CTurner
Well-known member
String brands and recommendations are everywhere on this forum, but I wanted to add just one more example of how much difference they can make.
My Kiwaya KS-5 has never quite filled my expectations. I heard others talk about how loud theirs was, but I never got that. I also had slight intonation problems, tuning problems, and there was something about fingering that never felt right.
I'm not sure what strings were originally on, maybe Fremont clears. I re-strung, in sequence over a few months time, with Aquilas, Fremont black, Martin and Daddario. Just never sounded or felt right to me and I began to think that soprano was not something I could manage.
But I just put on some Worth soprano/concert clear mediums (CM) and the difference was immediately heard, even as the strings are stretching into shape. This little baby is loud and has the bright soprano sound I was looking for. A real pleasure to touch and fret, they feel accurate and intonation and chord pitch problems seem gone. I may sometime try the Hards, but for now I am very happy.
Strings aren't that expensive: so don't give up if you don't like what you have!
Best,
Craig Turner
My Kiwaya KS-5 has never quite filled my expectations. I heard others talk about how loud theirs was, but I never got that. I also had slight intonation problems, tuning problems, and there was something about fingering that never felt right.
I'm not sure what strings were originally on, maybe Fremont clears. I re-strung, in sequence over a few months time, with Aquilas, Fremont black, Martin and Daddario. Just never sounded or felt right to me and I began to think that soprano was not something I could manage.
But I just put on some Worth soprano/concert clear mediums (CM) and the difference was immediately heard, even as the strings are stretching into shape. This little baby is loud and has the bright soprano sound I was looking for. A real pleasure to touch and fret, they feel accurate and intonation and chord pitch problems seem gone. I may sometime try the Hards, but for now I am very happy.
Strings aren't that expensive: so don't give up if you don't like what you have!
Best,
Craig Turner