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    The 2024 NAMM Show will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center January 25-28

    I had really few time having many meetings to do. However he takes a few photos. I have no idea about the models: I taken 5 or 6 ukulele and tried to play them just a bit. I have no more infos.
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    The 2024 NAMM Show will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center January 25-28

    I went in the Pepe Romero booth and, without any doubt, I say that he make the best ukuleles of all NAMM show. Mimmo
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    Anyone going to NAMM 2024? (January)

    yeah, I hope you will remember my face as I cannot do better. I am only worry about that damned hot dogs and beer that are available inside the fair, as I have all different kind of foods and habit....But I like a lot the us coffee, better than our espresso coffee in my opinion.
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    Anyone going to NAMM 2024? (January)

    Me and Enrico, my collaborator, will attend the NAMM show. There are for us a lot of meetings. Mimmo (Aquilastrings owner. Italy)
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    Deal on Martin Polygut strings

    we signed a contract with martin so the price to pay was to leave them free, without any similar competitive string like carbonblack.
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    Deal on Martin Polygut strings

    Thank you guys, Low G.... at the NAMM show 2024 I will have a meeting with Martin Guitars with the intention to suggest them to sell also the low G version. Of course the G string will be of the same color of others. yes, Polygut is exactly the same formula of the dismissed Carbonblacks, only...
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    Strings Low g string snapped over Christmas holiday

    ... one more thing: as I am the manufacturer of these strings anything I say will most likely be taken as me just defending the product without admitting the problems (sometimes I don't want to be the one who invented them but just an external technician). These strings have been extensively...
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    Strings Low g string snapped over Christmas holiday

    We are putting a small vouchers in each envelope were there is a QR core that explain how to install the low G strings. However, if snapped somewhere between the nut and the peg this means that in that point was accumulated too much tension (i.e. the string stick in some way into the nut slot)...
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    Just got the Aquila Flat Spirals! A request for a U-Bass photo

    Ciao Groan... what about the sound? Mimmo
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    Just got the Aquila Flat Spirals! A request for a U-Bass photo

    Ciao Groan, the replacement will be sent you right today. We got your phone number recently (it is for the mail service...). Mimmo
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    Just got the Aquila Flat Spirals! A request for a U-Bass photo

    Ciao Groan, have you received the replace? Mimmo
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    Strings Osteoarthritis or just weak hands? Try Labella 11 or 12 strings

    I am just back from a trip to London (Early Music exhibition). Well, the tension of the reds is NOT higher than those of fluorocarbon strings. Right now I have not the table (I am not at Aquila headquarter as it is Sunday) but the diameter are equivalent to those of white nylgut. Yes, the reds...
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    Just got the Aquila Flat Spirals! A request for a U-Bass photo

    Mimmo is there... that slot acted like a shear cutting the string core. At present we have sold many sets without this kind of issue. However I will take care about you, Groan. The first thing to do is that you mail to us: aquila@aquilacorde. com writing in the mail: 'Mimmo told me to mail...
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    Strings Nylon string recommendation

    No, it is not.
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    D'Addario new Beta test strings

    I phone them... they are just doing an opinion- test with the original Nyltech made by us.
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    D'Addario new Beta test strings

    ah.. I am a bit curious as the Nyltech are made by us in Aquilastrings. Mimmo
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    Strings Nylon string recommendation

    Well, Nyltech is basically a kind of nylgut (not exactly like our own nylgut but the differences are not too much) with different gauges than those of our sets whose color is an imitation of gut strings (this was the request of Jim Daddario when he went here in Aquilastring headquarter with his...
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    Strings Dates of modern ukulele strings after nylon?

    Ciao Mike, The Polygut is totally different than the Lava: Polygut has very thin iron powder inside in order to increase the density. Lava are basically nylgut Mimmo
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    Strings Dates of modern ukulele strings after nylon?

    I am there with a few answers: -The Bionylon set was introduced for the first time in 2012 -The Lava set was introduced for the first time in 2014 -The red Series set was introduced for the first time in 2015 -The Sugar set was introduced for the first time in 2017 By the way: the first...
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    UpDate (purchased): Aquila "Flat" Bass Strings available in US.

    hello guys, a few more recent information: 1) I modified just a little the way of the 1st G and 2nd D are made: they are now even more robust, they stretch less so no risk that the metal wire become loose (it is uncommon but with the fist prototypes it sometime happened) 2) I have found a...
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