cb56
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Anybody know who makes these?
I would think a low unwound G from a tenor GCEA linear set would work just fine on a tenor dGBE set.
Same string same uke just in a different spot on the bridge and nut.
My husband and I tune our tenors dGBE. Lately, we've been sticking with Southcoasts.
We've also used Aquilas, Worths (a variety of colors and weights), Guadalupe Custom Fibre-Cores. All were fine, and preferences varied by personal taste, as usual.
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I've just put SouthCoast Heavy on a tenor and tuned to dGBE - simply gorgeous.
Glad to hear this. I have been wanting to try this on one of my bigger body tenors. Looking at the Southcoast tension charts I didn't know if the string tension would be too low. Did you go with the wound 3rd?
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I've just put SouthCoast Heavy on a tenor and tuned to dGBE - simply gorgeous.
I specifically bought the SouthCoast HU-NW to get all non-wound strings. After trying, and loving, a Living Water high-d set on my bari, I decided I wanted a tenor in that tuning too. I had ordered Aquila's tenor dgbe set, but didn't realize they had a wound third, so I ended up not wanting to use them.
Now admittedly the SC strings have been on the uke for less than 24 hours at this point, but so far I've found the tension to be just fine. In regards to the SC tension charts in general, I find that if their rating is on the "loose" side, it's probably not as bad as they say, but if the rating's on the "tight" side, then it's definitely tight.