zztush
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Guitalele is a hybrid of ukulele and guitar. It has 6 strings and the tuning is ADGCEA, which bottom 4 strings are same as GCEA ukulele. In terms of tuning, guitalele is more ukulele friendly than baritone ukulele. I use soprano and guitalele. My guitalele has steel strings and the tension is not so low. Lately I get used to the low tension of soprano and I do not play guitalele much. Hence I decided to lower its tension. It was not too difficult.
I removed the 6th string of my guitalele and shift 1st to 5th strings to bass side (figure below).
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I added extra light string of electric guitar as the 1st string. This shift is same as perfect 4th interval, because the tuning is perfect 4th between the lines. Hence the effect may be similar to the shift from tenor (highest tension in C tuning) to soprano (lowest tension).
The result is very good so far. Lower tension brings me better playability and sound is still quite good. I can switch between soprano and guitalele very smoothly.
I removed the 6th string of my guitalele and shift 1st to 5th strings to bass side (figure below).
picture host
I added extra light string of electric guitar as the 1st string. This shift is same as perfect 4th interval, because the tuning is perfect 4th between the lines. Hence the effect may be similar to the shift from tenor (highest tension in C tuning) to soprano (lowest tension).
The result is very good so far. Lower tension brings me better playability and sound is still quite good. I can switch between soprano and guitalele very smoothly.