Comments on: vintage guitar strings

By: Randy Lewis

Randy Lewis — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:04:01 +0000

i found 2 sets of Magenta Hand Made flat wound electric guitar strings Model MC 11 Made in Great Britain and sold under the Trade marked company called Ahed Music Corporation , i would like to find out more about the makers of the strings and the strings themselves , they are new unused in there original packageing

By: Lucas Gonze

Lucas Gonze — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:20:56 +0000

Cool idea about the missing “phosphor”, Phil.

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:16:32 +0000

Might the fact that the box says Bronze strings rather than Phosphor Bronze be an indication of their age?

By: Randy

Randy — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:06:19 +0000

Lee, were the boxes the same color?

By: lee

lee — Tue, 24 May 2011 21:49:39 +0000

l was a gibson dealer up till about 5 years ago we sold gibson strings l cant see them being very old

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:26:39 +0000

Hi Arnold,
Have you thought about taking them to your local guitar store. I know when I played as a kid in Atlanta my guitar teacher would would have loved to have something like this. I would imagine your local store would buy them. Good luck whatever you do.
Very Cool Strings!

By: Lucas Gonze

Lucas Gonze — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:14:36 +0000

Got photos, Arnold? Do you want money for them?

Seems like a bracelet would be shame. Have you considered eBay instead of random blog posts?

By: arnold stanio

arnold stanio — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:52:56 +0000

HELLO, I have several sets of guitar strings from the sixties and seventies. Not that old but before I give them to my girlfriend who wants to make me a bracelet I thought I would look into someone who collects them. Let me know if you can help. Thank You Arnold.

By: Lucas Gonze

Lucas Gonze — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:16:03 +0000

Here's something on ebay: LOT OF VINTAGE GIBSON GUITAR / BANJO STRINGS AS-IS Yeah, these are guitar and not mando strings.

By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:08:10 +0000

Wow, nice find. I’ve never thought of collecting old guitar strings, but I bet that would be a cool hobby. Of course, I bet that would also be a hard hobby to get into because I rarely keep strings in a pack for more than a couple of days after I buy them. Are those acoustic strings or electric? Did they package strings for all kinds of different instruments in the same pack back then? I mean that’s a pack of guitar strings not mandolin right?