Changing the regular strings around soas to have a low g tuning

I was wondering about changing the order of my high G set so i would have low G tune. does it work at all, and if so, how well? i can't find a low G in my area so thought i'd try just swappig them around. i have one coming with my new uke when it's delivered. do they make low G strings that are all nylon as well as wrapped. is one easier to play or does it sound better on a tenor?

so if it works what would that mean doing? swapping the normal C string to a low G and then make the normal E into the C and then use the others where? the other two are about the same diameter....

or would it work better if i used one of the wound low classical guitar strings for a low G on a uke? and if it does work should i try an E or an A?

it's tough living in a ukulele wasteland. nothing available to buy locally. anybody from the forum live in pgh pa that would like to meet a fellow uke fan??????

thanks

Moving strings around like that almost never works. The C string is fat enough as it is, but trying to tune it all the way down to G makes it so floppy as to be nearly useless. You're really better off buying a set designed for low G that has the correct diameters and tension for each string.

An unwound G is usually pretty fat, so you may have to alter your nut for it to fit in the slot. Wound strings ( G, and even C) aren't that bad, are thinner, and can sound much better than the alternative.

Although going low G on a soprano is physically possible, the small body size doesn't lend itself well acoustically to the low registers. After much experimenting, I'm sticking with low G only on my Tenor.

You can use a classical wound D string for the low G.

Here's a link to a good string place. They sell single strings too.

http://www.juststrings.com/guitarsinglestrings.html

thanks for the help. i kinda thought swapping them around wouldn't be the best solution... otherwise why would they make ones to sell. i'm gonna put them on a tenor

I used a spare 3rd string in the 4th spot but had to tune up to D to get a good sound. Dirk at Southcoast suggests tuning a tenor in D anyway.

I use these with the D'Addario J71 tenor strings:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/acce...ingle-classical-guitar-string/104564000000000

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If you decide to go with a non-wound string, it will most likely require the nut slot to be widened; they're pretty thick.- DaveVisi mentioned this, need to read things more closely

Some prefer nylon and some prefer wound. It just comes down to personal preference.

Many like the South Coast linear set. They come with both a wound G and C:
http://www.southcoastukes.com/stringuide_files/fwound.htm

IZ would do this. Need to use a wound 3rd strings set. Then move the C to G, E to C, A to E, then the original High G to the A position. I've done this on tenors in the past, works just fine

I don't live in the Burg, but not too far away in WV. Worth makes a non wound low G set - brown.

I always string my Tenor ukulele as Low G using a normal High G set.
As Pedalfreak says above,use C for G,use E for C,BUT I then fit the HIGH G
string for E and leave the A string in place!
Works fine for me,the Low G is never too loose and floppy,as some claim.
Have done this for ages now and its okay.

There are probably more than a few of us who play Soprano - Long Neck Soprano - Concert - Tenor - Baritone with linear low 4 tuning. If it were such a bad thing, I wonder why string makers run it as an option. The first song from Hawaii to Mainland was a piece calling for a low G. Dirk at Southcoast with the cuatro tuning made me wonder about low g and low a on a soprano. Take a low g and just pull it up a full tone. When I had James Hill play it, he was intrigued. I gave him a low g for his tenor. He said he was going to string up one of his tenors with the cuatro tuning. I wonder if he ever did it.

how about lowering the G string tuning lower than the C string