I run up on a guy on Ebay that has his strings custom made, and he started having them made for resale. He is in England, and been playing the Uke most all his life. He now teaches, and had these strings made at first to aid in teaching kids to play the Uke, because many kids would get confused with the string numbers. He found it easier to teach them "index finger on the green string" type of teaching. Anyway, I thought I would give his strings a try, and ordered a few sets. I put them on my daughter's Uke as I am teaching her. She LOVES the strings because they are "pimp" as she calls it. At first impression, these strings aren't too bad. They seem thinner gauge than the Nylguts I usually use, and they actually feel really nice on the fingers. My daughters fingers aren't as tough, and I find she practices longer because her fingers don't hurt so bad with these. They sound pretty good, maybe not as loud as Nylguts, but, I kinda like these strings. They look good on the little soprano Uke, and adds to it's character. I still think I like the Nylguts sound better, but want to have more playing time on these before I make my decision for good. But, I will keep the Nylguts for now on my good Uke, and let my daughter use these. I think I am also going to put them on my Banjo Uke too... So, looking forward in some play time on these to see how they measure up long term. But, the color thing is cute and fun.. I like these strings... I will keep spares of these around too.