Pippin
Well-known member
Okay Ladies and Gents...
I received a CASE of new Nylguts from Mimmo of Aquila. This weekend, I'll be stringing up a BUNCH of ukes and doing some video tests to give everyone in idea of what these things can do for your uke of choice.
One thing I can say already. I did string up one uke last night... I just had a short time before dinner...
On the Oscar Schmidt OU280SWK, their top-of-the-line, solid Hawaiian Koa concert uke, the strings went on quickly. I cranked forever to get them to concert pitch, then, they settled into place and held tune much faster than the old Nylguts. I did not experience any squeaking with the strings. Of course, I did not get much time on the uke when the "pizza" arrived and my wife dragged me to the table.
So... at very first impression... they stretch a lot less and settle a lot faster. They are not as "milky" in color. They don't squeek as much. They sounded great.
I also have a lot of their "bio" strings here and will be testing those on a few ukes as well.
The new Ohana "Vita" reproduction will be here this afternoon and I'll be putting new Aquila strings on that uke, too.
Videos will start going up this weekend.
I received a CASE of new Nylguts from Mimmo of Aquila. This weekend, I'll be stringing up a BUNCH of ukes and doing some video tests to give everyone in idea of what these things can do for your uke of choice.
One thing I can say already. I did string up one uke last night... I just had a short time before dinner...
On the Oscar Schmidt OU280SWK, their top-of-the-line, solid Hawaiian Koa concert uke, the strings went on quickly. I cranked forever to get them to concert pitch, then, they settled into place and held tune much faster than the old Nylguts. I did not experience any squeaking with the strings. Of course, I did not get much time on the uke when the "pizza" arrived and my wife dragged me to the table.
So... at very first impression... they stretch a lot less and settle a lot faster. They are not as "milky" in color. They don't squeek as much. They sounded great.
I also have a lot of their "bio" strings here and will be testing those on a few ukes as well.
The new Ohana "Vita" reproduction will be here this afternoon and I'll be putting new Aquila strings on that uke, too.
Videos will start going up this weekend.
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