D'Addario isn't an estranged name in the guitar string domain; many of us would have tried them on grounds of affordability more than anything else. If you bought an Ibanez guitar lately, be informed that it's equipped with D'Addario strings back at the factory; those colour coded ball ends are unmistakeable.
I'm not a big fan of this brand name chiefly because the strings could have lasted longer. However, I make it a point to buy D'Addario, as observed in this pic, the manufacturer uses less paper for the packaging. The one & only plastic bag included is properly sealed to prevent pre-purchase deterioration- superb! On the fipside of the paper package is this claim: ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SET, USES 75% LESS PACKAGING. Thank you D'Addario, for doing so.
4 comments:
Its quite nobel of you to take such measures, but frankly, an environmentally-friendly guitarist seems like an oxymoron. Sad, but these means arent enough to offset the amount of wood used to make guitars... especially if you have a lot of them.
noble*
in that light then, the average guitarist being environment friendly is absolutely impossible because it's not within his/ her means to regenerate expandables/ unrenewables, but caring for the environment is also about damage control considering that we are at the other end of the consumption process.
the guitar player can take pride in the fact that the wood used for his/ her instrument had been a choice selection in view of cost. manufacturers & luthiers alike paid for them in utmost consideration of the wood's organic value unlike other industries, take furniture for instance, where wood is dealt in minimum appreciation for qualified suitability.
As the world population increases, the demand for certain needs will forever rise, and there will forever be an environmental compromise in order to meet that demand for needs.
The problem right now is that certain measures were not put into practice to begin with, and we had become ignorant of the consequences of our actions until recent times.
Do we point our finger to the guitarist for the consequences? No. He is satisfying his need as a consumer. Can we even blame the manufacturer? It was a cycle that has been ongoing for years; it is a hard one to break.
There is noone to fault in this scenario really. But now we have the knowledge that every bit we do CAN make a difference if done collectively, what do we do with that knowledge? If it doesn't influence you to take steps to find ways to improve it, THEN there is someone to blame.
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