mendel
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I have been playing my Donaldson "Hugs and Kisses" Uke for a while now and I absolutely love it. I want to preface tho discussion by saying that the sound quality issue I am experiencing is attributed solely to the strings I am using right now.
I recently changed the strings from Fremont blacklines (medium) to Fremont Blacklines (Heavy).
The strings I have on now project more and sound louder, but I am experiencing a few issues:
1. The PegHead tuners do not seem to hold tune with these strings very well. As a result, when I play for a while, I have to retune them. I also have to retune every time I pick the uke up day to day.
2. The strings seem to give a more "hollow" sound than I am used to.
3. The instrument sounds tinny, if that makes any sense.
I plan to change back in the near future, but I wanted to know if perhaps I did something wrong, as I have never played heavy strings before.
Any insight or tips are appreciated.
Mendel
I have been playing my Donaldson "Hugs and Kisses" Uke for a while now and I absolutely love it. I want to preface tho discussion by saying that the sound quality issue I am experiencing is attributed solely to the strings I am using right now.
I recently changed the strings from Fremont blacklines (medium) to Fremont Blacklines (Heavy).
The strings I have on now project more and sound louder, but I am experiencing a few issues:
1. The PegHead tuners do not seem to hold tune with these strings very well. As a result, when I play for a while, I have to retune them. I also have to retune every time I pick the uke up day to day.
2. The strings seem to give a more "hollow" sound than I am used to.
3. The instrument sounds tinny, if that makes any sense.
I plan to change back in the near future, but I wanted to know if perhaps I did something wrong, as I have never played heavy strings before.
Any insight or tips are appreciated.
Mendel