D'Addario EJ53C Pro-Arté Rectified Ukulele Strings, Hawaiian-Concert

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

I've been using these strings on my baritone for about a year. I play it a lot so they have lasted much longer than the Aquilla set they replaced. The sound is bright, clean and with good tone. My only gripes (which have stopped me giving 5 stars) is that they need retuning every time I play and I'm not mad about the clear purple colour of the two top strings. The bottom two are wire wound so are a white colour. I would definitely buy D'Addiario again if going for wire wound strings as other makes wear badly very quickly so need constantly replacing. I've just bought an electric baritone and am thinking about whether to try non-wound strings because of the tuning issue with these ones.

I've been playing these strings on my baritone (low D tuning) for about three weeks, and I can't say that I'm really that impressed. Even after that period of time, the B and E strings drift out of tune fairly quickly, and once you start playing, you need to re-tune after two or three songs. Sometimes you don't but that seems to be because all four strings have de-tuned more or less evenly. They seem more difficult than other strings to tune up using in the first place when using an electronic tuner, and when you think you've got them tuned, it turns out you need to tweak them some more.Sound-wise, they're very different to other strings I've played, and are much brighter, with a jangly quality to them. I'll keep these strings until they start to go, but with then revert to Aquila, at least on the unwound B and E strings.UPDATE: After less than two months, the G string snapped between the nut and the tuners. Just found it like that this morning. Not happy.

I fitted these for my Cordoba 24C concert.They were a great improvement on the Aquila Nylgut fitted on purchase and are great for strumming and thumb chord / melody arrangements where they give a really vibrant tone in the upper registers.However they are not so good for my type of fingerstyle playing where I used the fleshy part of my fingers rather than just the fingernail. The strings are a bit too thin to have the right response.Having said that, I generally use my tenor and baritone ukes for fingestyle. If you are into fingerstyle playing then I would recommend the D'addario fluorocarbon strings.

I Put these on a Bonanza Oreo Baritone and totally pleased with them.It's in G tuning - DGBE - and previously, with Worth Browns, the D was dull and droning.With these D'Addario Titaniums its crisp and blends with the other notes without that overpowering droneThere are two wound strings for D and G and two monofilament for B and EThe strings feel smooth and are very nice to play.Gradually staying in tune quite quicklyWill definitely buy these again

One of the original strings had snapped on my son's ukelele and rather than replacing one string - the whole instrument was restrung.It took the music teacher a while to restring as he said the strings can be a bit fiddly and one snapped and was unusable straight away which was disappointing. They aren't very thick but in hindsight, it might have been easier just to replace the instrument.