M630

Bought my son a Kala baritone uke last Christmas. The string set that came on the uke looked OK but the wound strings deteriorated fast. First, the windings looked shiny over the lower frets, then it became apparent that within a week of my son having this uke, playing it a lot, that the windings were breaking up over each fret - and becoming uncomfortable to play.I wanted to try out those Aquila Red Series strings - so I bought the baritone set. The unwound strings looked strange in red but sounded great.However, the wound Aquila Red series strings ALSO began to fall apart over the low frets (the most fretted region) within 2 weeks. I was quite cheesed off as these were expensive strings. I checked the frets - but they are all super smooth and shiny - so not at fault.I own loads of guitars and quite a few ukes so I know to change strings - and read the Aquila Red series special instructions for fitting them - this failure is not because of that.Anyway, I bought the Martin baritone set to try out - and immediately put on the wound strings, but left on the Aquila Red unwound 1st & 2nd strings.Such a difference ! The Martin wound strings have lasted really well. I just bought a new set of Martins and changed all the strings, early November. The first set of wound Martin strings were actually still surviving well BUT my boy was playing in a school concert on his uke - so I wanted a new set of strings on it, so it sounded the best, without the risk of embarrassing string-breakages on the day. The clear unwound strings sound almost as good & loud as the Aquila Red unwound strings to me, but my son (now 9.5yrs old) didn’t notice the difference.If you look at various brands for baritone strings, you will find the composition of the wound strings varies a lot. I think Martin’s choice of steel wound for the 4th string and aluminium wound for the 3rd string (hope I’ve got that right !) is the best choice in the end, even if for a 4 string set, having 3 types of string doesn’t sound a great idea. The do work well, sound great AND last really well.

Although given 5 stars, like a previous reviewer, these were packed in the wrong packets. It was obvious when you looked at what should be the thickest string in the C packet but once sorted in the right order these strings are excellent. Much more resonant than any other string I’ve used, especially Aquillas. Also nice and comfortable on the fingers. It just needs the suppliers to send them in the correct packets

Fantastic !!! - A crisp and brilliant sound on my Ohana Concert CK20 - settled in quickly and great value to boot.I think a lot Brighter, Lighter and Thinner than Aquila's.Considering changing my other Uke's over.A must - Give them a try

These are decent strings for a ukulele and relatively easy to put on (stringing isn't the easiest of art forms!). We had a problem with one of the strings on the first set, which might or might not have been our fault, but we bought some more and they were all fine.

I bought these to replace utterly horrid sounding Aquila strings which sound nasal, dead and chords sounds completely out of tune. The notes from these strings really jump out of the sound hole. Power chords sound great with these baritone stings. Only issue is uke needs to be re-tuned after a few minutes play. So, they seem to stretch a lot but then they aren't steel.

Just put these strings on my Baritone Uke, what a difference in tone and sound completely !! Fantastic, i love them ! Will be buying them for my other Ukes when they need changing. If they last as other people say they do, i will be well impressed !!Thanks very much.

I'm happy as Larry with these strings, they're on my baritone uke and it sings with these on,I'd buy them again.

These strings are a bit lighter in gauge than the other brands currently in vogue and are thus better with ukes equipped with friction pegs as they impart less "pull" on the pegs.The tone is every bit as good as best of the other brands, (they are what Martin fit to their ukes at the factory) and a good bet for any uke player who wants a lighter string.Highly recommended.

Die besten Saiten, die man einer Ukuele aufziehen kann.Ich habe sie auf meiner Sopranukulele von Makala und auf der Konzertukulele von Flight.Auf beiden klingen sie wunderbar.

To summarize my review, which is kind of long: I love these martin strings on my 3 ukuleles. I cannot imagine putting any other strings on them. However, so far I have only tried Aquilas, these Martins, and whatever factory/stock strings strung on my ukuleles.Now my novel of a review begins. It is a story filled with discovery, love, bad decisions, regret, hope, reunion, a happy ending, and opens up for the unknown future. I hope you read it all, because I kind of have gone from a total ukulele noob to kind of a more knowledgeable and experience player, and I hope that my review will give you some insight into your own preference of strings.My first ukulele was a cheap Makala MK-P. It was $47 from Austin Bazaar fulfilled by Amazon. I knew that factory strings on this uke was terrible, and ordered a separate set of strings with it. From what I've researched online, people everywhere rave about the Aquila strings. However, being a cheapo, I got this Martin M600s because it is almost half the price of a set of Aquila. Since the order was over $25, the Martins qualified as an "add-on" item.I loved my Makala - it played perfect, and with the M600 strings it had a wonderfully sweet, bright, and clear sound, despite being all laminate.Fast forward 1 months - I now own 3 more ukes: Kala ASLAS (Solid lacewood with solid spruce top), Kala GACT (golden acacia concert travel/thinline), Pono MS (mahogany soprano). With two more on the way: Kala Solid Acacia Tenor, Islander Acacia Tenor. I bought all these from HMS - the Kalas all came with Aquila strings and HMS offers an extra set at discounted price that I usually get. So I have a bunch of Aquila strings.The above paragraph basically leads to - now all my ukuleles are strung with Aquilas, as most every online sources I have researched praised Aquilas as "the strings to have", and you don't really see much said about these Martin strings. (Aquila and Worth seem to be what everyone talks about on UU and other sites). I have discarded my Martin strings, and got rid of my first ukulele, the Makala Pineapple, as I had better ukes, and thought I had better strings.However, I felt like my ukuleles weren't playing the sounds that I want or sound the way I thought they'd sound (except my Kala soprano with solid spruce top, that thing is bright as duck)I also felt that they weren't really good with finger picking or classical solos - the nylgut-esque material of the Aquila kind of sticks to your hands, or is easy to get caught in your fingernails if you are a fingernail picker (like a classical guitarist, which I am not because I dislike long grey nasty fingernails, no offense). Still, I blamed the fault to my lack of skills and perhaps improper ukulele setup, because, well, Aquila is like ukulele string god.Recently, I decided to purchase more Martin strings to put on my Kala ASLAS, because Aquila + solid spruce top + soprano size = ear piercing high shrill sound. Since Amazon sells M600 as "add-on" items, I bought a ukulele song book + 3 sets of these martins.Long story short: I have just now restrung all my soprano ukues with these Martin M600s, and THEY ARE FANTASTIC. I have fallen in love with ukulele all over again. Sure, the Aquila is bright, happy, and bouncy sounding that is really good for strumming, I feel like they aren't really suited for the smaller size ukes (soprano and perhaps even concert). One of the things I felt was that my concert sounded more clear and pure, with each string singing beautifully when strummed, and that sopranos sounded muddy in comparison. I thought it was just the difference between the two sizes. HOWEVER, with the M600s, my sopranos sound MUCH better. When strummed you can feel and hear each string contributing to the overarching harmony. It is truly beautiful. Also, these clear nylon strings have made arpeggios and classicals much easier and pleasurable to play. Also they sound better.With the M600 my ukes have lost a bit of the bounciness that the Aquila gives. However, they were already very uke-sounding ukuleles to begin with, now they sound much more balanced. Below you will find what I thought about the M600 on my ukes:Pono Mahogany Soprano:To be honest, I was really disappointed with this Pono when first got it, and I expected the most of it out of the three I have, because Kala is just a cheap brand made in China. Pono is still made in China, but they have their own factory (Kala shares factory space with Lanikai and many other uke makers), own training and culture, and they are all inspected and set up in Hawaii at the Koolau factory. However, there was nothing special with the sound - with stock strings it sounded dead, and with Aquilas it sounds bouncy and bright but not as fun as the Kala soprano.With the M600, I can finally understand why mahogany soprano ukuleles were so so so popular back then. The factory strings really muted out the sweet and docile tone, while the Aquila strings overrode the tone with its own bright bouncy sound. However, with the M600 everything is balanced and nice. I can really hear the wood sing!Putting M600 on my Pono also took care of some weird issues I had with tuning and buzzing. Now the friction tuners work wonderfully and I actually love them now (before the M600s, I was ready to swear off of friction tuner ukes for the rest of my life). The pono now strums and picks beautifully, sounding sweet and clear as ever.Kala Soprano Lacewood:It is now less edgy, THANK GOODNESS! This uke sounded so bright that videos of it causes my speakers to buzz. Now it still have that hard, clear spruce tone, minus the over-bounciness and edginess. It is still a bit bright, but compliments the mellow Pono perfectly.Tuning and playability have also improved, just as with the Pono. I must sound like I work for Martin but swear I don't. With the Kala I always had problem with the E string staying in tune (even took apart the friction tuners, put together and restrung, and tightened the screw). However, after restrung with M600 it has stayed in tune since!Anyway, these are awesome. Aquilas are over-used everywhere now and I think people are realize it is just a hype. Aquila strings really make lower end ukuleles sing, such as with the Makala Dolphine, that the bounciness works very well with the dolphine's plastic body. However, if you have a solid instrument, Aquila does not really add much to it. Even my Makala Pineapple, now that I think about it - I had so much fun with it BECAUSE it was strung with the martins! After I got my other ukes (remember, they came with extra sets of Aquilas), I restrung my Makala with the Aquilas, and quickly lost interest in the Makala.The end.

very good price for reasonable-quality strings for entry-level to mid-level ukuleles.

We have used Aquila strings for our ukuleles in our group for many years and we have not had any problems. We thought we would try Martin strings and we were very pleased with the quality of sound from the strings. Unfortunately, one of our strings randomly snapped one day. This has never happened to us before. We contacted Martin Strings and they replied promptly and they sent out a couple of sets of new strings to us. We are so impressed with their great customer service and that they are sending replacement of strings to us and so quickly. Would recommend Martin strings for beautiful sounding ukulele music.

Après avoir essayé pas mal de modèles de cordes pour mon Ukulélé, dont certaines beaucoup plus célèbres que ces Martin, je peux l'affirmer, ce sont de très loin les meilleures. Elles sont souples et facilitent grandement le jeu. Pour ce qui du timbre, elles donnent un son brillant. Le seul reproche que certains pourraient leur formuler, c'est un niveau sonore un peu faible. Mais pour ma part ça m'est égal. Je préfère largement avoir des cordes qui sonnent clairement et qui sont souples que des cordes qui sonnent fort.