Alembic Guitars Club
Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: Clarky on December 17, 2018, 03:51:54 PM
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I bought a set of long scale Alembic strings for my ACG fretless bass. Not only did the seller take more than a week to dispatch (and then only after I messaged and asked what was going on) but they arrived badly tarnished and unplayable on my bass (buzzing like crazy). Can't be bothered to claim refund as will probably cost as much to return as any refund I will get. Basically AVOID!
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I'd put this up on Basschat too Mark. UK players are more likely to buy from an EU country than our US brethren.
Graeme.
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yep, basschat is the site to buy bass stuff in EU
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I chose to buy my alembic strings direct from Alembic after one of the sellers I was trying to buy from was not very communicative when I was asking questions. So I decided to play safe, cost a fair bit but at least I know they are genuine.
I too have been victim of fake strings. I decided to buy some elixir coated strings and then I set them aside for use when I needed a re-string which wasn't until about 8 months after. Anyway when I got them out the ball ends were really untidy with sharp bits of string ends showing which I thought was strange for a premier brand of string. I contacted Elixir sending pictures and they told me they were fake and should contact the seller. I did but was unable to get a refund from the seller through ebay because of the time period between buying and raising an issue. Warning to self, whenever buying strings from ebay or on line for spares check them all when they arrive and hope they don't unravel when you use them later.... which is something that also happened to me.
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I don't go on BassChat any more (not posted there in more than 3 years due to taking a moral stand when the mods banned a member on a technicality).
I do wonder if the strings I received are either fake or very old as the package doesn't even mention alembic.com (which my legit strings from Station Music in Germany do). Either way they are useless to me. Lesson learned, as you say Jazzyvee