tonyreynolds57
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I don't believe that this is necessarily a "building" question, but as a new player, I can't find any info on it.
I'm playing (learning to play) a Cordoba solid mahogany baritone in GCEA tuning. I like it and it's much more fun for me than guitar. I wanted to try low G and like it, but miss the reentrant sound of the high G.
I've looked at 5-string ukuleles online, but there are none in the local Olympia-Portland area that I can see. They're also only available in a tenor size.
I've also looked online at 6-string uses, which DO have reentrant tuning, but are lacking in a low G.
I like the baritone size as it fits my hands better and I like the fuller sound. I've considered an 8-string, but they only come in tenor and coming from a 12-string guitar, they sound a little too jangly for my taste. No one makes an 8-string baritone (not custom), but Kala is coming out with one in May.
It appears that the nut width will be sufficiently narrow that I could experiment with different voicing by removing strings and not mess up chord fingerings.
I could play it as a 5-string gGCEA or 6-string gcCeaA. Then I could swap out my cordoba to standard baritone DGBE and have fun with standard guitar chords. Regardless, I'd have a multi-function baritone sized ukulele without breaking the bank.
Thoughts? My first post, please be gentle...
I'm playing (learning to play) a Cordoba solid mahogany baritone in GCEA tuning. I like it and it's much more fun for me than guitar. I wanted to try low G and like it, but miss the reentrant sound of the high G.
I've looked at 5-string ukuleles online, but there are none in the local Olympia-Portland area that I can see. They're also only available in a tenor size.
I've also looked online at 6-string uses, which DO have reentrant tuning, but are lacking in a low G.
I like the baritone size as it fits my hands better and I like the fuller sound. I've considered an 8-string, but they only come in tenor and coming from a 12-string guitar, they sound a little too jangly for my taste. No one makes an 8-string baritone (not custom), but Kala is coming out with one in May.
It appears that the nut width will be sufficiently narrow that I could experiment with different voicing by removing strings and not mess up chord fingerings.
I could play it as a 5-string gGCEA or 6-string gcCeaA. Then I could swap out my cordoba to standard baritone DGBE and have fun with standard guitar chords. Regardless, I'd have a multi-function baritone sized ukulele without breaking the bank.
Thoughts? My first post, please be gentle...