NoKaOi
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Strings - wound or un-wound low G; & brand preference, PhD, Living Water, Fremont etc
Two-parter here-
1. if you've tried both wound low "G" as well as the non-wound variety, which is your preference and why?
I have a very long guitar back ground & only a short, though mounting, period of Uke experience (I can feel the impending UAS coming as I type! )
2. Although obviously a highly subjective topic...I'm wondering for those who have tried multiple string brands, which is their favorite brand?
I am considering trying a low G set of Jason Arimimoto's polymer PhD's on my solid Mahogany Tenor Kala cutaway that currently still has the factory installed Aquila's. Also contemplating Ken's Living Water strings for that Uke.
I also have a custom Koa built by a Big Island luthier with a slightly shallow body (a little "tinny" sounding or "thin") that I'd like to deepen up a bit, and was thinking of giving standard Worth browns or Fremont Blacklines a shot(?)
I realize it's somewhat of a trial & error process, as I've spent decades modifying my guitar preferences -- for my acoustics, I fairly recently switched to coated (& far more expensive) Elixir strings, which made an incredible difference in length between string changes and overall sound! Certainly a different ball game when it comes to the much more sparsely changed uke strings.
Anyway, appreciate any input & advice anyone would care to share..
Mahalo
Two-parter here-
1. if you've tried both wound low "G" as well as the non-wound variety, which is your preference and why?
I have a very long guitar back ground & only a short, though mounting, period of Uke experience (I can feel the impending UAS coming as I type! )
2. Although obviously a highly subjective topic...I'm wondering for those who have tried multiple string brands, which is their favorite brand?
I am considering trying a low G set of Jason Arimimoto's polymer PhD's on my solid Mahogany Tenor Kala cutaway that currently still has the factory installed Aquila's. Also contemplating Ken's Living Water strings for that Uke.
I also have a custom Koa built by a Big Island luthier with a slightly shallow body (a little "tinny" sounding or "thin") that I'd like to deepen up a bit, and was thinking of giving standard Worth browns or Fremont Blacklines a shot(?)
I realize it's somewhat of a trial & error process, as I've spent decades modifying my guitar preferences -- for my acoustics, I fairly recently switched to coated (& far more expensive) Elixir strings, which made an incredible difference in length between string changes and overall sound! Certainly a different ball game when it comes to the much more sparsely changed uke strings.
Anyway, appreciate any input & advice anyone would care to share..
Mahalo