has anyone seen this video concert scale banjolele with DBGE tuning?
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Jim Hanks
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I have the Southcoast dGBE set on my tenor Gold Tone. It really did "tone down" the brashness of it, and I think this concert sounds even more so. Truthfully, I'm not sure I'm totally sold on the sound. I mean its a good sound and is a lot mellower than stock, but partially defeats the purpose of the banjo uke. I'll probably try something diferent when it's time to change strings.
Sounded dead too me.
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iamesperambient
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I don't think it sounded 'dead' i just don't think it has that 'plink' personally i think george forby high pitched banjolele playing is very annoying sounding. I like the more low tuned sound. I would rather get a tenor banjo and tune it like a baritone or buy the gold tone baritone banjolele i think it would offer a better sound.
i think even a tenor banjolele (if they make em) tuned to a linear C with a low G would sound better to me too.
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iamesperambient
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btw on an off note. Its weird bruce considers his 19" ukes to be 'tenors" considering the scale of a standard baritone 19-20 inches or slightly above.
Im very curious his reasons for his scale lengths, i do enjoy the 22" scale on my baritone konablaster just wondered why he didn't keep the scales
in line with more s tandard ones. Maybe it has something to do with the electric steel string tension ?
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iamesperambient
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i guess one good thing about it is to get more of the tenor banjo sound with more portability ?
Some just like the smaller size but don't care for the plinkiness honestly i think im one of those people.
Jim Hanks
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As I said, mine *is* a tenor banjolele. I thought the gCEA it came with was a little harsh, annoying as you say. I had the same thought as you but unfortunately the tailpiece won't accept a low G for the 4th string as the hole is too small. So that's how I ended up with the high 'd' tuning. Without modifying the tailpiece (and maybe the nut), this uke is stuck with reentrant tuning. But I may go up to A or Bb next time to get a little more of the twang back.
Jim Hanks
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I don't want to hijack this banjolele thread - I'll be doing a NUD post on the 19" KB soon, but I agree I'm gonna call it a bari regardless. FWIW, I have seen some 19" acoustic ukes billed as "long neck tenor" but I'm with you here.
