mikelz777
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Can you do a low G tuning using standard strings?
If the standard GCEA strings are numbered 1 (string closest to floor) to 4 (string closest to ceiling) and you reordered them from 1, 2, 3, 4 to 1, 4, 2, 3 would that work properly? The reordering would put the largest gauge string closest to the ceiling and then each string below that would descend to the lowest gauge string closest to the floor in order.
Example: Martin M600
(A)1 - .0191
(E)2 - .0256
(C)3 - .0340
(G)4 - .0216 (standard G tuning)
reordered:
(A)1 - .0191
(E)4 - .0216
(C)2 - .0256
(G)3 - .0340 (tune to low G)
I may have a 2nd uke soon and would like to see what it would be like to tune the "spare" uke to a low G. I already have spare strings so I'm hoping I could achieve a low G tuning using them rather than having to find/buy a low G.
Maybe I'm totally off and the above approach wouldn't work but if not, is there another way to achieve a low G tuning using a standard set of strings? (assuming you're starting with a new set)
If the standard GCEA strings are numbered 1 (string closest to floor) to 4 (string closest to ceiling) and you reordered them from 1, 2, 3, 4 to 1, 4, 2, 3 would that work properly? The reordering would put the largest gauge string closest to the ceiling and then each string below that would descend to the lowest gauge string closest to the floor in order.
Example: Martin M600
(A)1 - .0191
(E)2 - .0256
(C)3 - .0340
(G)4 - .0216 (standard G tuning)
reordered:
(A)1 - .0191
(E)4 - .0216
(C)2 - .0256
(G)3 - .0340 (tune to low G)
I may have a 2nd uke soon and would like to see what it would be like to tune the "spare" uke to a low G. I already have spare strings so I'm hoping I could achieve a low G tuning using them rather than having to find/buy a low G.
Maybe I'm totally off and the above approach wouldn't work but if not, is there another way to achieve a low G tuning using a standard set of strings? (assuming you're starting with a new set)
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