Finally decided on my new uke. Ordered a Gretsch 9121 from Elderlys. I love the sound of the low G so thought I'd try that right off the bat. They said that if I do that they would need to alter the bridge/saddle such that I could not use it for a high G should I ever want to. They said any smaller string would buzz.
Is that normal? From what people write it sounds to me like folks switch from high G to low G or even DGBE without much fanfare. I ordered the low G string suggested by Ukulele Jay in his Gretsch 9121 video review since to my ear the tone he gets out of that thing is the nicest I have found. So if he should read this: Jay, did you have to do anything special with your Gretsch for that Fremont squeakless low G and Savarez strings that you talked about in your video?
Thanks, as always, for you input.
Tom
Is that normal? From what people write it sounds to me like folks switch from high G to low G or even DGBE without much fanfare. I ordered the low G string suggested by Ukulele Jay in his Gretsch 9121 video review since to my ear the tone he gets out of that thing is the nicest I have found. So if he should read this: Jay, did you have to do anything special with your Gretsch for that Fremont squeakless low G and Savarez strings that you talked about in your video?
Thanks, as always, for you input.
Tom