teryg
Well-known member
I hope this hasn't been discussed to death. I did search the forums and didn't find quite this question.
I have two ukes now, a Cordoba 20BM baritone and a Mainland mahogany tenor. I'm happy with them, but like most people, am always wondering if I could be happier. I don't plan on switching ukes soon because I'm too new to playing. I need to get my feet on the ground with it before I select other instruments. But, I can mess around with strings. I'm thinking I want to create a list of strings to try on each uke. I assume that if I hit the "right" strings for me on each uke, I'll know and will stop there.
I have the tenor set up with a low G, which I like. I'm not sure what the strings are--they're whatever Mike put on it.
Right now, the baritone is set up with standard baritone tuning. The strings on that are Aquila 21Us. I'm not 100% sure I'm going to stay with the standard baritone tuning on that. It depends on how confused I get going between the 2 ukes.
I've read that non-wound strings are a good deal fatter than wound strings and I'm not interested in fatter strings, so I'm thinking 2 wound, 2 plain. I do some strumming with other people but am mostly enjoying fingerpicking and chord/melody playing. I like a warm, balanced sound. Given a choice, I prefer to avoid squeaks. On my guitars, I always played light gauge strings, but those were steel so I'm not sure that's a good comparison.
Do people have thoughts about the strings I should try next on the tenor? On the baritone? And the strings after that?
Thanks!
Tery
I have two ukes now, a Cordoba 20BM baritone and a Mainland mahogany tenor. I'm happy with them, but like most people, am always wondering if I could be happier. I don't plan on switching ukes soon because I'm too new to playing. I need to get my feet on the ground with it before I select other instruments. But, I can mess around with strings. I'm thinking I want to create a list of strings to try on each uke. I assume that if I hit the "right" strings for me on each uke, I'll know and will stop there.
I have the tenor set up with a low G, which I like. I'm not sure what the strings are--they're whatever Mike put on it.
Right now, the baritone is set up with standard baritone tuning. The strings on that are Aquila 21Us. I'm not 100% sure I'm going to stay with the standard baritone tuning on that. It depends on how confused I get going between the 2 ukes.
I've read that non-wound strings are a good deal fatter than wound strings and I'm not interested in fatter strings, so I'm thinking 2 wound, 2 plain. I do some strumming with other people but am mostly enjoying fingerpicking and chord/melody playing. I like a warm, balanced sound. Given a choice, I prefer to avoid squeaks. On my guitars, I always played light gauge strings, but those were steel so I'm not sure that's a good comparison.
Do people have thoughts about the strings I should try next on the tenor? On the baritone? And the strings after that?
Thanks!
Tery