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Installed a set of Aquila super nylagut GCEA baritone strings on my extra baritone uke today and tuned them to pitch. Re-entrant tuning and they sound pretty good. A coupla days to settle and they should be in good shape. Is there anything a tenor can do that this baritone can't? I'm assuming...

"Singing in the rain - just Singing in the rain..."

Its gotta be a Mainland cause your tag line says: "Mainlands rule!"

It's also the only post he had. (Musta changed his mind...)

Personally, I would not leave any uke in a car, plastic or not...

I play the baritone uke and harmonica together pretty often. Same chord shapes, just different names.

Is he trying to learn blues harp, or does he want to play melodies... Lots of different types of harmonicas out there. Eastop harmonicas give you a lot of bang for the buck, whether a diatonic (blues harmonica) or a tremolo (melody style harmonica).

That's standard baritone tuning... I was hoping to tune one of my three baritone ukuleles to gcea and avoid having to purchase a tenor. (Concert size is too small for me.)

These were the strings Caramel provided to do the conversion. Definitely cheap looking and unlabeled. I have been looking at a Gretch solid top acoustic electric tenor uke, but I also find the Recording King tenor guitar interesting. And so it begins... might have to sell a couple of guitars...

Well I tried it, almost got to "high g" and the string snapped. One octave lower and the strings were too floppy, so it looks like a tenor in my future...

lately I've been thinking about getting a tenor uke and realized that my Caramel baritone came with an extra set of strings for re-entrant tuning (gcea). Should I tune these up to the same pitch as my concert uke or an octave lower?

At least with an "electric acoustic" you get some projection when playing unamplified...

I used a capo occasionally while playing guitar with a band, but have never used one with my ukulele in the band I'm in now. I only play it a few songs a gig on the uke as I'm primarily the harmonica player anyway...

It appears to be in very nice, playable condition. I love the '50s style graphics.

I would definitely paint the container white with good insulation and an air conditioner. Got any pics?