For the baritone players among you that stick to DGBE, which do you prefer, and why?
Linear with a low-D or re-entrant with a high-D?
Still loving my new baritone, and I'm amazed by the fullness of the sound, but I'm having second thoughts about the traditional DGBE tuning. The one time I had tried low-G on the tenor, I didn't really fall in love with it and I went back to re-entrant tuning. While I love the richness of the DGBE tuning, I'm missing that sparkling that re-entrant tuning offers, and perhaps there is a touch too much "boom".
I really only play ukuleles, so re-entrant is what I'm sonically used to, which no doubt plays into what I perceive as pleasant, but I just ordered a set of LW strings with a high-D from Ken Middleton, since it will likely haunt me until I've tried it. It'll probably take a bit for them to get here, which also gives me a few days to get used to the low-D, so who knows how I'll feel about this in a week or two.
Linear with a low-D or re-entrant with a high-D?
Still loving my new baritone, and I'm amazed by the fullness of the sound, but I'm having second thoughts about the traditional DGBE tuning. The one time I had tried low-G on the tenor, I didn't really fall in love with it and I went back to re-entrant tuning. While I love the richness of the DGBE tuning, I'm missing that sparkling that re-entrant tuning offers, and perhaps there is a touch too much "boom".
I really only play ukuleles, so re-entrant is what I'm sonically used to, which no doubt plays into what I perceive as pleasant, but I just ordered a set of LW strings with a high-D from Ken Middleton, since it will likely haunt me until I've tried it. It'll probably take a bit for them to get here, which also gives me a few days to get used to the low-D, so who knows how I'll feel about this in a week or two.
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