Ramart
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I've restrung two tenors with Worth fluorocarbon strings, and the A strings on both are fraying a bit, with little "hairs" sticking out from the main string body, and the outer surfaces of the strings becoming a bit rough to the touch. The uke I restrung about 7 months ago has the most pronounced fraying; the A string of the one I restrung only a month or so ago also has began to fray after only a few weeks.
In both cases, the fraying is up between the nut and fourth fret, on the top/outer surface of the string, so the issue seems unrelated to contact between the string and fret or string and fingerboard. The E string on the uke that's had fluorocarbons the longest also has begun to fray a tiny bit.
I'm guessing this may be related to chemical reactions with skin oils rather than friction. Tuning, tone, intonation seem unaffected, even though I've pulled a few of the longer bits of shredding filament away from the string, completely detaching them.
Has anyone else had this issue with fluorocarbons, or specifically with Worths? Aquila Nylgut strings never frayed on me when I used those for equally long periods.
In both cases, the fraying is up between the nut and fourth fret, on the top/outer surface of the string, so the issue seems unrelated to contact between the string and fret or string and fingerboard. The E string on the uke that's had fluorocarbons the longest also has begun to fray a tiny bit.
I'm guessing this may be related to chemical reactions with skin oils rather than friction. Tuning, tone, intonation seem unaffected, even though I've pulled a few of the longer bits of shredding filament away from the string, completely detaching them.
Has anyone else had this issue with fluorocarbons, or specifically with Worths? Aquila Nylgut strings never frayed on me when I used those for equally long periods.