Features:

  • Optimized for Soprano Ukuleles tuned to GCEA tuning
  • Titanium monofilament material for brightness and projection
  • Preferred for their modern, projecting tone
  • String Gauges: Titanium .028, .033, .040, .029
  • Made in the U.S.A. for the highest quality and performance
The Best

The package of D’Addario EJ65B arrived today, and I immediately replaced my other strings, Cordoba, with these. After replacing the B string first and allowing for stretch, I began ringing it out with the old strings before replacing the other one. Instantly, the D’Addario’s sound on a scale of 1 to 10 was a 10+. Now that I have replaced all the strings, my $200 Cordoba baritone uke sounds like a more expensive instrument. D’Addario are masters when it comes to strings, bar none. These baritone strings come packaged extra long, which means there is plenty of room for wrapping at the bridge without worrying about short changing yourself when you wrap them at the peg head. Picking and strumming, at the same intensity as I did with the previous set of strings, the D’Addarios produce more volume, more clarity, richer tone, and easier string attack. This is the first review I have ever done for a product purchased from Amazon, and over the years I have purchased many different kinds of products from them. I always base my purchases on the reviews and if you do too, I hope my review convinces you to buy these strings, they are in my opinion the absolute best.

These strings add a great sound to my baritone uke

These strings add a great sound to my baritone uke. You do have to knot them at the bottom to string them through, but there are plenty of youtube videos to help with this. They really do have warm and punchy tone that comes out clearly. They do take a week or two of repeated tuning to get them to set where they need to be on your instrument. They will get less and less off key each time you tune them, until they sit at the right place. This is the only brand of strings I wish to purchase from now on!

Wow.

I took a chance on these without finding a good recorded example of their sound, and I'm so glad I did. I put them on my Kala PWT as soon as they arrived and they blow the old Aquilas out of the water. The tone is even, full, and simultaneously warm and bright. The tension is low and the strings are soft, so playing is a breeze. And the sustain is out of this world. The strings are completely transparent which allow them to blend into any color uke, and I'm no longer wishing I had gotten black ones. These class up the dark colors of the pacific walnut of my uke with an almost glass appearance. I was worried that these would make my uke sound too much like a toy (I wasn't sure what they meant by its placement on the "bright" end of their "warm - bright" scale), but they make it hum like a beautiful classical guitar. These strings with the Low G tuning matures my ukulele into a serious instrument that I can't stop playing; I can't recommend them any higher.

AmaZI(NG

Yowza ! I cant believe what a difference these strings make...I bought an inexpensive never heard of ...Tinnyn ukulele on Amazon...I did not like the strings...I put these on and the volume is so much louder and better intonation...not only that these are easier on the fingertips....they are thinner than nygut i dont think I will ever use aquila strings again ...and also the C string is considerably thinner and it does not drone on like the aquila strings..think your uke is losing some lustre...put a set of these on...you can thank me now

Work As Well As Aquilia To Improve Laminate Ukes

Replaced Carbon-Fiber Strings on my Enya Tenor, a very nice but inexpensive instrument. Sounded good with original strings, but wanted to see if D'Addario Nyltech strings could improve playability & sound like Aquila Nylgut strings do. Answer is an unqualified, "YES!" Strumming is marginally better, more warmth, little bit of tinniness is gone, sustain is a little longer. Plucking is significantly better, fingering is easier, sound more distinct along with above. Just to let you know Nyltech strings so need to be stretched. History says they will settle in in 3-5 days. You need to tune them, then pull up around top of sound hole to stretch them & tune again. Doing this a few times a day for that 3-5 days & they will hold tune pretty well. A little more work, but well worth the effort.

more like a steel gray

Really neat set of strings. To the few illiterates that gave 1-star reviews because these "aren't metal"...it's titanium FIBERS in the strings. You cannot string a uke with steel strings...it would hurt your fingers and break the instrument. Just read the item description! I've only played on nylon strings (both clear and black, for whatever difference that might make) so I wanted to try something else out. These piqued my interest. I wouldn't call them "purple" as the description does...more like a steel gray, but still transparent. Not a bright color, if anyone was concerned. The sound is lovely. Very present, bright, and no buzzing or the like (which I found with the nyltech's "punchy" sound) with a clean fall-off. Super long strings, too...if you're like me and have a tough time tying those end knots, you've got lots of leeway! It was an extra 5-6" I cut off at the end. All-in-all a unique and beautiful set of strings. Sounds great!

Nylon are great/ fluorocarbon are not

The nylon strings are much better than the original white plastic that come on the uke. These stay in tune in just a couple of days and look much better on the uke than the original plastic ones. These are translucent so you DON'T get that white line look running down the ukulele The sound is very nice and sustains well. I now have the nylon strings on both ukes, concert and tenor regarding the fluorocarbon I tried; I do not agree with the description of the sound of these strings and notes do NOT sustain as other non-fluorocarbon strings like Nylgut or even nylon

Can make a cheap uke sound fantastic

I put them on my young son's $30 Mitchell uke and they made this instrument sound like a significantly more expensive instrument. They are thinner strings too and are much easier to play for little fingers and thinner/narrower adult fingers so you can avoid buzzing strings and dull notes. I would recommend these strings to everyone who wants their cheap uke to sound significantly better and to female/child players with narrower fingers.

Great Sound

Bought a Kmise tenor because 1) it is a VERY inexpensive instrument online and 2) all I want it for is to have a low-G tuning option at the ready. (Side note: this hobby is so affordable!) I first bought an Aquila low-G strong and turns out that was a wound string - I had no idea, but the wound string squeaked during my finger movement and that strong resonated so much that the sound overwhelmed the chord with a constant humming. Bottom line: it sounded horrible, not to mention that the original Strongs on the Kmise tenor are no doubt not top quality strings, but there is no doubt that the wound low-G Aquila strong hummed because I could pluck the open string and that was the sound I was hearing during any card strumming. Once I realized that I didn't like the squeaking of the wound string I decided to replace all the strings and went with D'addario since I have those on my baritone, concert and soprano ukes and they sound great and stay in tune VERY well. Noticed an IMMEDIATE difference when I strung my tenor uke with these as 1) the squeak is gone and 2) the sound is greatly improved (no doubt this being a factor of also replacing the original string C-E-A strings with these high quality strings. Bottom line: I learned at a very low cost that I do not like wound strings and I'm a D'addario string guy - I'll stick with them as I now have consistent satisfaction with their strings on my uses.

I am in love with these strings

I am in love with these strings. I received my ukulele with Aquila strings, which is almost standard, and they are great as well, but these sound much better on my ukulele. I experimented with these and D'Addario's black nylon strings and I much prefer these. The black nylon just was too dark and warm for my ukulele and sounded a little dull, but they have a rich sound if you're interested in trying them too. The fluorocarbons aren't too bright, they are a phenomenal sound which is sweet and can be played loudly or softly. They're clear in both appearance and sound and are inexpensive while providing outstanding quality. I will most likely buy these strings again when they time comes, if not, it'll be experimentation with other fluorocarbon strings, not nylgut or super nylgut. My only minor grievance is that they buzz when plucked hard but I don't know enough to say whether it's the string set up or a feature of fluorocarbon. These take maybe a week to settle or so, from my ears at least. They sounded their best after that time and after they stretched. You will have to tune these for a little bit each time you play, but as I write this now, each string is holding its tune, save the C string which just requires a little tweaking.

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