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I need advice-diagnosis-of a major frustration with Low G tuning-every time I attempt to put a Low G set (first Aquila, then Mahana) on my Makai solid mango concert (which I love to death), the strings sound like garbage. I mean really bad-like a sonic boom is coming out of the soundhole (tuning & intonation is fine, checked & double-checked). I'd like to be able to play some classical & do some more fingerpicking (I have Rob MacKillop's Gaspar Sanz book & Mark Nelson's book ready to go) with Low G to make my uke sound a bit more like classical guitar. Is this just wrong-do I need a tenor strung Low-G, or can I produce the desired sound on my concert? Any suggestions welcome-Gracias.