I've been trying to find an octave mandolin with nylon strings and it has been pretty much impossible. So I really want to take a Baritone 8 string like this one and put thicker strings on it and tune it to GCEA or GDAE (mandolin) an octave below the standard uke tuning and in unisons for every string not octaves on the first two strings.
Has anyone tried this? What strings would work? What is an ideal string tension for a uke like this?
Thanks a ton!
Has anyone tried this? What strings would work? What is an ideal string tension for a uke like this?
Thanks a ton!