Ukulele Tone Like a Pro with These Two Simple Secrets Anyone Can Apply Now

[@MKFingerstyleAcademy]

Thank you all for watching, let me know what tips n tricks you have to improve your tone on your ukulele (or guitar!) Please support the channel: www.patreon.com/c/mkfingerstyleacademy

[@MC-zr7hl]

So true about the nails! Makes a huge difference.

[@JennyTalbert]

I cannot wait to retire and be able to have longer nails! Thanks for the tips. I really like the clear nylon strings.

[@ukulelerob0007]

Very informative thank you 😊

[@juliehalloran8263]

I've learned so much from you with your MK Fingerstyle Academy and from your videos. I'm so happy I stumbled across your course!!!!

[@MKFingerstyleAcademy]

Thanks Julie, I'm glad you're learning and enjoying the process :)

[@beksmith6382]

What do you think of Worth Browns? I have them on both my ukes, and I’ve never used anything else. But I’m considering swapping them out.

[@MKFingerstyleAcademy]

This is my first time hearing of the brand so I can't really comment. I think swapping any strings brand is worth the time and effort simply because it is the cheapest way to significantly enhance your ukulele if it works, and if it doesnt, you can easily swap back. $30 for 2 sets and 20 minutes each? sign me up, that's the cheapest way to see if you improve your sound without practising :D

[@GerdLPluu]

I'm not exactly sold on nylon strings on Ukulele. They always just sound weak to me. I'm using Fremont Blackline strings on mine. They are also Flourocarbon, higher tension than Worth browns. My playing is nowhere near a professional level, so it's probably not a good benchmark, but they sound better to me than any nylon strings I tried. And then, my Ukulele is not exactly traditional either, considering it's made from bamboo. So it's quite possible it just needs the additional volume that flourocarbon strings offer. I also have one made from a more conventional choice of tonewoods (solid spruce top, mahogany sides), but I honestly like the bamboo one more. It's also possible that my Ukuleles just aren't in the price range that would benefit from nylon strings over flourocarbon. It's often said that flourocarbon strings don't do much for a really good instrument, but can work wonders for a mediocre one. Mustafa is playing a Ukulele that was custom-made for him after all. I don't doubt that clear nylon strings technically are the best strings - it would not be the most common choice otherwise. But in the end, I think for someone not playing a professional instrument on a professional level, carbon strings work just fine. And especially the worth browns have many fans, it seems, so they can't be all that bad, can they?

[@keithgardner5818]

@@MKFingerstyleAcademy I'm not sure how you can not have heard of Worths, in the ukulele world.

[@MKFingerstyleAcademy]

There are many things I don't know, and I am 100% comfortable with that.

[@GerdLPluu]

Ha, I wish. I used to be a nailbiter for my whole life until I picked up the Ukulele. I have managed to get rid of this bad habit for almost three years now, but my nails are still a brittle mess. Not sure if that's what caused the habit in the first place or if the habit caused the brittle nails, but as of now, I'm happy whenever my nails are barely long enough to play with them. filing them into shape and polishing the edges is a pretty remote prospect. :D

[@MKFingerstyleAcademy]

None of them are bad. I'd argue a polished nail would improve tone a lot, a polished nail on a nylon string would shine even more. You can still sound good without either! but once you get that sweet tone you'll never look back! you also don't know what you're missing until you hear it in real life. I remember I wasn't sold on the whole polish thing until I was in a competition, heard the finalist 4 and knew right away who'd win based on the first note they played....it was so sweet and so beautiful. I never looked back after that day (point is: I had to hear it to believe it) Forget this whole KZbin thing ! real life is where the tone is at!

[@GerdLPluu]

@@MKFingerstyleAcademy Oh, I absolutely believe you. My nails are just not up to the task.

[@keithgardner5818]

That first clip that you're saying are fluorocarbon strings, sure looks like nylgut strings to me. They don't look or sound like fluorocarbons.

[@-Jamaican.me.mello-]

Yeah, you’re not wrong. They absolutely aren’t flurocarbons. A quick google search of Denver ‘ukulele’s and you can see they ship with Aquila nylguts like most companies these days.

[@MKFingerstyleAcademy]

I don't have the instrument anymore but it may very well be nylgut, this clip is from 4 years ago when I've just converted from guitar to ukulele and sadly I don't have much information about the Denver besides it was super cheap. thanks for checking these guys and giving me a headache :D