string noise

  1. redwood

    Let's talk about clack!

    Know what I mean? The clacking of strings against the frets. My strandberg has stainless steel frets, and I seem to get a ton more clack than my Bongo with brass frets. I've tried a few different strings on it so far: NYXL (stock), My go to DR's, High Beams, Fat Beams, and Black Beauties. I...
  2. LasVegasMixx

    Convert 4-string Ukulele bass to 2-strings ??

    First, I am not a bass player and probably never will be. I picked up an inexpensive small lightweight Hadean UKB-24 Ukulele bass with rubbery Aquila Nylgut strings. These type of strings seem difficult to play without producing some unique finger noise. I tried using a thin nylon/polyester left...