Poke
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I only own 1 uke right now. I low G. I like being able to get the low notes.
I have a tenor strung high G and one strung low G. I tend to play the hi G far more than the low, mainly because when I play the low, the G string seems to overpower everything else (maybe I need to strum differently with it, idk). I do think it sounds better with certain songs.
Wound strings often dominate the sound: it happens with low G and low C. I had probs with Aquila wound low Gs - too boomy. Worth low G sets with the plain G string work best on my uke. Better balance and more consistent tone across all strings.
I like the idea of low G, but in practice I don't really like the way the sound has turned out. It's mostly a string issue though, I think.
My tenor uke is strung low G. I'm having trouble figuring out which strings to use for it, since I didn't want to try a wound G string. I ended up using a Worth brown string (unwound) for the low G, and left all the rest of the Aquilas on the other strings. I don't really like the way it sounds, unfortunately. I'm trying to decide what to do next... whether I should switch all of the strings to Worth browns or get a wound low G to go with the Aquilas.
All of my other ukes are high G, so I want to keep giving low G a try on my tenor. Maybe I'll eventually pick a string combination that I like.