How long do aquila strings last

Peter Frary Well-known member. Joined Feb 21, Messages 1, Points I recently found an ancient set of D'Addario alto guitar strings from the early s. In those days the strings were individually placed in paper envelopes. I also have D'Addario classical guitar EXLs in their non-corrosive plastic from 5 or 6 years ago when our music shop closed down.

They look and sound like new. Joined Jan 28, Messages 2, Points A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to try some Aquila Nylgut strings on a soprano uke that had not responded well to fluorocarbons. All I could find in my stock drawer was a set of concert Nylguts that had been there for about ten years. They had originally been fitted to a brand new Ohana, whose owner preferred some other brand.

I decided to try them on the soprano, and they suited it much better than the fluoros. In characteristic Nylgut fashion, they took several days to settle, but now sound fine. John Colter. Jerryc41 Well-known member.

Joined Jul 4, Messages 8, Points Joyful Uke said:. Click to expand Joined Jan 14, Messages 12, Points 0. Strings will dry out over time.

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Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker on our website. Choice of classical guitar strings and technical issues connected with their use. I always string up my guitars with D'addario ej or ej, as a frame of reference, to analyze the sound of the guitar. I've always had great intonation with these strings.

But anyways, I was asked to string up a guitar I finished for a client last week with Aquila Nylgut strings. I really like the tone of them, but I found the intonation to be pretty bad on the B and G strings. Is this typical with these strings, or did I just get a couple of duds? I know that there is more going on here than just the strings, for example, how I cut the saddle, how much compensation did I use etc. I play intermittently, and when I pop my uke out of its case after a month, it's still in tune.

Not what I expected at all. Disagree with the comments suggesting they last years - they don't Play wear does happen, particularly notches forming from fret action - this can throw intonation off Add to that, the nature of the material tends to make them go brittle after a few months - that affects tone too and they sound duller.

They last much much longer than steel core strings, but still not forever. Most ukulele pros I know change them every couple of months if gigging regularly. Originally Posted by Bazmaz. Last edited by ukejon; at PM. Nah, I'll bet not, actually. That uke doesn't get a lot of play. While it's true strings last a LONG time, you're gonna have strings develop those divots underneath if you bang the crap out of them, which I tend to do.

And sometimes those divots can actually fray and cause some extraneous sound. I haven't noticed any real intonation issues due to just the divots, as those form pretty quick anyway. Jon has always had a nice touch on the uke though, precise and lighter, he relies on actual musician skills of all things! Worth or most fluorocarbon strings seem to hold up the best. Please help. They DO seem to sound louder… And they DO sound good when they are in tune but they are taking too long to settle down and stay in tune.

The Aquila Reds sound fuller and warmer without losing the attack of Nylgut and were a great improvement over vanilla nylon strings on our Tanglewod tenor and baritone as well as on a quirky skeletal electric tenor with piezo bridge and a rather less skeletal solid baritone with piezo.

They are tricky to install on some bridges eg Tanglewood which have anything resembling a sharp internal edge some Martins eg and often need a bit of cotton wrapped around them to take tension without breaking.

Very fiddly. Care is needed when threading into machine heads too. The wound Baritone strings have a short life. The winding is fragile beyond belief, and the first set started to fail within ten days iirc. With careful playing I can often get a month out of them, but substituting Martin wound strings cured the problem. But I do lap and polish the nut slots and fair our bridge saddles very carefully. Then a rub with a soft-ish pencil 1B or 2B deposits a smidge of graphite that seems to work OK.

The string was only 61cm long and kept coming adrift at the bridge end as I tightened it. My normal tenor strings are generally in the 90 odd cm range. Name required. Email Address required.