Tootler
Well-known member
A string broke today on one of my sopranos which I have tuned ADF#B. It was about 3 years old so was probably just age.
While I was putting on new strings I wondered whether it was worth looking for a replacement set specifically for D tuning, so I did a quick search and only found two. Aquila and D'Addario do sets for D tuned ukes. They are both nylon, though and I prefer fluorocarbon. I'm in the UK so maybe there's more choices elsewhere.
So far I have just used standard soprano strings and tuned them up and that has seemed to work OK. My other D tuned soprano is a Bruko and I just have the Pyramid Carbon strings it came with tuned up.
I have put living water on as replacements for the set for the one that broke and I'm hoping they will be OK.
3 years isn't bad but maybe I should change strings more often.
OTOH, I subscribe to the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of thought so if the strings sound OK why change them.
What do any of you who have D tuned ukuleles do about string choice?
While I was putting on new strings I wondered whether it was worth looking for a replacement set specifically for D tuning, so I did a quick search and only found two. Aquila and D'Addario do sets for D tuned ukes. They are both nylon, though and I prefer fluorocarbon. I'm in the UK so maybe there's more choices elsewhere.
So far I have just used standard soprano strings and tuned them up and that has seemed to work OK. My other D tuned soprano is a Bruko and I just have the Pyramid Carbon strings it came with tuned up.
I have put living water on as replacements for the set for the one that broke and I'm hoping they will be OK.
3 years isn't bad but maybe I should change strings more often.
OTOH, I subscribe to the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of thought so if the strings sound OK why change them.
What do any of you who have D tuned ukuleles do about string choice?