Momo Quimera
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I built a choromatic tincan ukulele-dulcimer bastard and now I am about to finish it. Thats what it looks like:
Its basically a baritone ukulele with 3 strings (one double course) tuned like a dulcimer. When I built it I wanted to build a Baritone at first but then changed my mind It is strung with concert guitar Nylons (cant use regular uke strings because the string holder is in the body and requires longer strings) and the A and d strings fit very well for bass and drone. However, the melody strings (b-strings) are a little to quiet and tend to be droned out, specially at higher tones where they have very little sustain. I think I have the following possibilities:
1. take g strings. As I tried it the last time I had the Feeling that this didnt help very much and that the Intonation suffered a little. Also I dont know if the tension wouldnt be to high...
2. take wound g strings. Should fix the volume issue, howver I dont want the squeeking noises when playing on the melody strings.
3. Take nylgut strings. They are supposed to be louder and brighter, which should be good, but do you think it will be sufficient?
4. would anything speak for carbon instead of nylgut?
5. I have seen Savarez plastic wound strings and wonder if anyone has experience with these.
I hope someone can give me a clue on what to do!
I built a choromatic tincan ukulele-dulcimer bastard and now I am about to finish it. Thats what it looks like:
Its basically a baritone ukulele with 3 strings (one double course) tuned like a dulcimer. When I built it I wanted to build a Baritone at first but then changed my mind It is strung with concert guitar Nylons (cant use regular uke strings because the string holder is in the body and requires longer strings) and the A and d strings fit very well for bass and drone. However, the melody strings (b-strings) are a little to quiet and tend to be droned out, specially at higher tones where they have very little sustain. I think I have the following possibilities:
1. take g strings. As I tried it the last time I had the Feeling that this didnt help very much and that the Intonation suffered a little. Also I dont know if the tension wouldnt be to high...
2. take wound g strings. Should fix the volume issue, howver I dont want the squeeking noises when playing on the melody strings.
3. Take nylgut strings. They are supposed to be louder and brighter, which should be good, but do you think it will be sufficient?
4. would anything speak for carbon instead of nylgut?
5. I have seen Savarez plastic wound strings and wonder if anyone has experience with these.
I hope someone can give me a clue on what to do!