String Surprise

Paul December

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I bought a used Kala tenor for my nephew and had a chance to pay around with it before giving it to him.
It's a Koa laminate and sounds really nice, but definately a step below my Kala Acacia....
...except for the Low G, which sounded better on the Koa laminate, and had surprising long resonance. :confused:
As it turns out, all the strings on it were Aquilas, except for the wound Low G which was Hilo. To double check this effect, I swapped the G's between instruments, and sure enough it just keeps ringing.
I'm generally an Aquila fan, but wow the Hilo makes the Aquila G sound dead in comparison.
Anyone know if you can just buy G's by Hilo?
...also, how do the rest of the strings compare to Aquila?
 
:) Since there is no Hilo distributor in my area (Chicago) I was able to order from Bob at Pegasus Guitar and Ukulele directly.
To make it worth the shipping and effort I stocked up on half-o-dozen wound low G's.
IMO they really do compliment Aquilas better: more resonance & less boomy.
 
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