Pippin
Well-known member
Ken Middleton recommended that I put some Martin fluorocarbon strings on a couple of my ukuleles and I was ordering a new saddle for an old guitar from Elderly, so, I added three packs to the order.
I put the new strings on the Ohana SK-38, the aNueNue Vision 1879, and the Oscar Schmidt OU280SWK (solid Koa concert).
On the Ohana, the uke really sounded fantastic! The tone was clear and sweet. The aNueNue Vision 1879 is a Nunes vintage copy and sounded great anyway, but with the new Martin strings, it was louder and sweeter. What a wonderful instrument. The Oscar Schmidt came with Aquila Nylguts on it and they sounded pretty good, better finger-picked than hard strumming. With the Martins, the OU280SWK sounded sweeter than it did before, but the volume dropped a lot. I figured that it would, but, I wanted to give it a shot just to find out to what extent.
If you have not tried the Martin fluorocarbons, give 'em a shot. On soprano ukes, they made a big difference.
http://elderly.com/accessories/items/M600.htm ($4.55 USD)
I put the new strings on the Ohana SK-38, the aNueNue Vision 1879, and the Oscar Schmidt OU280SWK (solid Koa concert).
On the Ohana, the uke really sounded fantastic! The tone was clear and sweet. The aNueNue Vision 1879 is a Nunes vintage copy and sounded great anyway, but with the new Martin strings, it was louder and sweeter. What a wonderful instrument. The Oscar Schmidt came with Aquila Nylguts on it and they sounded pretty good, better finger-picked than hard strumming. With the Martins, the OU280SWK sounded sweeter than it did before, but the volume dropped a lot. I figured that it would, but, I wanted to give it a shot just to find out to what extent.
If you have not tried the Martin fluorocarbons, give 'em a shot. On soprano ukes, they made a big difference.
http://elderly.com/accessories/items/M600.htm ($4.55 USD)