![]() For example not all of their flat wound electric guitar strings showed up under a Jazz Guitar category.Ī third online store is. My complaint about their website is it isn’t as easy to find different types of strings. Considering the strings I purchased were priced identically at and, Strings and Beyond is a better deal. ![]() Their shipping charges are $3.95 for any sized order and free shipping for orders over $35. I had bought from them more than a decade ago. I recently purchased classical guitar strings for my new classical guitar from . But sometimes I only need or want one or two sets of strings. Maybe they think their shipping policy will encourage you to buy more sets of strings at a time. Considering how easy it is to find free shipping, this is a lot. They charge a flat $6.95 for any sized order. However, I’ve recently stopped ordering from them because of their shipping charges and policy. It’s difficult to find a brand or type of string they don’t carry. They have a well organized website making it easy to find the strings you need by instrument, type of music and other criteria. Until recently my preferred string site was. There are a number of online string specialty stores. Although and other online music stores carry strings and I’ve occasionally purchased strings from them, particularly when the strings were part of a larger order, most of my string purchases are from merchants that specialize in instrument strings. I’ve been purchasing almost all my instrument strings online for over a decade. This can save you a trip to the store only to discover they don’t carry it or it is out of stock. Enter your zip code and it the website will list nearby stores that have that item in stock. Go online, find the string at their website and then check local availability. There is one very nice thing you can do if you have a nearby Guitar Center and are desperate for a specific string. I might be able to get the strings from the website, but even they don’t carry some of the strings I like. The problem with both stores is they rarely have the strings I want in stock. I do have a Guitar Center nearby and another music store located less than 10 minutes from the Guitar Center. One reason is there are fewer local merchants still in business. I rarely purchase guitar strings from local merchants anymore.
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