According to southcoast ukes, small body instruments are best suited for re-entrant tuning. In fact, they don't recommend linear tuning unless you have a long-neck concert or tenor.
Well, I like the concert scale length, but is it really difficult to make it sound good with low-G tuning, or should I just mix up brands?
Anyway,
I bought my Mele Mahogany concert in August with Hilo strings with wound low-G (C tuning). I actually liked the G, C, E strings, but hated how plucky the A string sounds.
So I switched to Worth clear (medium tension) (low G, unwound). It sounds different, not sure if I would say it's better.
Now the A string sounds much better, especially in 7-15 frets. but the low-G, as well as the C, E strings in higher frets sounds boxy.
What to do?
Well, I like the concert scale length, but is it really difficult to make it sound good with low-G tuning, or should I just mix up brands?
Anyway,
I bought my Mele Mahogany concert in August with Hilo strings with wound low-G (C tuning). I actually liked the G, C, E strings, but hated how plucky the A string sounds.
So I switched to Worth clear (medium tension) (low G, unwound). It sounds different, not sure if I would say it's better.
Now the A string sounds much better, especially in 7-15 frets. but the low-G, as well as the C, E strings in higher frets sounds boxy.
What to do?