The Pashmeister
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Who cares what they are really? As long as they play ok. Also, don't Aquila strings come from Italy? Surely you would've bought 100 sets from Italy rather than Taiwan?
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I strung up a soprano with Fluorocarbon 30lb G, 60lb C, 40lb E, 30lb A...It plays ok volume OK but not as responsive as the Aquillas and a bit thin sounding...Then I got out the micrometer and measured the Aquilla's then picked the nearest sizes in the Fluoro's and came up with G 50lb, C 80lb, E 60lb, A 40lb...This gives the Uke a bit more poke and a fatter sound and I like this better..But if I tuned the uke up to D instead of C with that setup I think it would put a lot stress on the bridge.
Thats a lot of info..Thanks.
Interesting topic - having just strung up a soprano and a concert with my usual brand of Living Water fluorocarbon strings, I am a bit underwhelmed by the C string on the soprano. LW soprano & concert sets are the same gauges for all strings, and whilst the tenor set is slightly heavier in the G and A, it uses the same 0.74mm dia for the C string. The Daddario set has the same gauges as LW for the G, E and A but a significantly heavier 0.81 mm for the C. The LW C sounds fine to me on the concert, but I think I will be experimenting with a heavier C for the Soprano.
Thanks for the wound string suggestion - I would never have thought to try! I already use a Savarez high tension classical guitar wound D string for the low G on my tenor reso, so I've got some spares in stock. I'll give one a try on the soprano.
Thanks Booli. I built the soprano with a centre fan and a strings-through-top bridge, so whilst not overly worried about adding more tension maybe I'll try a lighter gauge first!
To be fair, it has only been strung up for a couple of days and after a spot of playing-in today it is sounding better, so I'll wait a while before trying anything different.