choose their alloys from a pretty small menu. They may be unplated or untreated, so they’ll oxidize quickly for that gen-u-wine backyard sound. But other than that, I don’t see much potential for trouble with them.

[Marinero]

‘You get what you pay for’
someone said that

Here… Ernie Ball .14
$0.99 each:


Ernie Ball 1014 Tin Plated Carbon Steel .014 Single Guitar String

Hi, J,
When I was playing D"Addario Pure Nickels 12-51, my trebles usually lost intonation at 26 hours and I bought Ernie Ball nickel wound treble strings($1.50 at SBM) which lasted 33 hours. They were not a compromise and I would buy them again.
Marinero

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

Ernie Ball nickel wound treble strings

I thought we were talking about unwound strings, so I assume that’s what you meant - yes?

I bought EB plains in volume for years and had no problem at all with them on a wide variety of instruments. I still have some “fresh” ones in odd gauges that I bought years ago when I was trying to master the pedal steel (the score is currently steel 27, me 0). EBs in cellophane packs of paper sleeves do tarnish and start to look ratty if not used within a year or so even in unopened packs. So I’ve been buying packs of D’A plains for a few years now because they come in sealed ziplock plastic pouches of 5.

I started saving all those drying packets from everything we buy and putting one in a string pack when I open it to protect the rest of them. This has worked very well. One big advantage to gig bags over cases is that spare strings are not carried in the humidified space in which the guitar lives.

[Marinero]

"I thought we were talking about unwound strings, so I assume that’s what you meant - yes?"
NEVERSHOULDHAVESOLDIT

Hi, N,
No . . . I was merely comparing what you can get for $.50 cents more per string($.99 vs $1.50). I have used the EB unwound strings and they're just fine.
Marinero

[sgosnell]

Guitar Center sells single strings in bulk, $2.49/dozen for plain. Wound strings are higher, but still cheap. I have a bunch of them. I keep them in a Tupperware container with several dessicant packages along with my spare string sets, even though they come with one in the bag. I like .012 sets, but with .013 e. AFAICT they're as good as any other higher-priced plain strings. They work for me.

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