After three months with my ukuele playing an hour a day or more (most of the time), I could feel that the factory strings (Aquilas) were getting chewed up and bent from the fret wires, mostly the G and A. I ordered new Aquila strings online and put them on myself with the help of Aldrine's great tutorial about 2 weeks ago and there was such an improvement that I swapped out all 4 strings. They seem to have stretched out and stabilized now, but I find that the overall sound quality is better if I tune up to A-D-F#-B. Down in C, it sounds muddy with much less "twinkle," whereas I hear the individual notes sounding in each chord when I play in D.
This isn't a problem, in general. I'm comfortable transposing some and just playing other songs a step up with the muscle memory I already have ingrained. I only get a chance to play with others about 2x a month, and I can often use another uke there. But I am wondering: is this is more-or-less normal or maybe the result of something I may have done "wrong" in changing strings?
(Edit: I just noticed the very similar post in the regular Uke Talk forum. Sorry for starting another post on such a closely-related topic! I think there's a minor difference in the actual questions asked, but if mods want to merge them that's OK, too.)
This isn't a problem, in general. I'm comfortable transposing some and just playing other songs a step up with the muscle memory I already have ingrained. I only get a chance to play with others about 2x a month, and I can often use another uke there. But I am wondering: is this is more-or-less normal or maybe the result of something I may have done "wrong" in changing strings?
(Edit: I just noticed the very similar post in the regular Uke Talk forum. Sorry for starting another post on such a closely-related topic! I think there's a minor difference in the actual questions asked, but if mods want to merge them that's OK, too.)
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