Aloha,
I just received a wonderful golden acacia Kala travel tenor from HMS (Mahalos to Andrew, musicguymic, and the rest of the crew at HMS for a perfectly set-up uke!). I already have a sprucetop Kala travel tenor (which is going to be relocated to my folks' home across the country because I've been visiting there more frequently now that my parents are aging), and I'd like to restring the golden acacia travel tenor with a low g string set. Has anyone done this? If so, do you have a recommendation for what low g set might work best for this uke? For what it's worth, this travel tenor (solid acacia soundboard, laminate sides and back) sounds a little warmer than the sprucetop travel tenor, and they're both strung with Aquila reentrants. I could just replace the reentrant g on the acacia uke with a low g Aquila. I have a Worth flourocarbon low g set on my Kamaka tenor and I love the way they sound on that uke, but I'm concerned that using a set like that on this uke would require me to widen the g string nut slot. Any thoughts, suggestions, and/or recommendations are greatly appreciated. Mahalo in advance.
I just received a wonderful golden acacia Kala travel tenor from HMS (Mahalos to Andrew, musicguymic, and the rest of the crew at HMS for a perfectly set-up uke!). I already have a sprucetop Kala travel tenor (which is going to be relocated to my folks' home across the country because I've been visiting there more frequently now that my parents are aging), and I'd like to restring the golden acacia travel tenor with a low g string set. Has anyone done this? If so, do you have a recommendation for what low g set might work best for this uke? For what it's worth, this travel tenor (solid acacia soundboard, laminate sides and back) sounds a little warmer than the sprucetop travel tenor, and they're both strung with Aquila reentrants. I could just replace the reentrant g on the acacia uke with a low g Aquila. I have a Worth flourocarbon low g set on my Kamaka tenor and I love the way they sound on that uke, but I'm concerned that using a set like that on this uke would require me to widen the g string nut slot. Any thoughts, suggestions, and/or recommendations are greatly appreciated. Mahalo in advance.