dasuol
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I recently tried out some Martin M600 fluorocarbon strings on a new ukulele. I noticed that they are getting terribly worn down, particularly at the 2nd and 3rd fret of the A string.
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I'm not surprised about the location of the wear, given how frequently those positions are fretted in standard chords, but I am a little surprised at how fast it has happened. It's barely been a month since I finished this uke and while yes, it is my current favorite and I have been playing on it a bit more often, I still don't feel like the strings have enough mileage on them to cause this much wear.
This is the first time I have tried these Martin strings, so I'm mostly curious if others have noticed anything like this. I've played with all sorts of other strings before and haven't ever seen anything like this, especially this quickly.
Fortunately, it still plays and sounds good. So at this point really I'm curious to see how much longer the string lasts. I might just wait to replace them until the A string inevitably snaps.
Photo 1
Photo 2
I'm not surprised about the location of the wear, given how frequently those positions are fretted in standard chords, but I am a little surprised at how fast it has happened. It's barely been a month since I finished this uke and while yes, it is my current favorite and I have been playing on it a bit more often, I still don't feel like the strings have enough mileage on them to cause this much wear.
This is the first time I have tried these Martin strings, so I'm mostly curious if others have noticed anything like this. I've played with all sorts of other strings before and haven't ever seen anything like this, especially this quickly.
Fortunately, it still plays and sounds good. So at this point really I'm curious to see how much longer the string lasts. I might just wait to replace them until the A string inevitably snaps.