NYLON SAITEN

[doctor dick]

I would really like to know what brand of nylon string you think are good for the sopraan and concert ukulele.
There are only a few brands to buy in my country so, before I order strings in your country I need some information.
I can buy D\'Addario and Boston strings in Holland :roll: .
Greetings from Dick

[Spottdrossel]

I bought D\'addario black uke strings and I hated them.  \"De gustibus non est disputandum\" (you can\'t argue about taste).  They go for $4.95 at the local music store here.

Seasons Greetings!

Spottdrossel

[UliS]

Have a look at:  http://www.thomann.de/nl/ukelelen_snaren.html

Most players here prefer the Aquila Nylgut oder Martin Flourocarbon-Strings für Concert and Soprano-Size.
Beware of the GHS-Strings, i really don\'t like them.

[Spottdrossel]

Have a look at:  http://www.thomann.de/nl/ukelelen_snaren.html

Most players here prefer the Aquila Nylgut oder Martin Flourocarbon-Strings für Concert and Soprano-Size.
Beware of the GHS-Strings, i really don\'t like them.

100% agreed.  I hate GHS strings.  Martin Flourocarbon are my favs but I only use the original Pyramid strings on my Brükos and Martin on all the others.

Spottdrossel

[Guchot]

Have a look at:  http://www.thomann.de/nl/ukelelen_snaren.html

Most players here prefer the Aquila Nylgut oder Martin Flourocarbon-Strings für Concert and Soprano-Size.
Beware of the GHS-Strings, i really don\'t like them.

Agreed... no GHS at all. I prefer Aquila and Worth, which are very similar to the Martins.

[doctor dick]

Thank you for the response but my question was only for nylon strings. I have a lot expierence with Worth, Aquila, Risa and Fremont strings but I don\'t know much about the different kinds of nylon strings.

Are there peolple who have an opinion about Ko\'olau-Ukulele-Strings, Pyramid, Romana, D\'daddario or other nylon strings ?

Thanks for the Thomann link !

[Jan]

Recently I was playing a Flea soprano stringed with the nylons she came with, I believe Hilo Black Nylon. The uke sounded great and I wouldn\'t change the strings if it was mine.

On my tenor Fluke the very same strings sounded dreadful and I replaced them.

[Spottdrossel]

Are there peolple who have an opinion about Ko\'olau-Ukulele-Strings or other nylon strings ?

I bought Ko\'olau gold nylon strings before.  They aren\'t bad, but they only sound good on some ukuleles.  

Website
http://www.koolauukulele.com/strings.html

Sound sample
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVsY0cSzjgY

Spottdrossel

[losguidos]

hi doc!

i liked the a\'addarios, but only the pro arte ukulele strings (http://www.thomann.de/de/daddario_j92_concert_ukulele_strings.htm), not the black ones. the koolau gold nylon strings are also fine... and also the new koolau mahana nylons. the koolau nylons you can buy at mgm\'s ebay shop (http://stores.ebay.de/Musicguymics-Room/Strings-/_i.html?_fsub=10248&_sid=34517586&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322) and if the the delivery is under 20 euros you don\'t have to pay any tax, or vat. i never tried the new koolau mahana but some informations you\'ll find here (http://www.koolauukulele.com/newstrings.html). maybe also the hilo strings are worth a try... i have them but i never tried them  :oops:

greetings

[wwelti]

I found Galli strings very interesting. They are not exceptionally loud and don\'t have very much sustain -- they\'re relatively thin for nylon strings. However they sound very nice and intonate really well. And they\'re really cheap :mrgreen:

[Caruso]

I like the D`Addario J65 strings. I got them on my Flea. They work very well. The Ko´olau gold are OK, too.
The nylon strings I did not like were: Romana, the clear GHS (perhaps the black ones are a bit better) and some clear Martin.

[doctor dick]

Hello Jan: thank you for your respons

Hello Spotdrossel:\" I bought Ko\'olau gold nylon strings before. They aren\'t bad, but they only sound good on some ukuleles\".  ON wich Ukes they sounded good ?

Hello losguidos: What is for you the difference between the black and the clear D\'Addario strings ?

Hello Wellti: I once bought the Galli strings but they were not my cup of tea.

Hello Caruso: Thank you and hope to see you in Winterswijk !

[Spottdrossel]

Hello Spotdrossel:\" I bought Ko\'olau gold nylon strings before. They aren\'t bad, but they only sound good on some ukuleles\".  ON wich Ukes they sounded good ?

On a Lanikai LFM-Soprano and a Pono soprano.  They\'re good to use when no other strings seem to work.  A last try before ditching the uke!

Spottdrossel

[losguidos]

Hello losguidos: What is for you the difference between the black and the clear D\'Addario strings ?

I never tried the black ones for uke, but other people told me that they aren\'t reccomendable. The pro-arte strings sounded good on my Koaloha. The sound is softer than with carbon strings with less overtones, but still brighter than aquilas. Like everything it\'s a matter of taste and depends also on the playing style, or uke you use.

I\'ve tried a lot of guitar strings (wich you can buy also as single strings), like hannabach, pirastro, savarez, d\'addario ect... and some of them i really like. Also as low-g strings i mostly use a guitar d-string... my favorites for low-g are these two:

D\'addario Pro Arte J4604LP (light polished) Hard Tension
http://www.kreativmusicstore.de/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_87&products_id=1075

Pirazzi Studio Classics (Silver) Normal Tension
http://schneidermusik.de/shop1/product_info.php/cPath/397_1_399/products_id/52046?osCsid=d553d866f0ee01a68a1aad889a53ad38

Greetings

[doctor dick]

Hello Spotdrossel: thank you

Hello losguidos:Thank you for the information. I\'m first gonna try the D addario J92 or J65 because I can buy them in a normal musicshop. I know the sound is softer and \"shorter\" than with fluocarbon. But I really like the thicker strings, the lower tension and I hope it sounds more like the \"old\" ukulelesound.
\"Plong plong plong\"! :mrgreen:

I want to put them on my Kala Spruce-Maple Concert because I think that the Aquila strings has to little tone and when I put Worth clear or brown strings on it, it sounds to gently, like a harp.
What do you think about that ?