Post by Colchar on May 16, 2017 21:13:36 GMT
I just wanted to take a couple of minutes to let you folks know about a string company I have been dealing with and what I think of their strings. I honestly cannot recommend them highly enough.
When trying to find some 9.5-44 gauge strings I stumbled across a boutique string maker called Thomas Vinci Strings. I had never heard of them but checked out their website. It turns out that Jerry Garcia used their strings (I was never a fan but he could use any string in the world and chose these which says something about them), the bass player from Parliament Funk uses them, Greg Cozart uses them, as does Tony Rice.
After checking out their website I sent them an email asking for info and they offered to send me some free sample sets. I had been asking them about pure nickel strings and, although they don't currently offer those, they are in the works and they also offered to send me some free samples of those once they have them available. But in the meantime, they offered to send me some free sets of their nickel wound strings so that I could try them out. When we were discussing their regular sets I mentioned that I was interested in a particular set for my SG which is set up for slide, but thought that the third string should be a different gauge than the one offered in their set. They replied that that was no problem, they would happily make up a custom set for me to try which they subsequently did.
When I got the strings and put them on my Tele I absolutely loved them! They feel great, sound awesome, stay in tune, and seem to last (I am still on my first set of strings on the Tele and they sound just as good as when I put them on). I am ready to order some backup sets and like them so much I am not even going to wait for the pure nickels, I can just try those whenever they do become available.
Not only are their strings great, their customer service is second to none. How many string companies do you know who would offer free sets for you to try out? And not only that, they offered to buy me a competitor's strings to compare them to! What happened was that some friends had recommended D'Addario NYXLs and I happened to mention to the guy from Vinci that I was going to try those too. When I did, he offered to buy them for me so that I could compare them - that is how confident they are in their products! Since I had already bought the NYXLs I didn't take him up on the offer but him making the offer goes above and beyond. And for the record, I have the NYXLs on my Strat right now and like them well enough, but I like the Vinci strings a lot more.
But in addition to their great products and outstanding service, their prices are phenomenal. They have a sale on right now and most of their sets are available for less than $4 per set. At those prices they are well worth giving a try.
The company is located in New York (Nassau County I believe) and they ship via USPS. Because they sent me the sets for free I was not charged shipping so have no idea what they charge, but the impression I get is that they simply charge the standard USPS rates for the required package size which obviously varies depending on how many sets you buy.
For anyone who might be interested, here is the link to their website:
www.thomasvincistrings.com/default.asp
As mentioned, I cannot recommend these strings, or this company, highly enough and I encourage any of you who might be looking to try different strings to give them a shot.
When trying to find some 9.5-44 gauge strings I stumbled across a boutique string maker called Thomas Vinci Strings. I had never heard of them but checked out their website. It turns out that Jerry Garcia used their strings (I was never a fan but he could use any string in the world and chose these which says something about them), the bass player from Parliament Funk uses them, Greg Cozart uses them, as does Tony Rice.
After checking out their website I sent them an email asking for info and they offered to send me some free sample sets. I had been asking them about pure nickel strings and, although they don't currently offer those, they are in the works and they also offered to send me some free samples of those once they have them available. But in the meantime, they offered to send me some free sets of their nickel wound strings so that I could try them out. When we were discussing their regular sets I mentioned that I was interested in a particular set for my SG which is set up for slide, but thought that the third string should be a different gauge than the one offered in their set. They replied that that was no problem, they would happily make up a custom set for me to try which they subsequently did.
When I got the strings and put them on my Tele I absolutely loved them! They feel great, sound awesome, stay in tune, and seem to last (I am still on my first set of strings on the Tele and they sound just as good as when I put them on). I am ready to order some backup sets and like them so much I am not even going to wait for the pure nickels, I can just try those whenever they do become available.
Not only are their strings great, their customer service is second to none. How many string companies do you know who would offer free sets for you to try out? And not only that, they offered to buy me a competitor's strings to compare them to! What happened was that some friends had recommended D'Addario NYXLs and I happened to mention to the guy from Vinci that I was going to try those too. When I did, he offered to buy them for me so that I could compare them - that is how confident they are in their products! Since I had already bought the NYXLs I didn't take him up on the offer but him making the offer goes above and beyond. And for the record, I have the NYXLs on my Strat right now and like them well enough, but I like the Vinci strings a lot more.
But in addition to their great products and outstanding service, their prices are phenomenal. They have a sale on right now and most of their sets are available for less than $4 per set. At those prices they are well worth giving a try.
The company is located in New York (Nassau County I believe) and they ship via USPS. Because they sent me the sets for free I was not charged shipping so have no idea what they charge, but the impression I get is that they simply charge the standard USPS rates for the required package size which obviously varies depending on how many sets you buy.
For anyone who might be interested, here is the link to their website:
www.thomasvincistrings.com/default.asp
As mentioned, I cannot recommend these strings, or this company, highly enough and I encourage any of you who might be looking to try different strings to give them a shot.
