aarondminnick
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I've been considering alternate strings for one of my baritone ukes, a Lanikai solid koa CK-B. It's currently strung with d'Addario NylTech (similar to Aquila Nylgut) and the combination is excessively bright to my ears.
Also, I play low G tenor (wound low g) and I comparing that to baritone, I prefer having only one wound string rather than two as in most baritone sets. I do a lot of Travis picking and arpeggios, and I take advantage of the contrast between the "boomier" single wound bass string and the regular trebles. Also, having only one wound string means less squeaking. I have another baritone (Lanikai LU-21) strung with a low G nylgut tenor set, and dropped one step in pitch from GCEA (F Bb D G) and I confirmed that I like the feel of 1 wound / 3 plain on baritone.
I've been thinking about getting an extra-hard-tension classical guitar nylon set (looking at d'Addario EJ-44) and using the top 4 strings on baritone, which would give me that kind of setup (3 trebles and 1 wound bass). I see the top (E) string is same gauge as their equivalent baritone string, and the 2nd string is just a little lighter so seems like this combo might work in terms of tension.
Has anyone tried this?
Also, I play low G tenor (wound low g) and I comparing that to baritone, I prefer having only one wound string rather than two as in most baritone sets. I do a lot of Travis picking and arpeggios, and I take advantage of the contrast between the "boomier" single wound bass string and the regular trebles. Also, having only one wound string means less squeaking. I have another baritone (Lanikai LU-21) strung with a low G nylgut tenor set, and dropped one step in pitch from GCEA (F Bb D G) and I confirmed that I like the feel of 1 wound / 3 plain on baritone.
I've been thinking about getting an extra-hard-tension classical guitar nylon set (looking at d'Addario EJ-44) and using the top 4 strings on baritone, which would give me that kind of setup (3 trebles and 1 wound bass). I see the top (E) string is same gauge as their equivalent baritone string, and the 2nd string is just a little lighter so seems like this combo might work in terms of tension.
Has anyone tried this?
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