Hi everyone,
I am not sure if I am writing in the right section.
Anyway, I have a little problem and so I would need an advice.
I have a Fluke Tenor with wood fretboard and I installed on it a Living water High G tenor set.
I really love the sound. It sings quite nice on strumming and on fingerpicking but since I am exploring clawhammer technique and I do really love to "slur" notes sliding 'em, I found that that kind of string on this uke make slides on 1st string and 4th string REALLY muted (oddly if I slide 'em on 5th fret or higher slide is kinda ok... but if I slide 'em in the firsts 5 frets the sound is muted) .
No problem at all with 2nd or 3rd and I think probably is the thin-gauge of the 1st and 4th string that makes slides really bad.
Same problem with Hammer-ons and pull-offs.
I restrung it with Aquila Super Nylgut and with Aquila Red. The slide was a little better (nothing great btw), but I didn't like the sound of the strings on the Fluke Tenor, so I switched back to Living water, but that limitation is really bogging me.
I have also a Concert Fluke that I strung with Low-G aquila Red and sounds great and is ok with those techniques, but since is low-G (and I don't plan to change it 'cause it sounds so great) I can't use it with clawhammer.
I considered to buy a set of Worth Clear or Brown for the Fluke Tenor (on my Opio Tenor that has Worth Strings the slide/hammer-on/pull-offs are great... but again Low-G so no clawhammer)... but I see the gauges are the same of Living water so I don't know if it would solve my problem.
Has anyone ideas ? Do you know some kind of strings that are great with those techniques and has a good sound ?
Maybe is the Fluke Tenor size with the wood fretboard that isn't good with that techniques or what ?
Thanks a lot !
I am not sure if I am writing in the right section.
Anyway, I have a little problem and so I would need an advice.
I have a Fluke Tenor with wood fretboard and I installed on it a Living water High G tenor set.
I really love the sound. It sings quite nice on strumming and on fingerpicking but since I am exploring clawhammer technique and I do really love to "slur" notes sliding 'em, I found that that kind of string on this uke make slides on 1st string and 4th string REALLY muted (oddly if I slide 'em on 5th fret or higher slide is kinda ok... but if I slide 'em in the firsts 5 frets the sound is muted) .
No problem at all with 2nd or 3rd and I think probably is the thin-gauge of the 1st and 4th string that makes slides really bad.
Same problem with Hammer-ons and pull-offs.
I restrung it with Aquila Super Nylgut and with Aquila Red. The slide was a little better (nothing great btw), but I didn't like the sound of the strings on the Fluke Tenor, so I switched back to Living water, but that limitation is really bogging me.
I have also a Concert Fluke that I strung with Low-G aquila Red and sounds great and is ok with those techniques, but since is low-G (and I don't plan to change it 'cause it sounds so great) I can't use it with clawhammer.
I considered to buy a set of Worth Clear or Brown for the Fluke Tenor (on my Opio Tenor that has Worth Strings the slide/hammer-on/pull-offs are great... but again Low-G so no clawhammer)... but I see the gauges are the same of Living water so I don't know if it would solve my problem.
Has anyone ideas ? Do you know some kind of strings that are great with those techniques and has a good sound ?
Maybe is the Fluke Tenor size with the wood fretboard that isn't good with that techniques or what ?
Thanks a lot !