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Location: Katmandu | It seems the entire Adamas string series is being reissued with new packaging but to its original specifications. Those strings haven't been available for quite some time at least in my region.
The fifth (A5) and sixth (E6) string still utilize the core and wrap wire of identical size.
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | Thank You!!
EXCELLENT News!!!!! I will miss the Red Packaging, but I LOVE that they are back!  |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | best news of the day! |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Excellent! Who has them in stock? Just Strings only list Adamas Bass strings (in the old packaging, so probably old stock). |
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Location: Pittsburgh | Yes, good news! Where? |
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Location: Canada | That's good news, hope they still sound as good as before. Though I have tested the new d'Addario N6 (Nickel-Bronze) strings and really like them. |
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Location: Katmandu | Tentative delivery date from my online store: March 10th.
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | YES! |
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Location: Pittsburgh | I tested the N6's and really like them too, d'Ovation. They're pre-selling them at Strings and Beyond for $11.99 a set. Shipping this week. |
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Location: NJ | wish they would tell me ...... |
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Location: Frozen Tundra of Minnesota | I only heard when I tried to order some old stock from Sam Ash, and accidently hit that "Talk to a real person" button. The nice young man who came on told me that they were going to be making them again, but were waiting to find out who the distributor was going to be... He said that I could go ahead and put my order in now, so I am assuming that Sam Ash will be selling them. |
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Location: Utah | I bought something like a dozen sets, must have been NOS, for Christmas gifts 2014. I had no idea they were out of production. |
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Location: Jet City | alpep - 2016-02-29 2:34 PM wish they would tell me ...... I mentioned the return of Adamas strings in the NAMM thread back in January. I didn't know the tiemframe though. |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Ooops. I forgot to ask a very important question about the new re-issue Adamas Strings. DUH! Where can I get them in CANADA? Anyone? |
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Location: Katmandu | I imagine every major retailer is going to have them in stock very soon again, or at the very least those ones that were previously selling the Adamas strings (red packaging).
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There was a time when you could pick up a dozen 1818s for about the same price as a dozen EJ16s on sale. I picked up a dozen each of both the 1717s and 1818s. Still have some of the 1717s which I rarely use these days. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I like the EJ 24 sets for my acoustics. Lately I've been using the EJ 15 sets on the Vipers. |
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Location: Jet City | Beal, are you using those EJ24s for DADGAD tuning only, or are you doing standard with 'em too? |
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Location: Tennessee | I've been using EJ19s on most of my acoustics, and find them especially good on my Ovations. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | 24 for standard tuning. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | These things? Never tried 'em. Maybe I'll throw a set on something.
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There was a time when you could buy Adamas strings for something like $45 per dozen. I sure did, and then the available inventory on the market vanished. Those strings on the wall may be a few years old. |
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Location: Cologne/Germany | What does the "E" mean? Here in Germany I only had 1919 (1717 and 1818 as well), and they were packed in blister....
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Hi, Everyone,
When we were selling the former version of Adamas Strings in the red packaging, at the music store I worked in, way back some 30 years ago, the Ovation rep for Eastern Canada told us the, 'E' , simply stood for "Enviromental", because a new type of "anti-corrosive", and "earth-friendly" material was used to package the strings. It was just for North America. The more things change, the more they stay the same. The new Adamas Strings may be carried by Long and McQuade in Canada, in about 3-4 months, again, maybe? I got a " No Comment" type e-mail from D'Addario Canada, when I asked them about the new Adamas Strings. Go figure?
Mike S.
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Location: Cologne/Germany | ...that explains the missing blister.....
thanks! |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Hi, red-twins,
You are most welcome.
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Location: Cologne/Germany | Quite a lot of the old, red labeled version still available at Thomann music store in Germany, probably the biggest distributor in Europe... so at least for O-Players in Germany, France, Italy pp. looking for those strings.... you may get them there. 8 bucks. |
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Location: NJ | Met th'President of DR Strings today.
He's a Friend of MyBoss'.
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Hi, Everyone,
I GOT A CALL JUST THIS MORNING FROM STRINGS AND BEYOND. THEY WILL NOT BE CARRYING THE NEW 2016 RE-ISSUE ADAMAS STRINGS AT ANY POINT. "WE ARE UNABLE TO GET THIS BRAND IN STOCK. WE RECOMMEND USING EITHER THE NEW D-R VERITAS STRINGS, OR THE NEW D'ADDARIO NICKEL/ BRONZE STRINGS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THIS BRAND." Did I miss something here? I did not see this coming!
Mike S.
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Location: Canada | Michael R. Seguin - 2016-03-04 1:45 PM Hi, Everyone, I GOT A CALL JUST THIS MORNING FROM STRINGS AND BEYOND. THEY WILL NOT BE CARRYING THE NEW 2016 RE-ISSUE ADAMAS STRINGS AT ANY POINT. That is a very disappointing update from my favourite string store  . |
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Location: Canada | cliff - 2016-03-03 7:23 PM Met th'President of DR Strings today. He's a Friend of MyBoss'. NiceGuy . . . . Mark Dronge formerly of Guild fame? |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Hi , d'ovation,
And your new favourite string store is...? |
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Location: Canada | Michael R. Seguin - 2016-03-04 2:21 PM Hi , d'ovation, And your new favourite string store is...? I may just buy them at my luthier, he's hosting a lot of fun events so want to give him some business too. Actually he just has my 12 string Legend in for a setup and he thinks the (LX) neck needs tightening. Will see at tomorrow's jam if he got it fixed ... |
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Location: NJ | Yes, MarkDronge. |
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Location: NJ | Doesn't JustStrings carry Adamas??
I've ordered a bunch of Adamas MandoStrings from them, but I still have some left, so I haven't ordered any in a while . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I assume that Daddario is making them? |
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Location: Katmandu | It seems my online store has the new Adamas strings in stock now. |
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Location: Jet City | Beal - 2016-03-05 2:03 PM I assume that Daddario is making them? yes. seems silly strings and beyond wont be carrying them. I've purchased adamas 12s from there |
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA | Hi, Beal,
I posted a reply earlier to Leonard McCoy on page 1 of this thread, and I said I contacted D'Addario CANADA about the new Adamas strings. My bad. I actually contacted the US headquarters site in Farmingdale, NJ. They replied some 3 days later, and sent me an ominous sounding e-mail, which in effect said that we cannot and/or won't tell you exactly which companies we do, or do not make our strings for at any time. They told me to check with my local music store, so now I definitely know Steve's Music will NOT be carrying the new Adamas Strings. I'm still waiting for an answer from both Long and McQuade, and D'Addario CANADA, about these new Adamas strings, but I'm not holding my breath. There is an old saying about the word "ASSUME," which I think you know, and I can't post it here, so all of this mystery/intrigue about set of guitar strings is a bit of a head scratcher for me. I asked a simple question, and got nowhere fast.
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Will they come WITH string tubes?
Or do you have to order those separately? |
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Somebody might need to call and ask.
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Location: SoCal | cliff - 2016-03-10 3:04 AM
I think that the patent on the StringTubes was solely-owned by KMC, and MIGHT've gone over to Fender in th'Sale.
Somebody might need to call and ask.
I had the PermanentModels (when they MADE them) installed on all MyGuitars years ago, so I don't t'buy 'em
. . . best decision I ever made.
You pushed me at the time to get permanent strings tubes and I didn't. Regretted it ever since....... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | red-twins - 2016-03-10 10:56 PM
What are string tubes? Google does not help.... It only shows bottlenecks....
LOOK HERE
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