Dan Gleibitz
Well-known member
TL;DR: Can anybody recommend some high-tension flourocarbon strings for my tenor?
Long version:
I recently purchased a Kaka solid mahogany tenor, and it's a great player. A significant element of this is the strings, which are Enya brand PVDF. They're bright yet sweet and feel great under the fingers. I swapped in the D string from a set of Martin M160 nylon guitar strings as a low G and decided I'd found my perfect string set.
But I can't buy the strings. No worries I thought, PVDF is just a fancy name for flourocarbon, so I bought the first set I saw - Martin M620s. Whacked them onto my other uke tonight, and found out how wrong I was. These sound... okay I guess, but nothing like the clear harp-like tone I was hoping for. And they feel awfully mushy and floppy.
So, where to next? I think I need some higher tension flouros. Any suggestions? Or should I skip straight to fishing line?
Long version:
I recently purchased a Kaka solid mahogany tenor, and it's a great player. A significant element of this is the strings, which are Enya brand PVDF. They're bright yet sweet and feel great under the fingers. I swapped in the D string from a set of Martin M160 nylon guitar strings as a low G and decided I'd found my perfect string set.
But I can't buy the strings. No worries I thought, PVDF is just a fancy name for flourocarbon, so I bought the first set I saw - Martin M620s. Whacked them onto my other uke tonight, and found out how wrong I was. These sound... okay I guess, but nothing like the clear harp-like tone I was hoping for. And they feel awfully mushy and floppy.
So, where to next? I think I need some higher tension flouros. Any suggestions? Or should I skip straight to fishing line?