Realistically, there is no best ukulele string for everyone. I love these strings on my laminate mid-range ukulele. The girlfriend thinks they are too harsh for her solid-acacia ukulele and she replaced her strings with flouro-carbons. If you read the ukulele nerd forums, you will see long discussions about ukulele strings and different people disagreeing about which strings are best even for the same brand and model of instrument. Bottom line is the best strings for you are a personal decision, based largely on what sound you like and what kind of music you play and what is your skill level. Strings are cheap enough and easy enough to install that, as soon as you develop a good enough ear to tell the difference, you may as well try a few on your ukulele and figure it out for yourself.
As with all ukulele strings, they do take a while to settle in. I had to tune them after every 15 minutes of playing for the first couple of days. Every 30 minutes for the next few days. Once an hour for the next week. After a month, I only have to tune them a couple of times a week (or when the room is much cooler or warmer).
Note that Aquila "New Nylgut" strings can come in either a brown package or a yellow package. Apparently, they are the same thing, but the brown ones are last year's version. There is a different darker brown package labeled Aquila "Super Nylgut" that is a slightly different formulation for a somewhat higher price. Most reviewers say the price difference is not worth it.
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Product information
| Item Weight | 0.212 ounces |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 4.5 x 4.5 x 0.01 inches |
| Country of Origin | Italy |
| ASIN | B00MXUJ394 |
| Item model number | AQ-4 |
| Customer Reviews |
4.6 out of 5 stars |
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| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Date First Available | May 22, 2010 |
| String Gauge | Light |
| String Material | Nylgut |
| Number of Strings | 4 |
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From the manufacturer
AQ-4 New Nylgut Soprano Ukulele strings set in High G.
Technical Specifications:
- Style: New Nylgut Series
- Size: Soprano Ukulele
- Material: Nylgut synthetic
- Composition: Plain
- Tuning: GCEA (High G)
- Units: Set of 4
Hand-Crafted In Italy
The New Nylgut Series of ukulele strings by Aquila were developed by blending three different synthetic components to make a composite material that sounds better and stays in tune better than standard nylon strings, but with the feel and playability of genuine gut. An added feature of this exclusive composite material is that is was designed to absorb less moisture than other strings; which greatly improves intonation and tuning accuracy.
The AQ-4 New Nylgut Tenor Ukulele strings have a density similar to gut, but provide an even more refined sound; eliminating the characteristic metallic-like tones often found in other synthetic designs. For the best sounding synthetic gut string for ukuleles, that still gives the player the feel of genuine gut, Aquila New Nylgut are the perfect choice!
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| Price | $24.08 | $9.89 | $12.01 | $6.75 | $11.95 | $11.24 |
| Style | Genuine Gut Series | Super Nylgut Series | Super Nylgut Series | Nylgut Series | Nylgut Series | Nylgut Series |
| Material | Genuine gut | Nylgut | Nylgut | Nylgut | Nylgut | Nylgut |
| Tuning | High G | High G | Low G | High G | Low G | Fifths |
| Units | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Set of 4 |
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| Price | $7.47 | $8.06 | $11.99 | $12.70 | $5.89 |
| Style | Bionylon Series | Bionylon Series | Red Series | Red Series | Red Series |
| Material | Bionylon | Bionylon | Synthetic | Synthetic | Synthetic |
| Tuning | High G | Low G | High G | Low G | Low G (4th string) |
| Units | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Set of 4 | Single String |
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| Price | -23% $6.75 Typical: $8.81 | -30% $6.99 List: $9.99 | $15.53 | $11.00 | -5% $13.28 Typical: $13.99 | $38.19 |
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| Sold By | Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Arkansas Musicworks | Amazon.com | Arkansas Musicworks | Zentra, LLC |
| instrument | Ukulele | Ukulele | Ukulele | Ukulele | Ukulele | Ukulele |
| string material | Nylgut | Nylon | Nylon | Nylgut | Nylon | Nylon |
| string gauge | Light | — | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium (Nylon) |
Strings Revived the tone of an old soprano
I installed these strings on a $5 ukulele repair project. Re-attached the neck, repaired a bad tuner, filed down the fret ends and added a new nut. Then I installed the Aquila strings; after a brief stretch-in period the old basswood soprano came back to life. Aquila strings have always been good reliable string replacements on my ukes; including this once-sad little Aloha soprano from Goodwill.
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Been having the super crappy First Act soprano ukulele for years now (don't look at me like that, bought a Makala concert in March, learned to play it and have since bought 8 more ukes, all costing MORE than $15 each, so there). Figured I'd put some decent strings on this painted red thing so my friends could have a uke to misuse while leaving my others alone. I woulda learned how to play ukulele long, long ago if I had known enough to put strings as good as these on it back then. This hunk a junk is now playable, didn't think that would happen. It has terrible wood, frets, tuners (one's hanging on by just one screw, like this for years), everything just sucks, but it now holds a tune for several hours and is louder and way less toy-like sounding. And incredibly, intonation is almost perfect, not sure if that's the strings though, maybe I fiddled with it and it accidentally helped. Kinda sounds like the Makala dolphins I've played but with less bass. They probably include these or very similar Aquila strings standard on alot of ukes now (like my Caramels). If you want the most badass strings on earth for an entry to intermediate ukulele get the Aquila supernylgut 103u's, they are fantastic. If your uke wouldn't really benefit from those kind of extreme dynamics, is really cheap or if you just want to save a couple bucks, these are very good, just don't expect the performance or super fast break in time of the 103u's.
These strings made my $15 uke sound like a $40 uke...
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2015
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