georgeriley
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Is it possible to get a uke with steel strings please?
Not trying to threadjack OP but I just bought a used tenor and the C string is a wound steel string. Is that steel wound around a nylon core that was mentioned? Should I change it?
Dirks Classical metals are the only steel string I would put on a uke. They are very thin to take less tension and no higher than Bb for a bari. Wonderful clear sound. Was going to change back to nylon last night but they sound so good I changed my mind.
I really love the sound of the Southcoast classical metal set, but I've put them on two ukes, and in both cases, I've found the intonation to be way off even at the first fret. I'm wondering if it is because they are so thin compared to standard uke strings. Does anyone know if there is some kind of setup work that could be done to a uke to fix that? A compensated saddle, perhaps?
- FiL