Aquila 72U Red Series Nylgut Single Plain 4th String for Ukulele Low G Tuning

I bought two of these after reading all the reviews here, to replace the high "g" on my soprano uke. (Aquila nylgut). I fitted one very carefully and gradually tuned it up to low "G". And? Very nice.It needed frequent tuning during the first week, but has now settled down. Nice sound . I'm really pleased with it.Oh, and it's red. The packaging sort of tells you that but it doesn't bother me. It sounds very nice.I have no way of knowing, but earlier versions of this string might have been of poor quality, but I wonder how many people here were tuning to high "g"?I have now ordered a new tenor uke and have ordered this Aquila Red to fit to it so will post a new review when I have tried it for a while.Meanwhile, highly recommended.Well, I fitted the Aquila Red to my new Lanikai Tenor uke together with Aquila Super Nylgut C, E and A strings and I've got to say it sounds pretty well perfect! Lovely sound, and the Red G blends perfectly with the other strings. Highly recommended!

I wanted so much to like these strings off the back of a lot of positive reviews but just like the rest of the Aquila brand strings these just do not work as they should. The G string went on easy enough - I was surprised how thick these are - with a strange texture (almost paper like). The sound was okay, however a bit too boomy, and you can hear your slides on the string a lot more than even a wound string (which is very offputting). Overall a 3* for sound.However within 2 hours the string spontaneously snapped at the nut. Value for money is a massive 0* given you have effectively lost a whole set of strings if you replace all at same time.I’ve installed thousands of strings over the years, and used almost every brand going, and there is no issue at the nut that caused this problem. It seems the issue is the string is very susceptible to breaking under any kind of pressure. I’ve had strings snap whilst playing, and Low G strings are notorious for this issue anyways, but within 2hrs and whilst not being played.. that’s a first.I’d strongly advise people to check the reviews of these strings before trying these. I used on a Mainland solid mahogany tenor ukulele. I suspect the issue of breakages is more pronounced in concert and tenor scales given the length and tensions involved.Try Worth Brown LGs, or Fremont Black Lines for high quality unwound low G sets, rather than these. Not worth the price for these.

My new ukulele came with high G fourth string which I found a bit confusing for my style of playing so bought this low G string. It has good tone and I like it. It is also not a wound string so has a very smooth action for glissando play.

Gives a deeper more melodic tone to your Ukulele. would have been a 5 star but the first one broke in just a couple of weeks. The subsequent one has now been fine for a few months, so no problems.

Brilliant. Suits my style of playing wonderfully.

This string snapped after being on my ukulele for 5minsYes! I did install it as advised and yes! it was tuned to the correct pitchI actually widened the nut to fit this stringI now use the Aquila nylgut “C” string for my low G having widened my nut to 0.98mm to accommodate it.It works very well for me and sounds really nice.I will add I am talking tenner ukulele here. As to whether it will work on the concert size could not commentYou will of course have two buy two sets of strings but they will last a long time.eUpdate to this reviewI am now using the Worth Low brown for my low G. BL-GI find this string a better option and a lot cheaper : It gives a well balanced feel and sound when used with the Aquila’s

Nice product, lovely sound on my tenor, had to file the nut slot a little to make it fit but that was easy. The string gives a lively warmth that balances out the tone of the bright loud Spruce Top and I even like the red colour, it goes nice on the Spruce and adds a little something, the are very stretchy so take a while to settle I'm about a week in and have played at least an hour every day and them seem just about settled in now.

I have recently started playing a tenor ukulele having learned on a concert size and wanted to try a Low G to get a more guitar like sound and to be able to play bass runs. Having a high G has always seemed strange as I come to ukulele from playing the guitar for many years. Having had real problems with wound Low G Nygut strings Only lasting about a week before the windings started to fray and eventually snap ! I decided to try an Aquila Red plain Low G and so far I am very pleased,the sound is good and nice and bassey. The strings have a rough feel to them probably from the copper oxide in them and are stiffer than standard Aquila Nygut strings.I did have to file the nut to accommodate the wider string but don’t think I will be changing back to wound. ***This is an amendment to my original review after using Aquila Red Low G on two of my ukuleles I have to be honest the strings have broken whilst playing and I have had 2 occasions where I have found the Low G broken when the ukulele was in the carry case ! I have since fitted worth low g strings to my tenner ukuleles which has solved the breaking problem but I must admit that the sound is better with the Aquila Reds ! It’s just a shame about the breaking ! problem.

Nonostante sia una corda bassa il suono è cristallino ed è ben equilibrato con le altre tre corde (anche se Super Nylgut e non Red Series). Prima avevo provato una low-G avvolta Super Nylgut, ma aveva un suono troppo sovrastante e rimbombante. Dicono che sia fragile come corda, ma ho seguito le istruzioni per il montaggio e dopo un mese è ancora OK.

Ich benutze für meine Ukulelen nur Aquila Saiten. Wirklich Top!

Barato

Attention, Il n' y a qu'une seule corde dans le paquet alors que je pensais en avoir acheté 4 (8€ la corde ça fait cher !) ? J'ai quand même voulu tester le son de cette corde dont les qualités sonores sont ventées mais elle a cassé bien après une trentaine de minutes de jeu 30 minutes de jeu calme (sans médiator) ! ?Je n'avais jamais vu ça. Cerise sur le gâteau, il est bien sût impossible de retourner l'article. Je vais donc retourner, dès sa réouverture, voir mon magasin de musique préféré pour acheter un jeu de corde complet pour le même prix !PS : j'ai été obligé de mettre une étoile pour enregistrer mon évaluation mais bien sûr c'est plutôt -5

My set of Aquila Reds came with a wound low G, which sounded fine, although not as mellow as the C-E-A strings, so I switched to this last night. Three notes:1) While a selling point of the reds is that the strings have a similar diameter and vary, instead, in density, the Low G is odd man out; this puppy is fat—larger in diameter than the wound string. I was not crazy about filing the nut notch, so instead I used the old wound string to “floss” the notch, smoothing it and widening it just slightly. This allows the string to sit on the notch securely, although I can still unseat the string easily, which is essential (see below).2) Search online and you will easily find a video Aquila made, showing how to install this string. It must be followed or you will snap the string, as the copper content makes it more brittle than a conventional nylon string. The key is to tighten the string OUT OF THE NOTCH, and to gently lift and stretch it along its length. If your ukulele is a high-end model with a “zero fret,” my guess is that you can bring it up to pitch in the conventional manner.3) Even after being brought up to tune, the string will (like all new strings) stretch and drop in pitch. To be safe, I have been unseating the string (put thumb under string at sound hole and gently lift and slide up to the notch to unseat), tuning, and then seating it back in the notch. As an indication of stretch, look at the machine head photo; on installation, this had about one wind, and now it has four or five.Other reviewers report this string popping in the case but, as I was careful installing, I am hopeful that it will be durable; time will tell.That said, the sound is wonderful: full, mellow, and consistent in tone with the rest of the Aquila Reds on my solid-spruce-top Hola! tenor. It makes this uke sound like I spent about $200-300 more for it than I actually did.