Sugar Series Ukulele Strings Tenor/Low-G AQSU-TLW

I play a Kanilea koa tenor which has a round, almost guitar-like sound. These strings give it a sparkle that I really like; fingerpicked melodies ring through a little more clearly, rhythmic strumming has more punch. With the clarity comes a need to be more precise; fumbles stand out more. For a uke like mine these strings are fabulous; for a thinner, brighter sounding uke they wouldn't be a good fit IMO.

I love the sound, but I snapped the Low G on my first installation. I think I tried to tighten it too quickly. When I put the 2nd set of strings on, I went slower, and they were fine.

These strings have a great windchime-like quality with how they ring even when struck softly. But you have to be quite gentle with them. After a few months of frequent playing in the summer, I had my first string ever break on me. It was this A string, on a sunny day, while the uke was sitting in my lap. Not even playing the instrument. I guess they're "made from sugarcane" so.. I'll get them again, but I'll keep them cool and indoors!

Installation was easy enough after watching a few YouTube videos. The tone was much different from nylglut strings. I played them for about one month. After the initial break-in, they held the tune well. One day I was playing and the A string snapped. What a shock! That was my first experience having a string snap.

Bright and Aquila is saying that the strings don't squeek. I say yes they do but only if you are finger style player. They should face up and simply say no worries. Simply take your instrument oil for wood and add to finger tips, otherwise you get the sweat sticky, grippiness which should be applauded for innovation. Easy fix! Not a negative thing!

Heard good things about these so I thought I'd finally give them a try. I never had trouble stringing a ukulele until now! What a crappy stretchy string! Wasted $10 and I'm P.O.ed! The A (1st string) kept endlessly stretching. With most strings you pull through the peg until taught, back off about an inch, go through the hole again and proceed tightening, everything is great. Then you bring them up to pitch again and again and so on until they are eventually settled. When I performed the usual method with these, I would run out of room because the string would stretch so damn much, it would be wound around the peg so many times that it would almost come into contact with the peg's collar nut. No room for settling!!! Okay, so I unwound, then pulled the string taught this time, wrapped it around the peg a couple times, then through the hole to lock it just in case it was slipping. Same damn thing! The string stretched so much that I again almost ran into the nut! Too many windings around the peg, AGAIN! The low G, C and E were manageable and I had no problem stringing them, but not the A! It snapped on the 3rd attempt without coming into contact with the peg's nut! I have a pretty good ear, but was also using a tuner and another tuned ukulele for reference. I did not over tighten or pull on the string to stretch it. I never pull on strings to force the stretch. Maybe it was a somehow defective string. I don't know. I've never had trouble stringing anything before, not even with my first attempt on my first guitar 50 years ago! I just strung another ukulele with a set of low G D'addario flourocarbons and had absolutely no problem without any need for readjusting. I string ukuleles quite often I sell them! I wish I could get my money back! These are going into the garbage can! I may as well have lit my $10 on fire!

I have purchased Aquila strings for years and these seemed like an excellent buy: Low G included and eco-friendly. It was a $15 mistake. The strings were difficult to knot under on a tie-bar bridge and now that they are finally installed, stretched and tuned, they are NOISY. I have never purchased ukulele strings that make this much noise, and these Sugar strings are advertised as "squeakless"! Aquila recommends putting lotion on your fingertips to tame the squeak which I am not doing. I have always gone out of my way to make sure my hands are clean when I play. I'm not going to put a substance on my hand that is detrimental to the fretboard. I recommend avoiding these strings.

The sound is amazing

quite simply the best strings, i have used, and i have tried them all

I love these strings, they have warm and alive sound, also very bright with great sustain. My only concern is how long they last, because I feel already little marks under the A string after 2 weeks regular playing. They are squeaking a little bit but it is hardly audible and does not bother me at all.

I restrung my Paisen tenor with the Aquila sugars, after watching a video about all the Aquila strings. I already restrung my blue concert Enya uke with the Aquila Reds low-G, and loved them. People seem to either love or hate the Reds, and the reason for hating is because they snap early. The Sugar A string did snap on me when I was stringing it. However there was enough length to try it again with a bigger knot, so it may have been my own fault for only tying it once. Double knot it. Also do not be too aggressive to get the strings tuned in. Give it some time. That is the only reason I subtracted a star. Compared to the original strings, the Sugars have a really good sustain, and good bass on the low G. They feel good on the fingers, and overall give a really full sound on my tenor.

Ich habe die Ukulele frisch mit den Saiten bezogen und wollte darauf hin die Standard GCEA-Stimmung (tiefes G) einstellen - ich habe nicht mal die A-Saite geschafft, kurz nachdem das Stimmgerät endlich ein A-flat angezeigt hat, ist mir die Saite prompt in der Hand gerissen, kurz hinter dem Befestigungsknoten für die Brücke.

Very nice crisp clear sound. Quite high tension . Was scared to tune my tenor up so took it slowly!! But worth it.