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Prior to the mid 1990’s musicians had little choice but to visit a recording studio if they wanted to get their music down on tape. The studio business was fairly healthy back then with a wide choice of studios to choose from. Home recording on a budget was usually limited to the 4 track cassette portastudio and dubious quality. But then came the digital technology revolution and it was finally possible for Joe Bloggs to get into the recording business at home.Nowadays we take unlimited track co …

We've just launched our new 'Ask A Question' feature at www.superstrings.com.Here's how it works......Let's say you're on a product page of ours for Banjo Strings and you're not sure if these strings are Loop or Ball end.Lower down the page you'll see our product reviews and now an 'Ask A Question' button. Click that to ask your question. Either us or another customer can now answer your question and the answer will be displayed on the product page to help other customers who may have a similar …

We're delighted to tell our non EU based customers that we are now able to process your orders ex-vat. Although our prices on the website site still show VAT inclusive, when you reach the checkout, no tax will be added to your order if you're not based in European Union. That's a 23% discount off our listed prices. Enjoy!

As a musician - a mandolinist and violinist (fiddler) - I find it strange how one can live on a street for over seven years without meeting a neighbour who lives about 100 yards away, a talented professional violinist who, to my great delight, is keen to learn the mandolin and who has acquired a couple of rather splendid looking old Italian instruments, albeit not in playing condition. Being English, we were both waiting seven years to be introduced, but now the ceremonial formalities have been …

If you’re a previouse Strings.ie customer you might be wondering what has happened?No panic…. we’ve just rebranded ourselves as SuperStrings. Your Strings.ie Account is now your SuperStrings Account. Just login as you did before with the same email address and password. Your details are still there along with your order history.It's the same Strings.ie team from Mayo, Ireland.Same products, same customer service.The new website has been in development for many months and includes much clearer p …