The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

Hey there again. Another question...
I need to find some fiddle strings and I want to try something different. Where can I buy strings at a *cough*reasonable*cough* price? I've looked at Shar, Juststrings.com, but are there any other places I should know about? I'd like to not spend $35-$40 on a set if I can help it!

thanks!

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by irishfiddler

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

I buy mine from concordmusic.com.

IMO very decent prices and excellent and fast service.

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by heike

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

you might also try southweststrings.com...their prices are sometimes lower than Shar's.

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by Jessie K

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

I use Eaglemusicshop.com

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by millionyears_bc

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

I always check prices at both Shar and SW Strings & then buy from whoever is cheapest at the moment. It's usually been SW Strings.

Sarah

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by sarahc

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

HI - it would be useful to say where you live (ie what country!).

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by Mark Harmer

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

I live in the US...

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by irishfiddler

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

Hi - you might then want to try someone who does Warchal strings. We do them in the UK but if you can find a supplier there, they're really nice ones. Not the cheapest but worth a look as we get excellent customer feedback about them (my wife's a convert to them too, as a player).

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by Mark Harmer

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

All sorts here, not Warchals though. They are based in New Hampshire.
http://juststrings.com/violin.html
http://juststrings.com/fiddle.html

Liam

# Posted on June 29th 2006 by billiamconkey

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

I did a Froogle search for "Helicore violin strings set" (my personal favorites), and came up with:

http://gostrings.stores.yahoo.net/dadhel4.html

As well as a bunch of Ebay listings (!), which I didn't expect.

I usually just go through either SW or JustStrings, since I've never had a bad experience with either, and the price for a set is only about $3 more. There are plenty of <a href="http://thomashawk.com/2005/11/priceritephoto-abusive-bait-and-switch.html">dodgy businesses on the internet these days </a>, so I like to stick by the tried-and-true ones...

# Posted on June 30th 2006 by Georgi

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

Doh... I was afraid that link wouldn't work... Here it is, verbatim:

http://thomashawk.com/2005/11/priceritephoto-abusive-bait-and-switch.html

# Posted on June 30th 2006 by Georgi

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

There's always stringmail.co.uk too

# Posted on July 3rd 2006 by buttercup chucklechunks

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

what are the best strings for fiddling ? The sound is so different from classical ? Anybody as any idea price put aside ?

# Posted on July 11th 2006 by amilia

Re: The best, and cheapest place to buy strings?

"what are the best strings for fiddling ? The sound is so different from classical ? Anybody as any idea price put aside ?"

There's been plenty of discussion on this in the past. The "Search" feature will give you lots of information and opinion.

# Posted on July 11th 2006 by Bob himself