Ukecaster
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I had a set of Martin M600 on a mahogany soprano, and wanted to try Worth Browns, so I strung her up. The Worth BM sound is a bit mellower to me, and seems to have slightly less volume. But, something also felt different. I checked the string gauges: the Worth G was 1.8% thicker, Worth E was 3.6% thicker, Worth A was 7.3% thicker...but the Martin C string was 16.8% thicker! I guess that's what felt so different to me, that much fatter C string in the Martin set, which I think I like better, and will be going back to on this uke. Worth Clear and Brown both have same gauges.
Not sure if tension is different: Martin says tension is 35.4; the Worth just says Medium.
BTW, I noticed that when I have string breakage, it always seems to be the A string, so I grabbed a roll of Seaguar blue label flouro fishing line, works perfect as an A string. Diameter is .020", M600 is .0191 and Worth is .0205. With this roll, I'm set for life!
Sorry for getting all string OCD on ya!
Not sure if tension is different: Martin says tension is 35.4; the Worth just says Medium.
BTW, I noticed that when I have string breakage, it always seems to be the A string, so I grabbed a roll of Seaguar blue label flouro fishing line, works perfect as an A string. Diameter is .020", M600 is .0191 and Worth is .0205. With this roll, I'm set for life!
Sorry for getting all string OCD on ya!
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