Expecting my first ukulele to arrive tomorrow I called a local luthier who has been in the area for the 25 years or so I've lived here, to inquire about a set up. A woman answered and seemed very knowledgeable about ukulele. She was very friendly. I also mentioned getting new strings as reviews of this uke mention it comes with nylon strings. To my surprise she said all uke's use nylon strings (basically). I was confused and she then explained cat gut, nylon, nylgut and other things I didn't quite understand.
Anyway, after hanging up I did some research. My reaction was a bit of I re-read the review of my ordered uke as well as others and noticed the common theme of "you may have to change the strings because it comes with nylon strings." Here, I thought that meant "good" uke strings were not nylon but more like guitar strings (maybe lighter?). Turns out most uke strings are just some form of nylon or modified nylon. I never knew this.
I began to wonder if "nylgut" was just a combination of nylon and catgut thus the word Nyl-Gut.
Boy, you learn something new everyday, even about stuff you think, you just learned. Anyway...without getting into detailed explanations....this did a lot for me as far as choices. And thru this I also learned that classical guitars use nylon strings! (I never knew...now it makes sense...."tone")
Geez...it never ends!
Anyway, after hanging up I did some research. My reaction was a bit of I re-read the review of my ordered uke as well as others and noticed the common theme of "you may have to change the strings because it comes with nylon strings." Here, I thought that meant "good" uke strings were not nylon but more like guitar strings (maybe lighter?). Turns out most uke strings are just some form of nylon or modified nylon. I never knew this.
I began to wonder if "nylgut" was just a combination of nylon and catgut thus the word Nyl-Gut.
Boy, you learn something new everyday, even about stuff you think, you just learned. Anyway...without getting into detailed explanations....this did a lot for me as far as choices. And thru this I also learned that classical guitars use nylon strings! (I never knew...now it makes sense...."tone")
Geez...it never ends!