My sad story of the day

Hidden Character · Sep 23, 2009

So i was at guitar center with my buddy, he was looking for a guitar and i was looking for one of those Cajones. While I was there I was thinking of buying a new set of uke strings just in case my strings broke, but instead didn't believing that my aquila's were going to last for a long time. I just got home and guess what? My A string is broken T-T

Doctroid · Sep 23, 2009

Better buy a new uke in case yours breaks, too.

itsme · Sep 23, 2009

Well, that sucks.

I'm of the belief that you never, ever don't have a full spare set of strings around and maybe even more spares. It's probably too late to go back to the store and now you've missed an opportunity to play when you wanted to.

If you play classical guitar, you could probably cannibalize a nylon top E string to use.

Hidden Character · Sep 23, 2009

meh, i'll just go back tommorow morning and pick up a new set of strings for it, ive been wanting to replace it with D'addario's anyway

Duddles · Sep 23, 2009

Hidden Character said:
meh, i'll just go back tommorow morning and pick up a new set of strings for it, ive been wanting to replace it with D'addario's anyway

The D'addario strings sound simply amazing... If I ever go back to high g, I will never use anything but them, however, D'addario does not make a low g set of pro-artes, so I'm experimenting with other strings at the moment. :-(

ukulele2544 · Sep 23, 2009

Oh.. Sorry man...

JOEinSD · Sep 23, 2009

Better buy some luck while you can.

Sorry to hear.

Duddles · Sep 23, 2009

JOEinSD said:
Better buy some luck while you can.

Let me know where you can buy that! :iwant:

Kanaka916 · Sep 23, 2009

I always carry a set or two "in the event of". You just never know when you'll need 'em.

Hidden Character · Sep 23, 2009

See, what really caught me by surprise was of how fast the string broke. This was a new uke and everything, haven't even had it for a month and the strings were already broken. I got it from MGM and he said the uke was newly strung. I guess it just couldnt stand up to hardcore playing. (I've been playing Bandito Tyler and we all know songs like that can get really hectic really fast)

vahn · Sep 23, 2009

Duddles said:
The D'addario strings sound simply amazing... If I ever go back to high g, I will never use anything but them, however, D'addario does not make a low g set of pro-artes, so I'm experimenting with other strings at the moment. :-(

What are you crazy??? I only play with D'addario pro Artes low G... you just get either the normal tension or high tension pro arte classical guitar strings... use the high 4 strings... I am fairly certain they just repackage those for the uke pro arte strings anyway, using a high tension E classical for the high G.

I like for a tenor the hard tensions but normal tensions sound good also..

Duddles · Sep 23, 2009

vahn said:
What are you crazy??? I only play with D'addario pro Artes low G... you just get either the normal tension or high tension pro arte classical guitar strings... use the high 4 strings... I am fairly certain they just repackage those for the uke pro arte strings anyway, using a high tension E classical for the high G.

I like for a tenor the hard tensions but normal tensions sound good also..

No, I am perfectly sane. I said they did not make a low g SET, I never said it was impossible to create a low g.

itsme · Sep 23, 2009

Kanaka916 said:
I always carry a set or two "in the event of". You just never know when you'll need 'em.

Oh, yeah. It's just silly to drive a car without a spare tire in case you have a flat.

Duddles · Sep 23, 2009

itsme said:
Oh, yeah. It's just silly to drive a car without a spare tire in case you have a flat.

You gotta remember though, some people are driving with that spare tire on already.

Kanaka916 · Sep 23, 2009

Duddles said:
The D'addario strings sound simply amazing... If I ever go back to high g, I will never use anything but them, however, D'addario does not make a low g set of pro-artes, so I'm experimenting with other strings at the moment. :-(

For a low G, you can use D'Addario singles NLY028W or J4804. See this thread for more info about D'Addario strings (T-2 Titanium).

brickerenator · Sep 23, 2009

Get those D'Addarios!

uke5417 · Sep 23, 2009

How/where did the string break? I've done plenty of thrashing over the years, and the worst I've ever done to a string is frayed the windings. I'm curious.

specialmike · Sep 23, 2009

There are a few things in life that you know you will use. Strings are one of them. When you see them, just buy them. It's not like they have an expiration date, and believe me, it'll be better to have some then to not have any at all.

Citrus · Sep 23, 2009

I'm using the d'arrio's right now, prefer the aquilas. I've also never broken any strings, I can't help but feel that part of that is based on how the strings are attached to the instrument, my use knots and I think the hard I play the tighter the knots get and thats all.

flyingace · Sep 23, 2009

one more reason I love Worth Strings. Enough for two stringings in each set!

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