Erwin Dink
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I've been playing a particular baritone ukulele for about a year. During that time it's been tuned (low) DGBE using various D'Addario strings and I've not had any problems tuning it or keeping it in tune. But I just changed the strings to Southcoast HMU-NW re-entrant strings. Since doing so I'm seeing (hearing, actually) something that I've never run into before. The D and E strings tune up just fine but the G and B strings don't They sound fine when tuned open but when fretted they are both sounding about a quarter step high. To be clear, when plucked open the G tunes to G and the B tunes to B but when fretted on the second string the G reads about halfway between A and A# and the B reads about halfway C and C#. The difference occurs on all frets.
I would expect this kind of issue to be a problem with some of the frets but, if so, why didn't it show up until I changed to these strings? I'm baffled.
I would expect this kind of issue to be a problem with some of the frets but, if so, why didn't it show up until I changed to these strings? I'm baffled.