My Schecter 8-string guitars were left unplayed recently- they lacked the 8th string, due to this episode: CLICK So when I was at Davis, I was very glad to see Schecter's Decimator strings back on the shelves. The current Decimator strings are manufactured by Ernie Ball as indicated above- you can click the picture & read the fine prints. The overall package layout is also a little different. FYI, the former Decimator strings were manufactured by D'Addario. I've kept the old pack/ label for documentation purposes. It really came in handy for this presentation.
However, after looking at the contents, the above label made me uneasy... No it's not the 'Ernie Ball' label.
But that '30" taper' label. True enough, the 8th string you see here, does NOT fit into the machine head slot. The tapered bit wasn't long enough to let more string length through for winding allowance.
I find this disturbing because it says one thing on the label but something else on the product envelope inside. According to the law I have a discourse for this under 'misrepresentation'. I should be compensated because I read the label & relied on it for the transaction. So it's a breach of contractual terms since buying & selling is a contractual agreement.
I'm the trusting consumer; I trust the manufacturer when they have their products distributed & offered on store shelves. Why? Because they are the manufacturers, they did more homework than me to eventually offer products for sale. But when such an unfortunate slip take place, there will be friction along the way, most likely, consumers will go after the sellers because they were sold a foul item- it's not the sellers' fault, really. The manufacturers should have known better than to let this happen. This is why product re-call occur.
