Aquila

Aquila 156U Sugar Baritone Ukulele Strings DGBE Tuning

Aquila set for Baritone DGBE (low D) The Aquila Sugar Ukulele strings are made using a blend with a recently discovered plastic material derived from sugar- cane. With a transparent look, the sound of these strings is clearly brilliant, clean and prompt. Unlike the Fluorocarbon string...

Aquila 157C Sugar extra tension Flamenco Guitar Paco de Lucia

These strings have been developed following the indications we received from Ruben Diaz (that has been a pupil and close collaborator of Paco de Lucia): according to Paco de Lucia, as a matter of fact, the tension of the strings used for Flamenco needed to be further increased as compared ...

Aquila 159C Sugar Light tension Guitar

The sound of these strings is clearly brilliant, clean and prompt, and provide great acoustic power. Unlike Fluorocarbon strings, these strings have an excellent vibrato and a remarkable timbre variation when played very close to the bridge and then up over the sound hole. Laboratory tests...

Aquila 15CH Red Series Brasilian Cavaquinho DGBD

This set gives a unique feeling and a strong, consistent sound. Until recently, it was necessary to increase a string’s gauge to get a lower-pitched note. But increasing the string’s diameter also increases internal dampening. That makes the string less bright, less responsive and more...

Aquila 15U Nylgut Tenor LOW-G TUNING, key of C

tenor ukulele string set, low G-tuning, G-C-E-A (wound G) compared to Nylon, the New Nylgut® produces a better sound and stays in tune better, this because the moisture absorption is less of .1% against the 2.0% of Nylon normally employed for the musical strings (i.e. Du Pont Tynex® po...

Aquila 160c Rayon 900 bass set normal Tension ( basses only)

set of ‘Rayon‘ basses (E,A,D) these are silver-plated copper wound on a red-colored multifilament core, for which we aimed to find the right balance between metal and core in order to recreate a warm and percussive sound, similar to silk basses. The presence of more low frequencies (w...

Aquila 161c Rayon 800 bass set lightTension ( basses only)

set of ‘Rayon‘ basses (E,A,D) these are silver-plated copper wound on a red-colored multifilament core, for which we aimed to find the right balance between metal and core in order to recreate a warm and percussive sound, similar to silk basses. The presence of more low frequencies (w...

Aquila 163C Sugar Trebles Light tension

With a transparent look, the Sugar Guitar Trebles are made using a bio-plastic derived from sugar-cane, that was recently discovered in Italy. Bass strings are made with a special red-colored protective varnish that not only assures less noise under the fingers, but it also prevents allerg...

Aquila 164C Sugar Normal tension Guitar Trebleset ( *trebles only)

The sound of these strings is clearly brilliant, clean and prompt, and provide great acoustic power. Unlike Fluorocarbon strings, these strings have an excellent vibrato and a remarkable timbre variation when played very close to the bridge and then up over the sound hole. Laboratory tests...

Aquila 165C Sugar Superior tension trebleset (*trebles only)

The sound of these strings is clearly brilliant, clean and prompt, and provide great acoustic power. Unlike Fluorocarbon strings, these strings have an excellent vibrato and a remarkable timbre variation when played very close to the bridge and then up over the sound hole. Laboratory tests...

Aquila 165U thunder Brown for uke Bass EADG 4 strings 18-21” / 46-53 cm scale

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Compared to all traditional elastomer strings suitable for bass ukuleles , Thunderbrown strings offers several advantages: They do not show the so called ‘sausaging effect‘ (strings pulled by hand change their diameter permanently). They are made from plant-derived bio-elastomers. ...

Aquila 167C ALABASTRO light Low tension Treble set ( *trebles only)

167C ALABASTRO Low tension treble set for classical guitar. Until the mid-20th century all Treble guitar strings were made in gut, a material that had been used for thousand of years and that combines good promptness of attack and excellent performances . A fundamental aim of our researc...