i got a uke question

Regster · Jun 11, 2008

is there a way to make a tenor uke sound more like a guitar?

i play guitar in my church now n im thinking of using a uke instead of guitar sometimes but it gotta guitar sounding.

Neil Cursed Diamond · Jun 11, 2008

A baritone would be your best bet for sounding more guitar-like, but with a tenor I would suggest low-g tuning.

russ_buss · Jun 11, 2008

this reminds me of that movie Victor Victoria starring Julie Andrews. she was a woman pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman. great movie!

no disrespect to your question. just an observation. i'm sure you have your reasons. good luck!

deach · Jun 11, 2008

What if you pass it through a synthesizer?

SnakeOiler · Jun 11, 2008

deach said:
What if you pass it through a synthesizer?

Or maybe a pitch shifter that would lower the tone an octave.

Regster · Jun 11, 2008

Neil Cursed Diamond said:
A baritone would be your best bet for sounding more guitar-like, but with a tenor I would suggest low-g tuning.

used to have a bari but i ended up selling it, it does sound like a guitar but i can't make it into gcea tuning n it doesn't have any pick up, low-g tuning what does that sound like? can u give me a link so i can hear it

Boozelele · Jun 11, 2008

New strings...

...steel strings would do it, wouldnt it? It would just sound like you were playing up high on your guitar....maybe.

Plainsong · Jun 11, 2008

What would steel strings do for the bridge and fretboard? I mean, couldn't there be too much tension? Not as much give as nylon strings?

I'd say Low G and perhaps a Wound C. Some of this will also depend on the uke itself.

Neil Cursed Diamond · Jun 11, 2008

Regster said:
used to have a bari but i ended up selling it, it does sound like a guitar but i can't make it into gcea tuning n it doesn't have any pick up, low-g tuning what does that sound like? can u give me a link so i can hear it

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6EogbC-QX20

UU's own russbuss with a tenor strung low g, GCEA from lowest to highest instead of the g being an octave higher.

salukulady · Jun 11, 2008

Regster said:
used to have a bari but i ended up selling it, it does sound like a guitar but i can't make it into gcea tuning n it doesn't have any pick up, low-g tuning what does that sound like? can u give me a link so i can hear it

I have my baritone tuned low gcea (ukuleleworld.com sells a gcea made set for baritone and I stole the low wound G off of a regular bari set) and when I play, people think it's just a little guitar. It sounds great and is really nice for ballads.

ichadwick · Jun 11, 2008

Consider an electric uke. My Eleuke plays like a tenor but sounds much more like an amplified nylon-stringed guitar.

Regster · Jun 12, 2008

Neil Cursed Diamond said:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6EogbC-QX20

UU's own russbuss with a tenor strung low g, GCEA from lowest to highest instead of the g being an octave higher.

ahah that's good it doesn't sound like the normal uke, the normal uke sounds too hawaiian i don't think the pastor will approve of me using it.

now all i need to do is get a uke,all im willing to spend is 300 down, this are what im looking at
http://cgi.ebay.com/SPALTED-MAPLE-w...16224QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262
http://cgi.ebay.com/Ohana-TENOR-sol...16224QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

NukeDOC · Jun 12, 2008

go with a low G and run it through a regular solid state guitar amp

MGM · Jun 12, 2008

Tune your tenor to bari tuning DGBE and play it thru a pedal that has a acoustic guiatar simulator setting...

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