About a year ago I purchased a Kamaka HF-2L (longneck concert) uke from HMS, and had it shipped with the factory Kamaka strings just to see if I might like them.
Well, I did not like them. The Kamaka strings were so hard they hurt my fingertips to play, and they sounded dull and lifeless to me, so I was a bit disappointed with my new Kamaka ukulele, and hardly played it at all in 2012.
I had some free time over the holidays and finally replaced the Kamaka strings with some Worth Clear Mediums, and WOW, I'm amazed at how much better my Kamaka sounds. The difference is freaking fantastic!
I can't get over how much louder the uke is now, and what a bright, clear, ringing sound those Worth strings produce. Now I can't get enough playing time on the Kamaka and I have got to learn some campanella style uke music! (I've already bought John King's book and his Bach CD.)
In addition to my chronic UAS, I think my first set of Worths might trigger a bad case of SAS (Strings Acquisition Syndrome).
Well, I did not like them. The Kamaka strings were so hard they hurt my fingertips to play, and they sounded dull and lifeless to me, so I was a bit disappointed with my new Kamaka ukulele, and hardly played it at all in 2012.
I had some free time over the holidays and finally replaced the Kamaka strings with some Worth Clear Mediums, and WOW, I'm amazed at how much better my Kamaka sounds. The difference is freaking fantastic!
I can't get over how much louder the uke is now, and what a bright, clear, ringing sound those Worth strings produce. Now I can't get enough playing time on the Kamaka and I have got to learn some campanella style uke music! (I've already bought John King's book and his Bach CD.)
In addition to my chronic UAS, I think my first set of Worths might trigger a bad case of SAS (Strings Acquisition Syndrome).
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