Hey Doc,
Great job on the video, thanks for sharing.
Hi Dirk,
I was wondering if your dGBE Heavy Mediums are available now?
Also, I am considering re stringing my 19" LN Kamaka Tenor as a re entrant Baritone. dGBE.
I like high tension but want to keep it traditional tuning as I plan on playing with others. Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Hello Sam,
Glad you added the part about "traditional" tuning, as it gives me a pretty fair idea what you're asking. There's a particular slang common on this forum that causes us all sorts of grief when it comes to inquiries. This is a good illustration.
dGBE as it's written here often seems to mean traditional Ukulele reentrant tuning in Key of G. What gets us into trouble is that when people ask about that tuning we're never sure if they mean what they've written. Take a look - dGBE, with d in lowercase and E in caps would indicate an E note lower than the d. The problem for us is we make that set! To revert to standard notation, we make both
d' g b e' and
d' g b e. It's the set Sopher mentions that he likes for Baritone strumming in the early part of this thread.
And though I don't generally talk about our own products specifically here, the second tuning, the one we call a Lili'u set-up, is not only our most popular Specialty set, we're about to make Lili'u sets in an expanded range of tensions, including fixed note C tuning. To give a simple explanation, they give practically the same depth as a Linear set with the same sweet 1st position chord inversions you get from traditional reentrant tuning (Lili'u is double reentrant). I mention them at this point because for a lot of folks, this is the ultimate strum set, and up to now we've had them specifically pointed at the Baritone.
But with the word "traditional" I'd say you mean the older Ukulele reentrant tuning. There are a number of sets that can be tuned to reentrant G, depending on your taste in tension, and remember, a 19" scale will produce a bit less pull than our ratings for 20". Starting next week they'll be 3 different series - the NWs (no wounds) are out now, but the first of the W3s (polished low density wound 3rds) and Lili'us come out next week. You can actually see the "bones" of the new structure on site already, and we're busy doing reviews and updating Tips letters and the Materials page.
Unfortunately, if it's the deeper tunings you're looking for, it's mainly the Medium Gauges that come out in next weeks' release. But if you want to wait for one of those wound string series, the Heavier Gauges should follow up quickly. We've got newsletters, and if you're signed up you get a Bulletin when the new sets are released and a Tips letter comparing the new arrivals with suggestions for best use.
Thanks for asking (now back to work!)