Martin Premium Concert Ukulele Strings (M610), Grey

Martin M600 strings came standard on my Martin ukulele. I like the loud bright clear sound and bought a new set when the originals wore out. These are thinner and lighter and easier on my fingers than the thick nylon Aquila strings that are standard on many mid-priced ukuleles. I think the Martin fluorocarbon strings give me more detail and just as much volume as the Aquilas. The Martin strings also break-in faster. In less than a week, I only have to tune them once a day (compared to 3 weeks to break in Aquilas). Martins are also cheaper than Aquilas ($5 for the Martins when I bought them). You should be able to find Martin strings for inexpensive prices at most music stores as well.Fluorocarbon strings are all the rage for ukuleles right now and Martin strings are a cheap and easy way to try out fluorocarbons. Other brands of fluorocarbons are somewhat more expensive as well as more difficult to buy, but the sound difference between Martins and the others is much more subtle than the difference between Martin and Aquila.The Martin M600 strings are for soprano and concert ukuleles only. Tenor ukulele owners should buy Martin M620 strings instead.  Martin M620 Ukulele Strings Fluorocarbon, Tenor

So they're flurocarbon strings, which is a fancy way of saying fishing line, but then again most ukes come with nylon strings so these aren't exactly exotic materials. If you're not used to this style of string it's worth trying, and this is probably a good brand to try since they're good quality and affordable. Personally I like the feel of a flurocarbon string so after switching my ukes to some of the more expensive strings I decided to switch a laminate uke or two over as well and the Martins are just fine for this purpose.I have a couple of nits. One is that they weren't exactly generous with the length. I could have used another couple of inches just to have a little more wiggle room while stringing up a concert. And let's face it, the base material can't be expensive at all. No need to be stingy with it. And the other is that I don't feel like they're up to the standard of the more exotic/expensive/newer strings out there (Fremont, Worth, South Coast, whatever, basically any specialty string maker).

Beautiful sounding strings. I replaced the nylon strings on my ukulele with these and I love the brighter sound. I bought them after researching what strings would hurt less (I’m just learning to play) since my finger pain was keeping me from playing more than an hour daily. I didn’t want to stop but ow my fingers! Anyway, these feel good to me. My fingers still hurt but it seemed to hurt less? It might also be just in my head and my callouses had developed. Either way, I was glad to find that I liked the sound of the fluorocarbon strings (brighter and louder) than the nylon strings (more mellow and warm). They were easy to install; there was plenty of length for me to figure out what to do my first time. It look a couple days for the strings to stretch and stay in tune but they stay in tune over several days without adjustment now.

So, I unwound the string and saw they don't give a lot of wiggle room... I've only changed strings once before and decided to give this set of strings a try this go around and all was going well enough until I got to the A string... and I wound it on... it was holding... and so I cut the excess up top (what little there was ... ) and tune it again (cuz the string stretches, ya, cool, as expected) ... then .. .SNAP... O.O wth happened? It snapped from the bottom... D: $%@@*%*@!!@#$#$ I could not restring it again... I didn't have enough excess to get it to stay cuz I cut the last 2" off the top end's excess... I no longer had enough to make it work. I tried... I even made someone hold the end to try to get the thing to grip and stay... nope... it refused ... boinged off the top end every time I tried. D: Now, I have 3 strings... no A string... and the choice to buy these again to get the matching A... or put a string from another set (not the same brand... not even fluorocarbon ... I have black nylon and aquila nylagut D: ) so it won't be the same sound... I'm gutted! (pun intended) ... and it's going to take me days to get a replacement set in... or I can restring it and throw the remaining 3 strings out and basically waste the entire 10$ and change :'( flippin fluffernutter farfignoogle fluffity floofers!Now that my rant is over... the remaining 3 strings DO sound really nice... super clear... made me think of bells, but not bells, if that makes any sense. Lovely sound. Just don't cut the teeny excess you have until it's fully in tune and staying in tune and you've played a song... I hope this helps prevent you from going through what I went through ... going to go sob in a corner now... lol

These are finally THE strings for me. I have a fairly basic Lanakai Baritone and I have been on the hunt for the string set that would truly bring it alive. I've tried black nylons, Akila Nylguts, D'addarios, etc. Some were better than others, but none had thst mellow yet sonoros tone I was after. These are the ones. The chords just ring out with beautiful tonality and sustain. They are super comfortable for fingerpicking (I do Travis style), and really just overall great. Had 'em on about three days now and they are settling in and keeping their tune now (I think they were a bit more stretchy than the Nylguts, etc). I am really happy with these guys!

I purchased these strings to replace the factory strings that came with my newly purchased travel ukulele. Although I cannot convey how terrible those strings sounded in text-form, I CAN tell you that THESE strings brought new life into my ukulele.They are bright and clean sounding strings. They were easy to replace and all of them were individually wrapped and clearly noted where they went on the Ukulele.I will be buying them again to replace some other factory strings that came with some of my other ukuleles. High recommend. A different string can just make your ukulele sound so different; these Martin strings are worth the money!

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.

Lovely strings, really have a nice ring and add to resonance and volume. Only one problem, both packets I received had the information on the inner packets wrong, the first time this meant I put wrong string in each place. This then wouldn't tune. Be careful and I would suggest that you read the information on the back of the outer packet and rely on that only. The 3rd string is the "C" and also the thickest, I hope this helps to get your bearings and you don't waste a set of strings as I did!

The strings are wrongly packaged which, as a beginner uke player, is very very confusing. For those of you buying these please go by the outer packaging not the envelopes that each string is in. I put these on my uke by the envelope description and because my uke is pull-through string fitting I now cannot correct the error so they're going back. Not Amazons fault. I understand this is an issue with a batch from the manufacturer and Amazon have dealt with this very promptly, thank you. I am amending my initial rating due to Amazons prompt action.

I bought two sets of these strings, based on the fact that I use Martin strings on my Martin HD28 guitar and am very satisfied. However, there are 2 wound strings, one of copper and the other aluminium. Within 4 weeks both of these strings frayed. So, I changed them for the second set. That was 2 days ago. The aluminium string is already showing signs of fraying, totally unacceptable in my view.In addition, if I follow the advice on the string envelopes then I will be stringing the ukulele with the thickest of the strings in the 'A' position and the thinnest in 'G'. I have been playing stringed instruments for 50 years or more and have never come across anything like this beforeI am led to wonder if these are indeed a Martin product. Given the quality and the basic string placement error, I think not!That said, they sound quite good for a time!

Whereas I'm very happy with Martin acoustic guitar strings this is the second set of their ukulele strings [baritone]. They sound and feel great when first fitted but, I find that the two wound strings..copper and silver...are susceptible to corrosion. Surely it's not beyond a company like Martin to either find more suitable materials or to coat the strings to prevent oxidation.