Okay, so I'm running around a lot these days (trying to move to a different city), and so I wanted a travel mandolin. I did not have the money to spend on (yet another) mandolin, even a Sweet Pea or a Backpacker, and I wanted something even smaller. I came across a couple of threads here talking about stringing a uke with the Aquila soprano fifths set, and since I'm really no good at anything with strings that isn't tuned in fifths, I figured I'd repurpose my ukulele and went ahead and ordered the strings from Elderly. It sounds great, not totally like a mandolin and not totally like a uke but really, really interesting, and it's quiet enough and small enough for easy travel. I'm very pleased.
So here's my question. I know the wound G will wear out before the Nylgut strings. However, it seems the single low G specifically for the soprano fifths set is only sold across the pond, and not here in the US. Does anyone know if the low G of the soprano fifths set is the same gauge as the low G of a regular low G soprano set? I've been Googling all afternoon and haven't come up with an answer.
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