Moore Bettah Ukuleles
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*****EDIT**** I intended to put a question mark after the post title, not an exclamation mark. I have not tried these strings yet.
Someone notified me that South Coast has come out with a new set of strings that could end my search for the perfect set. Has anyone tried these yet?
Here what Dirk has to say about them in his newsletter"
The newest set now available in Version 1.5 is the much anticipated ML-WB: the Medium Gauge Linear set w/ wound basses, or as they might be called "the Happy Mediums".
Once again, these aren't Mediums as in guitar gauges. They're aimed for typical tensions on the Ukuleles where Linear tuning is most popular, the Tenor and Baritone. And in fixed note tuning, most will want these in two popular tunings as well: C on the standard Tenor and B flat on the standard Baritone.
And so while these aren't guitar gauges, on the Ukulele another reason to call them "Mediums" is that there are no issues to overcome like too thin / too bright on Light Gauges or too thick / not responsive on Heavy Gauges. In both those cases we've managed those situations with the use of our mixed material approach, but with these strings, there's much less needed in that regard. Just balance for tension and tone and you're set to go. In a way, you could say that some of what we do with the Heavier or Lighter Gauges is to make them more like Mediums.
You may recall we used a thicker light density wound string for the LML 3rd -- it's not necessary here. The third string here is a Medium density (what else), so the thickness is more typical of what one would expect of a wound 3rd; a bit thinner than the 2nd, but nothing untoward - it feels perfectly normal. Compared to the ML-SWs, nothing in these diameters jumps out as thin or thick -- they are all what one would expect: mostly kind of "Medium" for their respective purposes.
The tensions are also even better balanced than before, so overall, the feel on this set is all you could ask for. The 4th string carries over while the other 3 change. In evening out the tensions, this set now has slightly more overall tension than the ML-SW, but nothing dramatic. It still ocupies a slot roughly in the middle between the LMLs and the HMLs. Oh, and the wound strings are both "virtually noise-free" as on all 1.5s.
To us, the sound is wonderful. Smooth - yet still somewhat bright. There is good balance in tone throughout. You'll have excetional clarity and separartion.
Someone notified me that South Coast has come out with a new set of strings that could end my search for the perfect set. Has anyone tried these yet?
Here what Dirk has to say about them in his newsletter"
The newest set now available in Version 1.5 is the much anticipated ML-WB: the Medium Gauge Linear set w/ wound basses, or as they might be called "the Happy Mediums".
Once again, these aren't Mediums as in guitar gauges. They're aimed for typical tensions on the Ukuleles where Linear tuning is most popular, the Tenor and Baritone. And in fixed note tuning, most will want these in two popular tunings as well: C on the standard Tenor and B flat on the standard Baritone.
And so while these aren't guitar gauges, on the Ukulele another reason to call them "Mediums" is that there are no issues to overcome like too thin / too bright on Light Gauges or too thick / not responsive on Heavy Gauges. In both those cases we've managed those situations with the use of our mixed material approach, but with these strings, there's much less needed in that regard. Just balance for tension and tone and you're set to go. In a way, you could say that some of what we do with the Heavier or Lighter Gauges is to make them more like Mediums.
You may recall we used a thicker light density wound string for the LML 3rd -- it's not necessary here. The third string here is a Medium density (what else), so the thickness is more typical of what one would expect of a wound 3rd; a bit thinner than the 2nd, but nothing untoward - it feels perfectly normal. Compared to the ML-SWs, nothing in these diameters jumps out as thin or thick -- they are all what one would expect: mostly kind of "Medium" for their respective purposes.
The tensions are also even better balanced than before, so overall, the feel on this set is all you could ask for. The 4th string carries over while the other 3 change. In evening out the tensions, this set now has slightly more overall tension than the ML-SW, but nothing dramatic. It still ocupies a slot roughly in the middle between the LMLs and the HMLs. Oh, and the wound strings are both "virtually noise-free" as on all 1.5s.
To us, the sound is wonderful. Smooth - yet still somewhat bright. There is good balance in tone throughout. You'll have excetional clarity and separartion.
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