kissing
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.. good ol' fashioned clear nylon.
I've had my love affair with Nylguts and Fluorocarbon, but now all my ukes (about 10 of them) and even my classical guitars are all strung with clear nylon. Mostly D'addario Pro-Artes, but I also have Savarez, Thomastik and Martin crystal nylon strings on a few instruments.
What I like about nylon:
I feel that it gives the ukulele tone a solid, substantial, organic and rich tone. When the setup is in the way that I like it, I find that it responds very well to my fingerpicking as well as strumming. I love the tone it makes - it brings out the best tone (in my opinion) on most ukes.
I find myself disliking how fluorocarbons and nylgut are like.
They always feel too floppy and tinny OR way too hard tension. It's hard to achieve that sweetspot that I get much more easily with nylons. To my ears, nylgut and fluorocarbon strings sound thin.
Obviously this is a very personal and subjective thing.
How do you feel about nylon strings?
I guess it also depends on what kind of nylon strings you use.
I've come across some nylon strings that I dislike (eg: I really disliked Bionylon, Nyltech and D'addario's not-Pro-Arte-clear-nylon).
I've had my love affair with Nylguts and Fluorocarbon, but now all my ukes (about 10 of them) and even my classical guitars are all strung with clear nylon. Mostly D'addario Pro-Artes, but I also have Savarez, Thomastik and Martin crystal nylon strings on a few instruments.
What I like about nylon:
I feel that it gives the ukulele tone a solid, substantial, organic and rich tone. When the setup is in the way that I like it, I find that it responds very well to my fingerpicking as well as strumming. I love the tone it makes - it brings out the best tone (in my opinion) on most ukes.
I find myself disliking how fluorocarbons and nylgut are like.
They always feel too floppy and tinny OR way too hard tension. It's hard to achieve that sweetspot that I get much more easily with nylons. To my ears, nylgut and fluorocarbon strings sound thin.
Obviously this is a very personal and subjective thing.
How do you feel about nylon strings?
I guess it also depends on what kind of nylon strings you use.
I've come across some nylon strings that I dislike (eg: I really disliked Bionylon, Nyltech and D'addario's not-Pro-Arte-clear-nylon).