Low G: Nylon vos Wound Any Impressions

[eyedoc]

Hi,
New to the forum, so this may be a repeat thread. Who likes the wound vs. they Nylon low G and why?
Thanks,
Ron

[ripock]

I hate the wound low G. I hate it because the texture is so different. I can't get over that. And I can't get over that squeaky sound it makes when I transition between frets. Also, it seems very much louder than the other strings. I can't say that I exhausted the choices in wound strings; maybe there's one out there that isn't so bad. However, that's my limited experience.

[Hippie Guy]

All depends on how you play and what strings you use. Used to be wound low-Gs sucked. These days there are some really nice options. Nice enough that I've thought about switching from nylon. From a tension and pitch point of view, a wound string is quite superior. But you can beat the feel of an all-nylon set.

[stevepetergal]

I tried a wound low G early in my ukulele life. Like Ripock, I hated it. Didn't like the feel, didn't like the zzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound. So, I abandoned low G for a year or so. Then, wanting to try some transcriptions that required low G, I tried a few non-wound ones. I didn't like them and went back to wound. Turned out I love the wound low G.
Brad may be right, that the available strings are better than ones from years ago. In my case, I think it was simply that my skills had gotten me beyond making so much noise when fretting. Also, I realized guitarists, all guitarists, deal with this every day. So, I got over it.

[Osprey]

I prefer wound low G. In fact on my low G tuned Tenor I want a wound C as well.

[flailingfingers]

Got a Low G set (3 & 4 wound, 1 & 2 unwound) from Chuck Moore. I'll not use anything else unless Chuck says he's found something better.

[eyedoc]

thanks!
I am also told the "Fremont Soloist" is a great wound G. I have a couple on order.
As a classical guitarist, I'm used to the squeaks, I guess....
Ron

[SailingUke]

Polished wounds are the way to go for wound, but I have been using Living Waters or Latitude 24 unwound low g’s.

[Ukulelerick9255]

I play with a wound G(Fremont Soloist) no squeak as it’s a polished string. To avoid it overwhelming the other strings it needs to be combined with a wound C also. I prefer nylon to fluorocarbon strings for E and A and I use D’Addario black nylon. Beau Hannam custom Selmer Macaferri Tenor.

[wildfire070]

I prefer wound for low G. Nylons sound too thuddy to me and I don't like how fat they feel. My go-to strings for low G are Fremont Soloist and Southcoast wound sets.