Another awful experience with D'addario UK. Terrible customer service on most occasions. This time, they have sent an item considerably different to what was advertised (a cable 50% longer than it should have been). All emails were ignored, until a PayPal claim was raised. My claim specifically requested confirmation of postage reimbursement (initial and return). This request was ignored. Their automated return approval expects me to pay to return the item, and presumably not receive my original postage charge either. I refuse to be over £10 out of pocket on a bad £29 purchase when it is entirely D'addario UK's fault.
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Hi there, thank you for your feedback, and we are very sorry to hear that you had received cables that were longer than anticipated. Our team does reply to all messages we receive though. Unfortunately we were not able to look up your ticket without your name or order number, etc. We would like to look into this for you to see what had happened. Could you please contact us directly at www.daddario.com/contact-us so that we can investigate and assist further? Thank you!
LC
Larry C.
Posted
I had questions about the Humidipaks…
I had questions about the Humidipaks and Hailey answered all of my questions promptly. The paks are keeping my vintage Kay parlor guitar in prime condition. I have been using their products for many years. Strings, straps, picks etc.
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Thanks for your feedback, Larry! We are glad to hear that you're enjoying the Humidipaks! Thank you as always for choosing D'Addario
CH
Charlie
Posted
D'Addario strings are sometimes too short.
Most guitars are about 36 inches from ball end to tuning the D key so D'Addario at 37 inches are usually fine. However if you have a Bigsby fitted (as I have to three of my guitars) or you have a full size electric 12 string, D'Addario strings are short - they need to be 39 inches.
Thus D'Addario only cater for most guitarists not all.
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Hey Charlie, thank you for your feedback! We have passed this along to our product management team for fretted products so that they may be aware of it in their future discussions! We appreciate you providing your feedback!
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Charles D.
Posted
Leaving D’addario due to Bad customer service
I have used D’addario Strings for approximately 25 years. I currently use the acoustic XS and electric XS Strings, as well as mandolin Strings and Evan Drumheads.
The product is exceptional. Here are some of the problems I had with their product services, though I got a set of mandolin strings and the E string broke soon as I put tension on it. I had to purchase a new set of Strings just to get a new E string that was the same. I wrote them about this two times because I received them through the players circle because I buy so many products from this company. They never responded either time.
I had a bunch of acoustic EJ strings from about 2016. I tried to get players Circle points and they told me they were too old to get anything like that because the player circle hadn’t been invented yet.
The player Circle rep Hailey wrote me back to tell me this. Well, let me make this clear to D’addario and Hailey. I don’t have to buy the Addario products and your players points cost nothing. And if you just took care of me like you should, I wouldn’t be writing this rave review about your exceptionally poor customer care. Hailey sent back the reply about not issuing points for my older Strings. At the bottom of the email it also sent me 500 points if I write a review. so I wrote a review.
So the moral of the story is; keep your loyal customers happy. You could just imagine how many sets of Strings and drum heads I go through a year I have 22 guitars and three drum sets and five basses. not to mention mandolin and a four string UBass.
Hoping so much that you read this.
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Hey Charles - thank you for your feedback, and we are sorry to hear that you were not happy with your experience. In order to keep Players Circle fair for all users, we are unable to honor points from products that were manufactured before the Players Circle program launched. We do see your ticket, and that Hailey was not able to credit points due to the strings being manufactured before the launch of our Players Circle program. However, as we had mentioned we can absolutely credit the points if the strings were purchased recently, as that would mean that the retailer had sold you a new set of old stock strings. We would just need a receipt in lieu of the Players Circle code in order to credit points. We would still be happy to do that for you if you'd like to reach back out with the receipt previously requested.
In regards to the E string issue, our team is always happy to assist with string related issues or defects. However, we have taken a look through your ticket history, and we do not see any tickets regarding broken E strings. Please reach out to us directly at www.daddario.com/contact-us, and our team would be happy to assist with the E string issue.
Thank you!
MP
Miguel P.
Posted
Correas con bloqueo giratorio
Estoy encantado con las correas D'Addario con bloqueo giratorio automático que se adaptan muy bien a mis guitarras de cuerpo hueco y semihueco. Las recomiendo!
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
¡Muchas gracias por tus comentarios! ¡Nos alegra mucho saber que estás disfrutando de las correas! Gracias, como siempre, por elegir D'Addario.
JV
Jessie V.
Posted
The best all around guitar accessories…
The best all around guitar accessories company out there. Great customer perks and customer service.
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Thank you for your feedback, Jessie! And thank you as always for choosing D'Addario!
JW
Jill W.
Posted
Customer service responded quickly
Customer service responded quickly to my question about using the Humidipak on an archtop guitar. Rather than trying to sell me something, they told me that archtop guitars do not require humidifying, as their tops are built stronger than flat tops.
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Thanks for providing your feedback, Jill! Thank you as always for choosing D'Addario!
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Alejandro S.
Posted
Really good marching drum heads
Really good marching drum heads
Response from D'Addario & Company, Inc.· Sep 29, 2026
Thanks for your feedback Alejandro! We're so glad to hear that you're enjoying the heads. Thank you for choosing D'Addario/EVANS!