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there is a good chance HMS will stock these strings from Tomastik-Infeld directly......
Excellent!
there is a good chance HMS will stock these strings from Tomastik-Infeld directly......
Sounds like the "Chuck string set" might suit the koa, spruce, acacia tops (or any with a bright wood). Perhaps Cedar, Mahogany and Mango(the mellow woods) might need higher tension strings*
I find that low tension strings on my mango sound muddled and lack attack.
Does anyone know if TI makes a higher tension classical set.
Anybody have experience with the oasis / ti set playing at Bb tuning? Curious if it's good for both...
75% experience Bill. Here is what I mean by that. I had my Webber tenor spruce/cocobolo strung with Fremont low G, TI CF27 and Oasis warm E and A strings tuned Bb and it worked well and I liked the sound. There is always a bit of a sonic imbalance when mixing the different materials between two wound stings. But as fas as working with Bb tuning it was all good.
It looks like CF35 is the next gauge 'up' - if you shunted everything along one place, so that you had a CF35 for low-G and a CF30 for C, you'd be looking at around 15 lbs of tension on each course at tenor scale. That sounds pretty hairy to me...
I think build is an important consideration, as well as tonewood, when thinking about tension. I haven't personally reached the heights of custom/high-end uke ownership yet, but I believe that they tend to be characteristically light in construction (another generalization I know). As much as I love my Pono AC I do have to acknowledge that it's a pretty solid beast and I have found that higher tension strings tend to drive it better. So, I guess I'll be sticking with my D'Addario silverwounds for now
Thanks for this Jollyboy. You rock!
Also, which D'addario silverwound are you talking about. Can you post the product's full name.
I'm not sure that string tension is the best reason to choose a wound C string over an unwound C string.
The reason that you WOULD choose a wound string rather than an unwound string would be better intonation. Theoretical scale lengths are based on theoretically perfect strings. The problem is that the thicker a string gets the less its vibrations match "theory" because a thick string starts getting too stiff. A wound string gives you the string mass you need while being far more flexible ( a better theoretical string) than an unwound string.
Long story short. If the intonation of your unwound C string sucks then try a wound C string.
Anthony
These are the single wound C's that I have but haven't tried yet. https://www.stringsbymail.com/daddario-nyl024w-classical-guitar-024-single-string-211.html
I also have a heavier gauge of these for my wound G which I have just put on my Boat Paddle ML. That sounds and feels very good.
Hollis,
Can you post a link to the G you are using. It looks like the wound C you linked is .024 which is a smidgen thinner than the .027 that most are using.
I think the thinner diameter wound might work well with my mango tenor.
PLEASE be careful about making apples-to-apples comparisons between strings of different materials
PLEASE be careful about making apples-to-apples comparisons between strings of different materials :stop:
I wouldn't want to see any innocent ukes get harmed
The D'Addario NYL024W has a higher unit weight that the CF27 (.00007408 vs 0.00005448) and would actually result in a higher tension at the same pitch. Just over 15 lbs tuned to C at tenor scale, in fact.
This is also true of fluorocarbon strings. Not all fluorocarbons of the same diameter will have the same weight or tension. It would be nice if it were that easy but it ain't!
We need to find some ambitious person/s with enough time and research skills to put together a string tension chart of all the known ukes strings.
Anyone?
If I'm not mistaken it's already been done and is on this forum somewhere. It is several years old though and probably seriously out of date now. It would also need to include guitar stings adapted for ukes.
BTW, Just Strings notified me this morning that they are getting their shipment of Thomastik-Infeld strings in tomorrow.