Who here has tried the Artist Guitars brand guitar strings?

[McCreed]

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Yep, pretty obvious when you point it out

[fender3x]

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Yep, pretty obvious when you point it out

Good thing I didn't mention how long I rooted around on the site before I found it.

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[Simon Barden]

I expect Fender 3x had to spend ages looking round the site to find that feature though.

[Sonic Mountain]

Strings and Beyond have just announced their Black Friday Promotion. 10% of everything, which would probably cover postage on a decent sized order... although it looks like multi packs are excluded from the offer.

Discount code: BF10

[Simon Barden]

Well, my Artist strings finally arrived after a week in the post (the UK mail system has gone to pieces over the last couple of months, it used to be very reliable). So I've tried them out on one guitar, replacing a 15-month old set of D'Addarios that were starting to feel slightly tired. They hadn't had a lot of use, but were just starting to feel a bit sticky to play though they sounded fine.

The Artist set's wound strings look a bit duller than new D'Addarios, but they all feel smooth to play and sound fine through the amp.

Only slight drawback so far is that the generic packaging (to reduce cost) means that there is no list of all the string gauges within the set on the package, just a generic sticker with a part number - from which you can guess they are 10-46s. You have to look at the website to check the intermediate gauges. Strings are individually packaged within sealed clear plastic, with E-1st, B-2nd, G-3rd printed on them. So not a good idea to mix up the individual bags if you have sets of both 9s and 10s from them.

But it doesn't take long to mark them with a Sharpie if you aren't sure. As they are all the same string gauges as D'Addario 10-46s. I can remember exactly what the gauges are without looking.

So, looking hopeful for them at the moment.

[McCreed]

I received mine last Monday (4 sets to start) but haven't put them on a guitar yet.

I only bought one size (10-46 also) but didn't find identifying them from the bar code sticker difficult.
ELectric STrings 1046 (or ST could mean steel???)

[Simon Barden]

I received mine last Monday (4 sets to start) but haven't put them on a guitar yet.

I only bought one size (10-46 also) but didn't find identifying them from the bar code sticker difficult.
ELectric STrings 1046 (or ST could mean steel???)

You know what you’ve bought, so you already know what clues to look for. Let’s say you’re a luthier who’s been given a guitar to fit and cut a new nut on, and been given a packet of those strings. Whilst you might guess 10-46, you’d want to be surebefore selecting appropiate nut files. And there’s no clue as to the intermediate string gauges, so you’d need to go on line and look them up. It wouldn’t take much to make the sticker slightly bigger and add a line that said 10-13-16-26-36-46, which should be pretty clear to snyone.

[robin]

I received my 4 sets of 9-42's and one Bass 45-100 during the week, haven't tried them yet. If they are any good they are a bargain at the price.

rob

[Rabbit]

I received my 4 sets of 9-42's and one Bass 45-100 during the week, haven't tried them yet. If they are any good they are a bargain at the price.

Be interested to see how the bass strings go... shame they don't come in pretty colours......

[robin]

Hey Rabbit, I don't get to play the bass so much these days, so it might be a while.