eschelar
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OK, so I've been fiddling with my low G tenor and I would like to try going all nylon.
I dabble with minor repairs at my local guitar club, so I got my hands on some classical guitar strings for rather cheap.
They were available in high tension and lower tension and I picked the lower tension to try (Augustine Reds) (classified as a medium tension).
I gave it a try and found that the #3 is a bit too loose and therefore becomes rather sloppy when tuned down to G (the intonation goes a bit wonky). It's not bad at C, but I'm not all that impressed with these for the uke when comparing back to back with the E and A using Aquilas.
I'm wondering if it will make a difference to switch to a higher tension string or should I just save my money and buy a set of Worth's from Ebay...
Any thoughts?
It's not the end of the world if I have to grab a set of blues, it's only like 6 bucks, but it does seem a bit wasteful (these can only be purchased in complete sets). There are a few guitars at the guitar club that could use the extra strings, but it still seems a bit wasteful to purchase a whole pack and use just one string...
I dabble with minor repairs at my local guitar club, so I got my hands on some classical guitar strings for rather cheap.
They were available in high tension and lower tension and I picked the lower tension to try (Augustine Reds) (classified as a medium tension).
I gave it a try and found that the #3 is a bit too loose and therefore becomes rather sloppy when tuned down to G (the intonation goes a bit wonky). It's not bad at C, but I'm not all that impressed with these for the uke when comparing back to back with the E and A using Aquilas.
I'm wondering if it will make a difference to switch to a higher tension string or should I just save my money and buy a set of Worth's from Ebay...
Any thoughts?
It's not the end of the world if I have to grab a set of blues, it's only like 6 bucks, but it does seem a bit wasteful (these can only be purchased in complete sets). There are a few guitars at the guitar club that could use the extra strings, but it still seems a bit wasteful to purchase a whole pack and use just one string...