Strings for Mahogany Baritone

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About 3 or 4 weeks ago I bought my first Baritone, a Kala all solid mahogany. I love the sound, sweet and mellow, but it's pretty quiet compared to my tenors. It still has the stock strings which I think are Aquila nyguts with 2 wound bass strings. It sounds balanced but I would like to brighten it up a bit. I have had good luck with Southcoast strings on my tenors. Any suggestions? I want to keep standard Baritone tuning.
 

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Martin M630 are my go to strings for baritones. I use them specifically to brighten up the tone on baritone ukuleles. They are the thinnest and brightest sounding trebles I have found, come with 2 wounds for D and G strings
 

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I agree with Dave. For myself, Marting strings are the go to strings on a mahogany baritone. My other baritones are strung with Southeast HL-WB wound 3&4
 

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I have Living Waters on my Kala mahogany baritone.
Rich deep baritone voice.
 

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+1 Martin M630s.

Fluorocarbon is the way to go if you want to brighten up the sound imho. If you wanted to try a set with no wounds there's also Living Water.
 
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Thanks, I think I will give the Martin M630's a try. They should be available at my local music store.
 

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If you don't want to switch to fluroros and want to keep that warm nylgut punch, try D'Addario EJ88B Nyltech Ukulele Strings instead. Otherwise, +1 on the Martin M630s.
 

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I'm not a fan of wound strings, & put Living Water flourocarbon strings on my cedar topped, made a big difference soundwise. :)
 
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My feelings also.

Here is a link so you can hear how they sound on my mahogany baritone- https://youtu.be/CV_ctYcNwm0

Thanks, for posting the link. I have the exact same model Baritone. I really love the tone. Those Living Water strings sound great. Mike at Uke Republic is a great guy and I have ordered strings from him in the past and gotten excellent service. I plan to drop by my local music store today. If they have the Martins in stock I'll give them a try. I like the option of the Living Waters and keep them in mind.