Posted 2014-12-01 11:57 PM (#501449) Subject: OT Ukulele strinh question
Joined: December 2003 Posts: 853
Location: Canada
I have escaped from the prairie cold to the island of Kauai and as it was a rainy day today found myself in an Ukulele store checking out the goods. The ones I liked most (Mele) all had low G string, which I guess appealed to me as a mainly strumming guitar player. So now I am thinking about putting a set of string with low G on my tenor, and I am wondering if I can just do that or if it will need some adjustment like changes to nut and/or saddle?
Posted 2014-12-06 9:48 AM (#501547 - in reply to #501449) Subject: Re: OT Ukulele strinh question
Joined: November 2008 Posts: 400
Location: Northwest Arkansas
I did it with a Lanakai tenor and the nut handled the low "G" just fine. I've never played it with the higher string. I think I'll do it for the heck of it. I dabble on banjo, so I like that high string. Tune it to open "G" and play that way.
Posted 2014-12-07 9:31 PM (#501581 - in reply to #501449) Subject: Re: OT Ukulele strinh question
Joined: June 2002 Posts: 6202
Location: Phoenix AZ
I've gone back and forth but to me (personal opinion) low G tuning just doesn't sound like a ukulele is supposed to sound. More like a badly tuned classical guitar capo'd at the 5th fret. Need the high G to get that ukulele 'zing. But that's just how I hears it.
OT Ukulele strinh question