Buying strings from the Steel Guitar Forum Store

Arne Odegard · Post by **Arne Odegard** » 15 Mar 2011 11:28 pm

I ordered 2 sets of Jagwire strings here at the Steel Guitar Forum Store 5 days ago and they've already arrived at my house here in Norway.

I'll be changing my strings more often now that I've found this great source for Steel Guitar strings.

Michael Dene · Post by **Michael Dene** » 16 Mar 2011 12:51 am

Yep! It took 5 days to reach me in the far corner of Australia, last lot I bought!!!

Local "music store", (and I use the term loosely), charges 4X the amount, offers 1 brand only, and said they'd get 'em in within 3 weeks of me asking .... but it took 2 phone calls and an extra 2 weeks!!

Way to go b0b!!! Wouldn't buy 'em anywhere else now!

Signed ... A Happy Forum Shopper!

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 16 Mar 2011 7:43 am

I order mine from the forum also. Sometimes it seems they are here before I order them.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 16 Mar 2011 9:12 am

I, too, am amazed at how quickly b0b gets his string orders out. I think he has some sort of 6th sense and just "knows" when an order is about to come in.

James Marlowe · Post by **James Marlowe** » 16 Mar 2011 2:51 pm

Very prompt service, indeed!

Brendan Mitchell · Post by **Brendan Mitchell** » 17 Mar 2011 1:15 am

Same here Michael Dene , its hard enough getting any set of pedal steel strings here in Oz and B0B's service is second to none .

Peter Harris · Post by **Peter Harris** » 17 Mar 2011 2:15 am

Yep!! Second that....incredible service.

Thomas Butler · Post by **Thomas Butler** » 17 Mar 2011 7:59 am

And bOb laughs at my jokes.

Roger Rettig · Post by **Roger Rettig** » 17 Mar 2011 8:20 am

That's nothing! I needed some Dobro strings from b0b and they arrived before I'd ordered them!

admin · Post by **b0b** » 17 Mar 2011 8:31 am

Thomas Butler wrote:And bOb laughs at my jokes.

LOL!

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 17 Mar 2011 8:52 am

b0b, I know you've been making changes to the "mercantile". A month or so ago I took a look at it and you had an option for custom sets of Jagwires, with a grid to fill in for the individual gauges (though this had a note "not currently available", or words to that effect). Now I don't see that--am I just not finding it, or did it prove impractical?

admin · Post by **b0b** » 17 Mar 2011 9:14 am

The problem with the custom sets was that I have to have every gauge in stock to offer custom sets. Also, it didn't track inventory correctly in the software. So basically it was a failed experiment. $:\$

If you need a string substitution or two, you can specify it in the special instructions box at checkout. Or you can buy your whole set as singles, but that's usually more expensive.

We're still out of stock on a lot of the Jagwire sets. I'm at the mercy of the vendor on those - Jagwire knows what I need but they can't make them fast enough to meet the demand.

You can tell at a glance if something is out of stock because there's no "Add to Cart" link. The software is tracking inventory very well. You can actually see how many of each item we have in stock on its Product Details page. I used to have to update the web pages by hand when we ran out of something. Now the software does it automatically.

Alexander Rehfeld · Post by **Alexander Rehfeld** » 17 Mar 2011 10:03 am

The new shop is excellent, I adore it!

Pit Lenz · Post by **Pit Lenz** » 17 Mar 2011 1:05 pm

Arne Odegard wrote:I ordered 2 sets of Sagwire strings here at the Steel Guitar Forum Store...

Don`t we have enough to fight cabinet drop already?

b0b, what are you trying to sell us there?

bur honestly, your string service and delivery time to Germany ROCKS!

John Wilson · Post by **John Wilson** » 18 Mar 2011 2:57 pm

I concur with what you guys are saying.
2 sets of strings arrived at my house today and I haven't even ordered them yet!!

b0b is the best!!!

J.

Nic du Toit · Post by **Nic du Toit** » 19 Mar 2011 1:22 pm

Sagwire strings ??.....new brand?.....

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I agree totally........