is there a big difference in tension with the classical strings? don't want to screw up the neck on my baritone. I still have a pack of d'addario nyltech baritones waiting for the next string change and I like to play strings until they are really really dead.
Baritone ukulele strings ARE classical guitar strings. I'm amazed at the number of people who do not immediately make this connection.
Structurally, an ukulele is very much like a small, 4-stringed classical guitar.
If you use the ADGB strings from a classical guitar set, they are essentially the correct tension for use on a baritone uke and are identical.
There is no risk to the baritone ukulele. Classical guitars are braced in much the same way, and do not require truss rods like steel-string guitars do.
In fact, to go even further, if you use the DGBE strings from a classical guitar set, they tune up to GCEA on soprano/concert/tenor ukuleles!
Proof of this is that D'addario Pro-Arte's come in Classical and Ukulele sets.
The Concert Ukulele D'addario Pro-Arte set corresponds identically to the DGBE strings from the Pro-Arte Classical Guitar set (regular tension), except you get a wound string that you can use as low-G.
The Tenor Ukulele D'addario Pro-Arte set corresponds identically to the DGBE of the Pro-Arte Classical High Tension set.
If you have spare time - go look it up and see for yourself
I primarily use low-G on my Soprano/Concert/Tenor ukuleles, and use classical guitar strings exclusively due to the wider availability of them, as well as better price and value (you can get 2 sets of ukulele length strings from a classical guitar set).
Furthermore, you get a lot more options in Baritone string selection if you use Classical Guitar sets. There is not as many readily available "baritone ukulele string" sets that I can just purchase locally.
So in summary.
Classical Guitar ADGB strings (regular tension) = DGBE on baritone ukulele
Classical Guitar DGBE strings (regular tension) = GCEA on soprano/concert/tenor
Classical Guitar DGBE strings (light tension) = GCEA on baritone ukulele
Obviously you can experiment with DGBE tuning on Tenor ukulele if you use ADGB from a Hard Tension Classical guitar set (higher tension to compensate for shorter scale length).
