gustophersmob
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Howdy!
I'm fairly new to the uke, having picked it up in 2015. In that time, I've played two ukes consistently for more than a year: a Bushman soprano with Aquila (?) strings and a 1950's martin concert with martin m600 fluorocarbon strings.
I come from the guitar/bass world and on my steel-string acoustic guitars I consistently get 3-4 weeks of string life (assuming regular playing) before they become dull and lifeless. On my electric bass, I get anywhere between 3-6 months, mainly depending upon the string brand.
On both of these ukuleles, with different string types, they've been going for over a year and the strings still sound good to me. Its hard to say if the sound quality has deteriorated over that time, but they seem good. I'm a little surprised that they seem to last so long, especially as I play that Martin A LOT.
Is this normal? What string life do you folks experience? Since they're relatively cheap, I'm thinking about changing the strings on the martin with a new set of m600's just to see if I notice an improvement.
I'm fairly new to the uke, having picked it up in 2015. In that time, I've played two ukes consistently for more than a year: a Bushman soprano with Aquila (?) strings and a 1950's martin concert with martin m600 fluorocarbon strings.
I come from the guitar/bass world and on my steel-string acoustic guitars I consistently get 3-4 weeks of string life (assuming regular playing) before they become dull and lifeless. On my electric bass, I get anywhere between 3-6 months, mainly depending upon the string brand.
On both of these ukuleles, with different string types, they've been going for over a year and the strings still sound good to me. Its hard to say if the sound quality has deteriorated over that time, but they seem good. I'm a little surprised that they seem to last so long, especially as I play that Martin A LOT.
Is this normal? What string life do you folks experience? Since they're relatively cheap, I'm thinking about changing the strings on the martin with a new set of m600's just to see if I notice an improvement.