LifesShort
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Today, I found time to do a quick comparison of the new Aquila Red Series string to the Living Waters that I have been using. I did two quick videos; one of each string type. Please excuse the sloppy playing. For some reason, I get really nervous once the camera comes on. The LW strings are about two weeks old and sound very nice. I love the crystal clear, bell-like ring of the LWs. They also have rest sustain. They are definitely brighter than the Aquilas.
I really like the new Aquilas. They are much more mellow than the LWs. They are very stretchy when first installed. As stretchy as they were, I wondered if they would ever stay in tune. It only took a few minutes, though, to get them to the point where they would stay in tune long enough to play a little. I had only had them installed about 20 minutes when I made the video. I'm not a fan of nylguts, but I do like these. I think they are a little louder than the LWs.
The only negative for me is that they don't seem to have great intonation as you move up the neck. To be fair, though, they were still stretching when I did this. I'm sure they will get better in a day or two.
Enough talking. Here are the videos. The LW demo is first followed by the Aquila demo in the next message due to the 1 video per message limit.
Test of Living Waters ukulele strings
I really like the new Aquilas. They are much more mellow than the LWs. They are very stretchy when first installed. As stretchy as they were, I wondered if they would ever stay in tune. It only took a few minutes, though, to get them to the point where they would stay in tune long enough to play a little. I had only had them installed about 20 minutes when I made the video. I'm not a fan of nylguts, but I do like these. I think they are a little louder than the LWs.
The only negative for me is that they don't seem to have great intonation as you move up the neck. To be fair, though, they were still stretching when I did this. I'm sure they will get better in a day or two.
Enough talking. Here are the videos. The LW demo is first followed by the Aquila demo in the next message due to the 1 video per message limit.
Test of Living Waters ukulele strings