Can I string my baritone with tenor strings?

ukulelefatman · Mar 9, 2009

Just wondering if it's possible....are they long enough?.....will too much tension be a problem?
I was thinking of trying it with a set of tenor aquila's, and tuning GCEA.

Anyone tried?

Does anyone make GCEA strings for baritone?

Thanks in advance for your help, criticism or vulgar verbal abuse.

Eric

Kanaka916 · Mar 9, 2009

Aquila has a set with GCEA tuning . . .

salukulady · Mar 9, 2009

No, too tight. But it is a great way to tune your baritone and not have to transpose. And it works fine with the correct set of strings.

http://www.ukuleleworld.com/baritone/

Go here....buy a C set.

ukulelefatman · Mar 9, 2009

Thanks....I searched and didn't see any....then went to Musicguymic's ebay store, and found em'.
On the way......thanks mike.

ukulelefatman · Mar 9, 2009

I loaned my baritone to my nephew to learn on, he's doing well and wants to jam with his uncle.
I figure this will save a lot of transposition headache, make it easier to teach him with my concert...and also allow him to play along with the video lessons here and elsewhere.

I'm sure in a week he'll be dreaming of a tenor kamaka....just like his uncle:shaka:

Thanks again for the replies.

Has anyone tried the GCEA aquilas for baritone? What did you think?

Dino · Mar 9, 2009

It can be done. Did it. Not a big deal. You get a little deeper tone but not like "oh mama, oh wow" kind of a difference. If you are going to do it, use all nylon strings. No wound strings.

SinisterDom · Mar 9, 2009

ukulelefatman said:
I loaned my baritone to my nephew to learn on, he's doing well and wants to jam with his uncle.
I figure this will save a lot of transposition headache, make it easier to teach him with my concert...and also allow him to play along with the video lessons here and elsewhere.

I'm sure in a week he'll be dreaming of a tenor kamaka....just like his uncle:shaka:

Thanks again for the replies.

Has anyone tried the GCEA aquilas for baritone? What did you think?

I use Aquila GCEA strings on my Lanikai bari. I think they make it sound great.

PoisonDart · Mar 9, 2009

If you're looking to play along with your nephew I would just say that it sounds amazing to play a c tuned uke with a g tuned bari-uke.

the chords aren't hard to learn, and you can get a lot of technique by mixing up uke videos with guitar videos.

ukulelefatman · Mar 10, 2009

Yeah, playing the baritone properly tuned will be in our future jam sessions....but right now I'm teaching him basic chords...and don't want to spin the poor kids head around

mmanalo · Mar 10, 2009

ukulelefatman said:
Thanks....I searched and didn't see any....then went to Musicguymic's ebay store, and found em'.
On the way......thanks mike.

Mics ebay store is great, he does have some good deals and looks like he offers what others don't. I'm waiting for my order right now as we speak!

ukulelefatman · Mar 19, 2009

Got my Aquila's from musicguymic. The baritone sounds awesome in GCEA

I got em' all stretched out now,so they don't require tuning every 2 minutes....ready to start jamming with my nephew.

Man....this baby is LOUD now!!

Eric

glp · Apr 28, 2009

What about low g strings for a baritone?

ukeshale · Apr 28, 2009

I can't believe i didn't see this thread. i posted in another section on someone else's thread. sorry to jump on but - can i string my soprano with concert strings?? this'll be my first string change and i got gifted some so i wanna try them out

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