grandpoobah
Well-known member
I'd post this in the reviews, but I'm not going into a mess of detail..
I just got a some revised aquila red strings in the mail to try out. Long story short, they are excellent. They are less stretchy than the first batch and hold their tune after only an hour or so. They also fell a lot closer to the regular strings as far as tension goes.
I've never been a real low G player, but these have changed my opinion a lot as they dont have the drone that a wound string does. I only found low G tolerable on a tenor since it can easily handle a non-wound low G.
With the new Aquila I am actually rocking out on a soprano. Country and Bluegrass are particularly fun since you can do a lot of bass walking between chords. Finger picking also takes to this string really well. I highly recommend these and predict I will be dealing with UAS over a low-g soprano setup.
I'll try to throw a video review up in the appropriate forum once I have a little more time with these bad boys. But seriously, its a minor investment to buy a string, and its hours and hours of fun.
I just got a some revised aquila red strings in the mail to try out. Long story short, they are excellent. They are less stretchy than the first batch and hold their tune after only an hour or so. They also fell a lot closer to the regular strings as far as tension goes.
I've never been a real low G player, but these have changed my opinion a lot as they dont have the drone that a wound string does. I only found low G tolerable on a tenor since it can easily handle a non-wound low G.
With the new Aquila I am actually rocking out on a soprano. Country and Bluegrass are particularly fun since you can do a lot of bass walking between chords. Finger picking also takes to this string really well. I highly recommend these and predict I will be dealing with UAS over a low-g soprano setup.
I'll try to throw a video review up in the appropriate forum once I have a little more time with these bad boys. But seriously, its a minor investment to buy a string, and its hours and hours of fun.
