Gillian
Well-known member
I just became the owner of a Lili'u. I was given an offer I couldn't refuse. This uke was played only twice by the original owner. Stamped October 31st, 2005, this uke is pristine. No scratches anywhere. The uke you buy new from a dealer's showroom has been played more than this one has.
So, now that my UAS has been mollified for a while, I'm educating myself about the Lili'u, specifically the tuning of the strings.
As you can see from the picture of the headstock, it is strung (from 6th to 1st (G to A)), with a wound low-G, a wound C, a black nylon C, a black nylon E, a wound A, and a black nylon A.
The A strings are an octave apart, but the the C strings are tuned the same. Shouldn't they be an octave apart also? When I tried to tune the black nylon C to the higher octave, it got so tight I thought it would snap.
With the uke having been played so little, these should be the original strings, but are they?
I'm not a fan of wound strings, so I would like to replace these with a non-wound set. Can anyone suggest a high-G, 6 string, non-wound tenor set? Worth makes such a set, but in their "brown" line, and I would like to keep the sound on this uke bright by getting Worth Clears, but I don't think they make a 6-string set in Clears.
Does anyone know of a non-wound, high-G, 6-string tenor set, or have a set you can you can recommend? Thanks!
So, now that my UAS has been mollified for a while, I'm educating myself about the Lili'u, specifically the tuning of the strings.
As you can see from the picture of the headstock, it is strung (from 6th to 1st (G to A)), with a wound low-G, a wound C, a black nylon C, a black nylon E, a wound A, and a black nylon A.
The A strings are an octave apart, but the the C strings are tuned the same. Shouldn't they be an octave apart also? When I tried to tune the black nylon C to the higher octave, it got so tight I thought it would snap.
With the uke having been played so little, these should be the original strings, but are they?
I'm not a fan of wound strings, so I would like to replace these with a non-wound set. Can anyone suggest a high-G, 6 string, non-wound tenor set? Worth makes such a set, but in their "brown" line, and I would like to keep the sound on this uke bright by getting Worth Clears, but I don't think they make a 6-string set in Clears.
Does anyone know of a non-wound, high-G, 6-string tenor set, or have a set you can you can recommend? Thanks!