scdano
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I recently finished my 16th uke, a mahogany baritone for my son. It's my first baritone and I'm not happy with the string tension. I know baritones have lower string tension than the other sizes, but this setup feels very loose and floppy and somehow not right. However, the uke sounds great. So, here are the specs- 20" scale, Worth brown non-wound baritone string set, standard dgbe tuning at the correct octave and the strings are fully settled in. I've also tried Aquila baritone strings. String break angle is good at the saddle and nut and the string height is .090 at the 12th fret and .020 at the 1st. So my question is, would I increase the string tension going to a smaller, or larger, gauge string set using the same tuning? I really don't want to tune up a step to get it to feel right. I was thinking of trying a low G tenor set, but if I need to go thicker, I can use strings from a classical guitar set. Thanks for any advice on this, I just can't get my head around the string gauge/tension thing.
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