Doc_J
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Savarez strings & low g completely change a uke!
Picked up a Kepasa Gypsy Rose tenor (Spruce top and Rosewood) a little while ago. It came with SouthCoast Mediums, re-entrant (one of my favorite strings). Now, I do not know the age of these strings, the uke is only a year old and it didn’t come them. But the strings intonated well, so I left them on.
Well, I tried to love it but I couldn’t with the strings that were on it.
Here is what the uke sounded like with the unknown age SouthCoast Mediums (reentrant):
https://www.box.com/s/dmjkuyw59r12usqcn0at
Well I decided to change the strings at least once. So, I put on Savarez strings, but I this time I went with Low g. (Thee formulation I used: Savarez Aliance 541-R, 542-R, and 543-R, for the A, E, and C strings and Savarez Corum 504R for low g.)
Very balanced across the strings, even the g.
Here’s what the uke sounds like with the Savarez strings (low g) on for 1 hour:
https://www.box.com/s/qbq01v50attj489ep5lr
Sounds like a completely different uke, doesn’t it?
I think the low-g and the Savarez strings made a big difference.
There really are some ukes that sound better in low-g, this I believe is one of them. This uke’s a keeper. The Savarez are staying on it.
Picked up a Kepasa Gypsy Rose tenor (Spruce top and Rosewood) a little while ago. It came with SouthCoast Mediums, re-entrant (one of my favorite strings). Now, I do not know the age of these strings, the uke is only a year old and it didn’t come them. But the strings intonated well, so I left them on.
Well, I tried to love it but I couldn’t with the strings that were on it.
Here is what the uke sounded like with the unknown age SouthCoast Mediums (reentrant):
https://www.box.com/s/dmjkuyw59r12usqcn0at
Well I decided to change the strings at least once. So, I put on Savarez strings, but I this time I went with Low g. (Thee formulation I used: Savarez Aliance 541-R, 542-R, and 543-R, for the A, E, and C strings and Savarez Corum 504R for low g.)
Very balanced across the strings, even the g.
Here’s what the uke sounds like with the Savarez strings (low g) on for 1 hour:
https://www.box.com/s/qbq01v50attj489ep5lr
Sounds like a completely different uke, doesn’t it?
I think the low-g and the Savarez strings made a big difference.
There really are some ukes that sound better in low-g, this I believe is one of them. This uke’s a keeper. The Savarez are staying on it.
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