lifereinspired
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Hi!
I just changed my strings for the first time. I wanted to try to Aquila Red strings in my OU Carbon Soprano. I purchased the soprano specific strings in the standard Aquila Red - the reentrant tuning package and the Soprano Low-G, as well.
I watched several videos to learn how and feel like I did at least a passable-to-decent job for my first try at changing strings. I don't see anything glaringly wrong that I might have done. I decided to use the Low-G first, just to see what it's like. But it's been almost two weeks now, and while the strings finally seem to be settling in from stretching (the E & A stay pretty close to in tune now, though the G & C still need to be tuned up each day), they don't sound right to me. I'm not exactly sure how to best explain it but the strings sound "sloppy" and "buzzy". There's almost a slack or slapping like quality to them (hence using the sloppy term). It's not just the difference from the Low-G. I was expecting some additional "boominess", so to speak, just from the addition of the lower tones in the Low-G. In fact, there is probably a bit less than I expected of that. But I'm really noticing these other issues with the CEA as much or even more than I am with the G string.
Is this normal? Are these the "qualities" of the Aquila Red strings? I expected them to be brighter from the descriptions I've read. But I don't notice that much. I also know this is one of the specific brands and type of strings that OU uses so it should be a decent pairing. I don't understand what might be happening with this. I don't know if there might be "user error" somewhere? But I can't think of what that could be or how it would be effecting the sound. Any ideas why these strings might be sounding sloppy and buzzy? I would SO appreciate any thoughts, advice, or knowledge you could share. I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on why these strings are sounding this way. Thanks so much in advance!
I just changed my strings for the first time. I wanted to try to Aquila Red strings in my OU Carbon Soprano. I purchased the soprano specific strings in the standard Aquila Red - the reentrant tuning package and the Soprano Low-G, as well.
I watched several videos to learn how and feel like I did at least a passable-to-decent job for my first try at changing strings. I don't see anything glaringly wrong that I might have done. I decided to use the Low-G first, just to see what it's like. But it's been almost two weeks now, and while the strings finally seem to be settling in from stretching (the E & A stay pretty close to in tune now, though the G & C still need to be tuned up each day), they don't sound right to me. I'm not exactly sure how to best explain it but the strings sound "sloppy" and "buzzy". There's almost a slack or slapping like quality to them (hence using the sloppy term). It's not just the difference from the Low-G. I was expecting some additional "boominess", so to speak, just from the addition of the lower tones in the Low-G. In fact, there is probably a bit less than I expected of that. But I'm really noticing these other issues with the CEA as much or even more than I am with the G string.
Is this normal? Are these the "qualities" of the Aquila Red strings? I expected them to be brighter from the descriptions I've read. But I don't notice that much. I also know this is one of the specific brands and type of strings that OU uses so it should be a decent pairing. I don't understand what might be happening with this. I don't know if there might be "user error" somewhere? But I can't think of what that could be or how it would be effecting the sound. Any ideas why these strings might be sounding sloppy and buzzy? I would SO appreciate any thoughts, advice, or knowledge you could share. I'm hoping someone might be able to shed some light on why these strings are sounding this way. Thanks so much in advance!