The color for the D'Addario Zyex does not match what's on my fiddle, which makes me wonder – I bought the strings from a reputable dealer (Southwest Strings) so maybe counterfeiting is pretty common? The strings sound great anyway…

I am a little unsure about my own story, like I said, I had to leave the shop to get back to work so I did not hear the entire thing. Making counterfeit strings would be difficult at best. The cost would eat your profit I would think. If you are faking really high end strings, you can't fool anyone with lowgrade junk. Then you have to get the old identification thread off, put new on. Unless it is a factory doing it. I don't know. If a factory got caught doing it, who would buy their strings in the future?