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string tension on sukar oud

manuel - 8-22-2012 at 12:20 AM

Hallo to you all.
I need of a suggestion.
I recently bought a Custom SUkar 13 course arabic oud and I placed Aquila set cod. 530 http://www.aquilacorde.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=ar...

as you can see there is no indication of gauges.

I feel these oud sound very well on high string (1, 2 and 3) but it seems to me I need much tension on the 4 5 6 and 7 strings.

does anybody have a good suggestion to me?

thank you so much

spyblaster - 8-22-2012 at 12:30 AM

yes i have experience this thing, too. for the best possible sound, use a Kusrchner or Pyramid heavy set. Kusrchner's heavy set is test-OK by me.