Possibly the best Music shop around...
First of all I don't work for them!
Went in yesterday to replace my ageing Elixir Bass strings for a couple of gigs at the weekend but they'd ran out of them. I decided to try the Ernie Ball coated ones (slightly cheaper than Elixir at £30)..
Gets in last night and starts putting them on (don't you just love the twangyness of new strings!) and *SNAP!*, The damn 4th string breaks as soon as tune up.. And then Lyon equalised against my beloved Liverpool 1 minute later! Fuming isn't the word!
Pops back to Curlys today to see if I can grab another E string from them but they'd ran out of the bloody same strings!! Anyway, a very helpful chap by the name of Paul recognised me as a regular customer and decides to phone the manufacturer explaining what had happened and could they send a replacement string (he had mentioned I'd migrated from Elixir to them).. Hey presto, 2 mins later they're sending a packs of the coated strings in the post as a Gratis.
Ended up buying a set of standard Ernies as a backup, so when I get the replacements on Tuesday I'll have 2 packs of spares now!
Quality!
Shaun