MikeR
Well-known member
I just changed the strings on my Pono Acacia Tenor from Ko'olau Mahana to Ko'olau Alohi strings and they sound great!
I only had the Mahana strings on for about a week or so and noticed, especially when playing with a friend on his Aquila strung concert, that it was super quiet. My friend's concert has a spruce top so that could be part of it, but I wanted a little more projection.
After doing some reading on the forums, I saw that acacia, similar to koa, is a warmer sounding wood and might benefit from brighter strings. Alohi strings are much louder and brighter. The only downside is I'm going to have to toughen up my fingers more to get consistently clear barre chords.
Any thoughts/opinions?
I only had the Mahana strings on for about a week or so and noticed, especially when playing with a friend on his Aquila strung concert, that it was super quiet. My friend's concert has a spruce top so that could be part of it, but I wanted a little more projection.
After doing some reading on the forums, I saw that acacia, similar to koa, is a warmer sounding wood and might benefit from brighter strings. Alohi strings are much louder and brighter. The only downside is I'm going to have to toughen up my fingers more to get consistently clear barre chords.
Any thoughts/opinions?