AquilaAquila Nylgut Soprano Ukulele strings (key of C) AQ-4U

What more can you say Aquila come on most stinged instruments

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!

I bought a cheap ukulele from a local music shop that was closing down, for £15. I play drums and bass but wanted a more portable, acoustic instrument for summer campfires & beach parties etc.The strings that it came with were cheap and very easily went out of tune - I realise you have to retune frequently with new strings, but even so - three or four days later after daily tuning, the strings would still be a tone out. I wondered about new strings but thought it wouldn't be worth it on such a cheap, non-serious instrument. I was pleasantly surprised when I found these for £6 - after reading many good reviews on Amazon I just bought them.They arrived promptly, and are in colour coded plastic wallets which was handy.Out with the old, in with the new - the quality was a noticeable step-up from the originals, even before I'd put them on. Easier to 'install' than the originals, as I practiced restringing with them beforehand.I tuned it around every hour or so after restringing, for a few hours. Left overnight, they were quite out by morning, but once tuned again, they stayed in tune fairly well. The next day, they only needed minor adjustments to put them in tune again - so a fantastic improvement over the originalsAnyway, in summary, they sound better, feel better to play, look better (quite a solid white as opposed to the quite see-through nylon originals), stay in tune better, and I can be confident that when I pick up my uke after days without playing it, that it will be pretty much in tune. Highly recommended!! :)

I chose these strings as the reviews seemed consistently good. I am not qualified to rate them as I don't know anything about this type of product.As a beginner at renewing strings, I got confused regarding the order of the strings. Each of the 4 strings is in its own plastic bag and has a coloured sticker. This where I hit a problem! I knew the order of the strings, it's on the packet. But what I didn't understand, even after a lot of Google searching, was if the red string should be at the top or the bottom? So I contacted the supplier, omega.music, for help.Their reply was clear and concise, so I will put it on here as it may help you.Hi MikeAs you look down at the ukulele, you will have a thin string first, then second is the thickest one in the pack - which is the green. So, if you ever forget which way around it goes, put the thickest string second as you look down in your playing position (i.e. with the headstock pointing left!)So, when you look down as playing, you'd have white, green, blue and then red.Does that make sense?It sure did! Well done omega.music.I had the new strings on in about an hour thanks to "How Too's" on the internet. Be warned, not all Instructors or instructions are clear. I just took the best bits from what I found and got the job done. By the 4th string, it was all so very easy.I was also helped because I had a Winder for tightening the strings and a Tuner for obviously tuning the strings after fitting.