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aplenty
Akahai
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 Posted - 10/13/2003 : 02:58:46 AM
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I've been away from this forum for a bit with a lot of work so I may have missed a discussion on these strings. If so, I apologize for the repeat.
I've been using these strings for quite awhile now and they have been great! Better, warmer tone. Stay in tune better. Last longer. I can retune to different slack key ukulele tunings with little trouble... and they quickly adjust to new tunings. I love them! They are a little more expensive but far superior. Who knew... the best ukulele strings made in Italy??!! Maybe ukulele are very popular there.
Aloha and a hui hou,
Sandy
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David
Akahai
92 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2003 : 5:02:46 PM
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| Aloah Sandy. Always have enjoyed your posts, although I never say anything. Thanks for useful this tip. While my collection of steel stringed instruments are presently being strung by Webstrings (thanks to an Andy tip), I have been experimenting with ukulele strings, especially looking for something which can be retuned easily. |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 10/17/2003 : 6:31:57 PM
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| I second the vote for Aquila strings for ukulele...much warmer than anything else I've tried. |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
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Kahalenahele
Lokahi
USA
102 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2003 : 1:39:21 PM
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| I alternate between Aquila and Ko'olau gold strings. The Ko'olaus seem to have higher tension to me, which works on my resonator. But I really like the Aquila as well. Neither string type feels as "plasticky" as the black strings I've got on my Islander. |
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Will
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 10/26/2003 : 02:17:13 AM
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| I liked the sound of the Aquila Nylgut strings so much that I've replaced all of my strings on every ukulele that I own. Even my sub-soprano sized Ukulele Jr. sounds decent with these strings. The sustain that these strings get is really remarkable, compared with regular nylon strings. |
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cpatch
Ahonui
USA
2187 Posts |
Posted - 10/26/2003 : 1:13:04 PM
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| There is a very interesting technical analysis of Aquila strings here for anyone interested (including waveform and frequency analyses). |
Craig
My goal is to be able to play as well as people think I can. |
Edited by - cpatch on 10/26/2003 1:14:00 PM |
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marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
923 Posts |
Posted - 11/04/2003 : 9:29:22 PM
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i agree with kahalenahele - ko`olau and l'acquila strings are both great, i use them both. ko`olau are a bit warmer sounding to me, l'acquila more meaty feeling. john kitakis says that he had ko`olau strings designed to be as close to catgut as he could get, so both are shooting for the same target.
anyone here ever try real catgut? how does it compare to these strings?
aloha,
keith
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Pupule
USA
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Posted - 11/05/2003 : 10:04:42 AM
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I traded emails with Kawika Hurd of Hilo one time. About strings he wrote this: quote:
I use Savarez Alliance reds for my ukuleles and buyers are uniformly pleased with the sound. I use the same sized strings for sopranos, concerts and tenors. The specs are shown at: www.ukuleles.com/SetupnCare/TenorTune.html
aloha,
David C. Hurd
www.ukuleles.com
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Pauline Leland
`Olu`olu
USA
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Posted - 11/06/2003 : 03:30:22 AM
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Hi Andy,
I had to look it up. www.stringsbymail.com says about Savarez Alliance, "The trebles are made from a carbon fiber type material. They have a slightly thinner diameter than most other brands, and they are very smooth to the touch." Red card in their plain nylon line is high tension.
I happen to use a different brand of high-tension carbon trebles, Hannebach, on one soprano uke because I needed high tension in a skinny string. Works great, sounds good.
I also replaced a hard tension D'Addario Pro Arte nylon C on a tenor with a thinner carbon fiber C to get a better feel and tone than the tubby, thick nylon C could give me. BTW, carbon fiber strings are slippery, I swear they seem coated in Teflon, so take a few extra twists at the bridge and at the peg to keep the string from slipping.
Also BTW, I had Nylguts on the tenor. My experience is they worked well, sounded good. I didn't notice they were better than the D'Add Pro Artes they replaced. I never tried frequent re-tuning. The plain copper wound string was gorgeous and vulnerable to wear, so I had to shift the string to move the fret contact points. The factory switched to silver plated copper wire for the windings for better wear resistence some months ago. The plain strings went bad rather suddenly after about 5 months of use from the accumulation of fingernail nicks and maybe fret nicks on the Nylgut which is softer than nylon. |
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Edited by - Pauline Leland on 11/06/2003 03:34:12 AM |
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marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
923 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2003 : 2:34:07 PM
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folks,
i'm going to try to be a little objective about strings, and i could use your advice. i'm going to evaluate different strings on my ko`olau tenor cutaway ukulele (whose sound i love). i'm going to be trying aquila, ko`olau gold, la bella, and savarez alliance. i could also try hilo since they're popular.
my plan is to record the same simple piece or two with each set of strings, both new and after one week of playing. i'll make the recording available for anyone interested.
does anyone have any advice on how else to evaluate strings? diameter, tension?
aloha,
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Mimmo2us
Aloha
Italy
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Posted - 11/22/2003 : 12:11:12 PM
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hello ukelovers,
thank you very much about your kind opinion on nylgut.
I have stopped to make wound strings with copper; they are in silvered copper now and last much more time.
So, I think better start to sell wound strings alone, so one do not need change the whole set when a single wound string became bad.
Ciao from Italy
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marzullo
`Olu`olu
USA
923 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2003 : 12:20:54 PM
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caro mimmo, benvenuto al nosto piccolo campo di taro! it's so nice to have you here! you're changing the world with your strings.
what kind of lifetime do you expect to have with a set of your nylon (not wound) strings? do they get nicked by fingernails?
tanti auguri e aloha,
keith
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Mimmo2us
Aloha
Italy
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Posted - 11/22/2003 : 5:10:25 PM
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hello!
How many last Nylgut? Well, the sound is that you just know, the lifetime is a bit less than the (standard) nylon. This is the true problem; but we need consider that its sound came out because (expecially) it is not so stiff and hard like nylon.
I am sorry about the milk-colour of nylgut; I am not able to make it different gradation...so it is not black like nylon strings that you have in your tradition. Italian uke players??
No: there just few peoples that play mandoline. One or two persons play the uke: I am one of them...
Ciao and grazie!
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Mimmo2us
Aloha
Italy
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Posted - 11/22/2003 : 5:15:02 PM
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I hope you can understand better than before (sorry!!)
hello!
How much does Nylgut last? Well, the sound is which you just know, the lifetime is a bit less than the (standard) nylon. This is the true problem; but we need to consider that its sound comes out because (expecially) it is not so stiff and hard as nylon.
I am sorry about the milk-colour of nylgut; I am not able to make it in different gradations...so it is not black like nylon strings that you have in your tradition...
Italian uke players??
No: there are just a few people that play mandoline. One or two persons play the uke: I am one of them...
Ciao and grazie!
Mimmo |
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