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Long time no see! I know I’m not that frequent with my blog posts… There is definitely more happening at instagram.com/playubass so make sure to follow me there to keep updated with all things ukulele bass!
In July, I was able to pay a visit to the Aquila Corde string factory in northern Italy!
Back story
I have been using Aquila strings from the very beginning of my ukulele bass journey. You can read about the evolution of Aquila strings for ukulele bass in previous posts. See below!
Aquila has been one of the string companies that have pushed the development of strings for ukulele bass the most.
Back in 2012, they started to offer the Thunder gut string as an option for the only other string on the market at the time, the Pahoehoe by Road Toad Music. Since then, Thunder red, Thunder black, and Thunder brown have followed.
Besides these nylgut strings, Aquila started to offer two wound strings in 2024 called Flat- and round spirals.
I got to try these strings early and made demo videos of them.
Factory tour
Mimmo Peruffo is the owner of Aquila Corde strings. He is truly an inventor and has developed many different strings since he started the company back in 1991.
Besides all the different synthetic strings for acoustic instruments, Aquila Corde is one of the very few companies in the world that still produces gut strings.
It was amazing to see how strings are made and get more insight into the process. I was not able to document the whole tour, but I will share a little video where Mr Peruffo makes two different wound strings by hand.
Besides meeting Mimmo Peruffo, I also had the opportunity to meet and hang out with Luca Scalco from Aquila. It was great to meet him in person!
If you haven’t tried out any of the Aquila strings for ukulele bass yet, it’s time!
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