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08-20-2014, 09:05 PM
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Chinese Elixir Strings?
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Good deals with: NewStrings Last edited by stratmansblues; 08-25-2014 at 11:02 AM. 
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08-20-2014, 09:27 PM
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go to that website aliexpress.com
it should bother everyone a tremendous amount. The counterfeiting is somewhere between infuriating and worrisome. Easily failing parts on your cars and airplanes and medicine in identical packaging (that is not proper medicine)
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Fazool "The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter" Taylor GC7, GA3-12, SB2-C, SB2-Cp...... Ibanez AVC-11MHx , AC-240 Last edited by fazool; 08-21-2014 at 07:56 PM.
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08-20-2014, 09:30 PM
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The package says, NON RUST< PLAIN STEEL.
Dan
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08-20-2014, 09:32 PM
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I think it would be pretty easy to tell the difference between real and fake elixirs.
They have a slippery feel to them that no other strings have. I can't see the coating on elixirs either though so I wouldn't go by that
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08-20-2014, 10:15 PM
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"I've always thought of bluegrass players as the Marines of the music world" – (A rock guitar guy I once jammed with) Martin America 1 Martin 000-15sm Recording King Dirty 30s RPS-9 TS Taylor GS Mini Baton Rouge 12-string guitar Martin L1XR Little Martin 1933 Epiphone Olympic 1971 square neck Dobro
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08-20-2014, 10:19 PM
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"I've always thought of bluegrass players as the Marines of the music world" – (A rock guitar guy I once jammed with) Martin America 1 Martin 000-15sm Recording King Dirty 30s RPS-9 TS Taylor GS Mini Baton Rouge 12-string guitar Martin L1XR Little Martin 1933 Epiphone Olympic 1971 square neck Dobro
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08-21-2014, 07:44 AM
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Good deals with: NewStrings Last edited by stratmansblues; 08-25-2014 at 02:17 PM.
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08-21-2014, 08:52 AM
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You can even buy Brazilian rosewood with Ivory Martins and Taylors from that site, and Rolex watches, Ferrari racecars, in short, anything your heart desires and want to waste money on (all currency accepted).
Ludwig
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08-21-2014, 08:59 AM
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My gut feeling tells me that even if there was a coating on those strings that it wouldn't be effective at all, although I've never tried them (nor will I).
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08-21-2014, 07:59 PM
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Counterfeit medicine from China is rampant now. It looks real and is somewhere between ineffective and deadly.
How can anyone not be outraged that products are made in china with labels/decals/stickers that say "Made in USA" It is a lie. there is no other way to describe that. Quite deliberately made in China with a label that says "Made in USA" or "Made in Paris" or "Made in wherever" That proves the absolute level of thieving dishonesty. I read a recent study that estimates 2% of the entire world's economy is counterfeit Chinese "products"
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Fazool "The wand chooses the wizard, Mr. Potter" Taylor GC7, GA3-12, SB2-C, SB2-Cp...... Ibanez AVC-11MHx , AC-240 Last edited by fazool; 08-21-2014 at 08:32 PM.
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08-21-2014, 08:08 PM
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I buy my Elixers from Amazon and Strings By Mail. I buy on Amazon the ones that are "sold and shipped by Amazon." The ones I have received from Amazon and Strings By Mail have all been bona-fide. Amazon had them for $11.99. I just bought 2 sets tonight and the price was up to $13.
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