Aquila corde armoniche New Nylgut, Ukulele, Soprano Regular Ukulele Strings

One of the best strings I have used so far. I definitely recommend them.

These ukulele strings transform a cheap uke into a lovely-sounding uke. I would suggest replacing all the cheap strings you usually get with budget ukes and you will hear the difference straight away. I have a couple of packets for spares and have persuaded a few friends to invest in Aquila strings. A good sign of quality is that more expensive ukuleles often come with Acquila strings fitted. They really are the best. If you are confused which strings to get (as there are different types of ukulele and various tuning): 4U Regular GCEA fit the traditional soprano size ukulele (most starter ukes are soprano) and are for traditional 'island tuning' (meaning the G is high not low gCEA). If you are unsure, you probably want these ones!

I have a Stagg US60s soprano ukulele which I bought, 2nd hand, a couple of years back. It has a solid spruce top - which is thinner and more refined than the current version of the same model (from direct comparison) - with mahogany back and sides and is comparatively resonant and sweet sounding, and certainly far more lively than the cheap all-laminate ukes we have at the school I work in. My uke came with black nylon strings, of unknown make.The thicker, white Aquila Nylgut strings took quite a while to settle in and hold their tuning but the difference in tone was immediately clear; warmer, louder and more rounded sounding and possibly even more comfortable to play. Unfortunately, the new strings also changed the intonation so that the A string, which had sounded a spot-on octave (to my ears, anyway) at the 12th fret with the old nylon strings, now played as much as a quarter tone sharp. I persisted for a couple of weeks, enjoying the sound of the new strings, until I got fed up with everything above the 5th to 7th fret sounding out of tune with the open strings. I have now taken off the Nylguts and put my old strings back on while I investigate other options; my uke sounds noticeably tinnier, quieter and 'closed' by comparison with the sound with Aquilas fitted but at least it is in tune with itself.It might be that I got a rogue set of Nylguts but I had read other reviewers claiming that their ukes' intonation was improved by fitting them, which does suggest that they tend to pitch differently from nylon strings. Or maybe my ukulele just has poor intonation and I was lucky that the strings it came with somehow compensated for it...?In conclusion: These Aquila Nylgut strings should bring out the very best sounds from your ukulele but they could also affect the intonation (tuning), for better or worse. However, if you are a beginner, strumming chords using only the first few frets, the problems I encountered probably won't matter anyway; I am an experienced guitarist who is so delighted to find an instrument which offers a whole octave within the span of my left hand that I tend to twiddle about with the high notes.Happy playing!

Having decided to teach myself ukulele, I bought an entry priced uke and started to learn how to play it. It never sounded as nice as I've heard other people play so thought I was just a bad player! A friend suggested I replaced the strings with some Aquila strings so I bought these. I googled how to change them and did it without any trouble. What a difference the sound makes! It's sounds like a much more expensive uke. It's really inspired me to practice more and more as it sounds so much nicer now . If you've bought yourself a cheap uke and aren't very impressed with it, try changing the strings to these Aquila strings. You'll be amazed at the difference in sound.

The colour coding on each string helps, but I still had to use Google to help me work out which string goes in each position! The strings are longer than the cheap strings already on the Ukulele that I was replacing so I cut these to match. Big mistake! The strings would have been OK at that final length if trimmed once on, but cutting them first didn't provide me enough length to tie at one end and thread through at the other. Result - I've ordered myself another pack of strings!

Like most people, I suspect, I bought these strings after buying a standard ukulele to learn on, then when I got more confident with my playing, I decided I needed to either buy a better uke or get better strings. After reading the reviews for these strings, I decided to go for the cheaper of the two options. They arrived as described, and promptly. They are clearly good quality, and I cannot fault them in any way.But - and it is a BIG but - I would only recommend these to someone confident in restringing instruments, who knows exactly what they are doing. After watching several online instrutional videos on restringing ukuleles, I felt reasonably confident that I could do it myself, by laying out my ukulele in front of the computer and following the instructions step by step. How wrong I was.I followed the instructions to the letter. I tied off the strings extra carefully, following the instructor's knots exactly. However, I am left with a ukulele that needs retuning approximately every four seconds, and I know if I try to buy new strings I will have the same issues all over again.So for novices like me, beware - it might just be easier, cheaper and less frustrating to buy a new uke.