James Hill playing on gut strings
James Hill, Great ukulele virtuoso from Canada, playing a romantic song on my uke strung with gut strings… can’t you feel the sound of the 30s?
Read MoreIf you were to play in the Conzertgebow Orchestra in the 60s, which strings were you using?
Some news on the strings used in Amsterdam in the 70s... (and we are not speaking of early music...)
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