I kept hearing what a difference good strings make, but to be perfectly honest, I doubted I would hear a difference.
I was perfectly happy with my two-year old strings that came with my ukulele. They stayed nicely in tune, and didn’t break when my 11 month-old yanked on them during a recent lullaby.

But, in the interest of blogging, I decided to shell out a whopping $6 (including postage!) for some Aquila strings from Dr. Clucks eBay store.

A good investment!

They arrived a scant three days later, in an envelope that looked like it was from a pen pal – hand written address with the words Aquila Strings scrawled across (presumably so I wouldn’t just toss it out with the other bills I don’t like to read).

Well, I am here to report… I was wrong.

I can hear a huge difference – there is a brightness in the tone that words fail to describe. It may be the best $6 I ever spent.

I stand corrected.

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Who is BeatNik???  BeatNik is a 21st century bohemian: animator, game developer, artist, and super ukulele geek! He also is a new dad, and owns and operates http://UkeCanPlay.com!