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Your cart is empty."AQUILA 68U THUNDERGUT - BASS UKULELE STRING SET - GDAE TUNING The Italian string manufacturer Aquila attaches great importance to tradition, but at the same time it develops its own materials, which offer advantages in everyday use. These strings convince by their tone, stability and intensity. Thundergut is a special, very dense and elastic synthetic compound that enables a far better performance than conventional polyurethane and silicone rubber strings. Thundergut strings are characterized by their fast and stable intonation. Very powerful sound. During tuning there is no excessive stretching of the strings, so they can be directly wound, eliminating the annoying pre-stretching that is common with traditional polyurethane and silicone rubber strings. Compared to silicone rubber, the strings are less "sticky"and are not too slippery. Furthermore, the strings do not twist as easily during playing as comparable strings made of polyurethane. FEATURES: - 1x String Set 68U ThunderGut Bass Ukulele - Tuning: GDAE - Scale: (18"-21") - All 4 strings from THUNDERGUT - Strings specially designed for Kala U-Bass and Ashbory Bass"
lmitchell
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2024
The e string is almost impossible to tune. Have to use a pliers. I have had these b4 and were ok.
Dan Murphy
Reviewed in Canada on December 8, 2024
They sound great
Michael
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023
Bought these because they are supposed to have better tuning stability. I have had to tighten the original strings on my use bass every time I take it out of the case for 4 years. So far after a few weeks that is not the case. I like the tone and the construction is better. Just not sure these will ever stop stretching.
Cliente
Reviewed in Italy on June 5, 2019
Sicuramente sono delle corde di ottima qualità che richiedono uno studio specifico per essere suonare. Sicuramente da provare
Evaristo
Reviewed in Italy on June 7, 2018
Ottime corde, e la terza muta che cambio con tre differenti tipi di corde, e queste sono decisamente le migliori, ho provato altre molto più costose ma non erano buone come queste. Le consiglio
Fester Bestertester
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2017
Great strings that feel and sound so much better than the original strings. Be aware that they take ages to stretch and settle down but once there they are a joy to play with the added bonus of no need for a dodgy looking packet of white (talcum) powder in the case to explain at customs ;-).
Lorestream
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2016
No point reviewing guitar strings - everyone has their favorites anyway. Well, maybe balanced tensions. But these are objectively better than what come on a Kala Rumbler Ubass. The tuning stability is far better now. My only complaint is with the Rumbler not having a backplate for restringing, which means my fourth string now has a nick in it from desperately sliding it around trying to find the freaking hole before I figured out the better way to do it. Thus the point of the review, for anyone with a Rumbler:The strings come knotted on one end. Knot the other end, then unknot the pre-knotted end, saving the little plastic ring on it, and slip it through the hole on top. It's much easier to get the string to come out of the soundhole than to come out of the tiny string hole.Grab it through the soundhole - some hooking tool, even just a pen or a marker with a bent clip, is helpful. Pull it up through the soundhole all the way, so the knot you made is what's holding it. This way, no part of the string you'll actually be touching when playing has anything rubbing against it forcefully.Slip the plastic ring back on and reknot it, using pliers to pull it very, very tight. Use force, and try to get the knot to rest in the same position as before if possible. Which can be a bit tricky.Then pull the string back up and string it, and the only nicked bits should be bits that don't matter.I should really buy another set now that I figured that method out, 'cause otherwise I'll be stuck with a nicked string forever, as these things, like nylon strings, last for freaking ever. Except there's no wound bits for grime to get stuck in, so even longer than that.
Ruth E Allen
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2015
They work fine and sound O.K. but they don't stay in tune as well as they said they would. That's no big deal because all of those kind of strings have a lot of stretch to them.
IH Kirkland
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2015
Just to say that these are a vast improvement in every way on the Fender Strings for the Ashbory bass - They stretch far less and settle in a week and they do not break (so far.) Sound just as good to me, though a little different and they feel less "sticky." After three months I can say they are much better than the original strings and I would always use these in preference.
Armando S
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2014
Serious Ashbory player -- and the Aquila strings gave me the resilient quality of the Pahohoes with the tone of the original Ashbory strings -- plus a sustain that last for days! A MUST for any Ashbory bass.
Sourdough Baker
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014
I put these strings on a 1/2 size classical guitar that I converted in a bass uke. They work great! I'm very happy with the feel and sound of them. I did have a little trouble installing them as per the instructions. The lowest string didn't to be stretched as indicated.
Chris Schooley
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2013
Why don't Ashboury basses just come with these?I know it's a lot of $ for a set of strings that aren't "specifically designed" for the Ashboury, but I'm sure glad I took the risk. They fit fine - and went on with out any "hacking" or major surgery like you see for some other uke strings put on Ashbourys since these have brass aglets/grommets/balls that hold a knot in the string and fit into the Ashboury bridge nicely. Also I did not need to zip tie the the strings to put them on - except.......I had one defective string. I think it was the A string. The brass grommet fell off. It looked like corrosion or a materials problem. It was not a big deal I replaced it with a zip tie and have not had any problems (minus 1 star, but I will buy again).I used these to replace the stock silicone strings on a Ashboury bass after one snapped (they do that). These sound better to me, they have a less "rubbery" feel (they are more spunky), aren't as "sticky" as the stock ones, and have WAAAAAAYYY more stable tuning. Also I don't have to use the Slyde-Ryte power that came with the bass - yay. They are like giant, unwound classical guitar strings. I think these have more string tension which I happen to like.They have brass grommets on one end that fit into the bridge, just tie a knot around the tuning peg. They actually stayed tied w/o zip ties (some strings need zip ties because you can't knot a stiff cord end that is that short). These knotted just fine and have a little bit of give, so there is enough friction to keep tied. To be safe I didn't clip the strings for a few weeks in case things stretched, but clipped them and all knots are fine.HINT: They don't stretch as much as silicone, so you might need more "wind" in the peg, but these strings are forgiving, so just re-tie if you have to. However, they will "dent" or "crimp" like guitar strings, so you will be able to tell where a knot was taken out if you tie it really tight at first.I guess this makes them less "reusable" thank Ashboury strings (you can't just take knots out and re-tie without some signs of wear), but since they don't snap like Si or go out of tune every 15seconds I am really glad I switched. This makes my Ashboury seem more a "real" instrument, and less like a toy.
shumagorath
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2013
These things are so thumpy on my ashbory bass (that little thing guild/fender made back in the day). So much better than the factory strings and easy to install and play. These are great strings.
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