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IMPORTANT My online store is temporarily closed for a few days. I am sorry for the inconvenience. It will reopen on Wednesday 29th May. During this time I will be attending a major festival in Italy. Email me if you have any questions.

Living Water Ukulele Strings

Made from 100% clear fluorocarbon

Manufactured from hi-tech fluorocarbon, these strings give a wonderfully vibrant, crystal-clear tone to your ukulele. They are made to exacting standards, with a complex polymer structure that is formulated to give both strength and flexibility, whilst maintaining an excellent resistance to abrasion. In other words, they don't break easily, they vibrate well and last a long time.


They are actually made in England.


































































Living Water Ukulele Strings are available for all four sizes of ukulele: soprano, concert, tenor and baritone.


Although designed primarily for C6 (soprano, concert and tenor) or G6 tuning (baritone), they could equally well be tuned up a full step to D6 or A6 tuning. The tension will, of course, be a little higher if this is done.

All four sizes are already available for high 4th string (re-entrant) tuning.

There are now Tenor Low G and Concert Low G sets available.

These new sets of tenor and concert strings are for linear tuning, where you have a low 4th string (low G). If you prefer to use these low G strings, make sure that you select the correct item from the drop-down menu below.

The 4th string in these new low G sets is also made entirely from pure fluorocarbon. It is not a wound string. I believe that many players, myself included, do not care for the sound that a wound string produces.

Now a 5 String Tenor set is available to buy from this website.

A number of people have asked me if I can supply fluorocarbon strings for their Ohana TK-35G-5 (or similar). On these instruments there is both a low G (4th) and a high G (5th).

You can now purchase a Linear Baritone set (low D). As with all the other strings I produce, this will have no wound strings. Only fluorocarbon strings are included. please note that the 3rd string of this low D set has a different gauge to the 3rd string of the re-entrant set.

Custom Sets - If you require advice on unusual string combinations or want to put together a non-standard set, please feel free to contact me by email All custom strings cost £1 per packet more than regular strings of that type. Here are some of the custom sets that have already been ordered: 

Soprano - GCEA (low G)
Baritone Custom - gCEA (high G)
Baritone Custom - GCEA (low G)
Tenor Custom - low tension (high G)
Tenor Custom - low tension (low G
Tenor Custom - 8 string (G & C in octaves, E & A in unison)
Tenor Custom - dGBE (high D)

More string sets will follow in the near future.

Here are the prices of the regular strings.

String Prices

Living
Water
Strings

SIZESopranoConcertConcert TenorTenor BaritoneBaritone Tenor
TUNINGRe-entrant
(high G)

 
1 = 0.52mm
2 = 0.66mm
3 = 0.74mm
4 = 0.57mm
Re-entrant
(high G) 


1 = 0.52mm
2 = 0.66mm
3 = 0.74mm
4 = 0.57mm
Linear
 (low G) 


1 = 0.52mm
2 = 0.66mm
3 = 0.74mm
4 = 0.91mm
Re-entrant
(high G)


1 = 0.57mm
2 = 0.66mm
3 = 0.74mm
4 = 0.62mm
 Linear
(low G)


1 = 0.57mm
2 = 0.66mm
3 = 0.74mm
4 = 0.91mm
Re-entrant 
(high D) 


1 = 0.62mm
2 = 0.74mm
3 = 0.80mm
4 = 0.62mm
Linear
(low D) 

1 = 0.62mm
2 = 0.74mm
3 = 0.91mm
4 = 1.05mm

5 String
(high/low G)

1 = 0.57mm
2 = 0.66mm
3 = 0.74mm
4 = 0.91mm
5 = 0.62mm
PRICE £6.50£6.50 £7.00 £7.00 £7.50 £7.50  £8.50£8.50

Shipping to anywhere in the world is just £2.90 per order (even if you live on the other side of the world). This is still cheaper than the actual cost. In other words, buy as many packets of strings as you like and pay just one postal charge.

To buy strings, select carefully the type of strings you want from the drop down menu below. You can edit your selection and add more strings before checkout. Prices are in British pounds. Payments are made through PayPal. You do not need to have an account to buy.

UK Customers. Shipping may be considerably cheaper if you go to this page to purchase your strings. Here you can buy as many of one type of string as you like for just £1.20 postage. UK customers only.

IMPORTANT My online store is temporarily closed for a few days. I am sorry for the inconvenience. It will reopen on Wednesday 29th May. During this time I will be attending a major festival in Italy. Email me if you have any questions.





If you have any questions or comments about these strings, please contact me using the following email.