I just received a 6-string tenor that I bought online. It's an acoustic/electric, mid-line Lanikai with solid spruce top, laminated hog back & sides, fitted with Aquila Lava Nylguts. A beautiful instrument to look at.
It's my first 6-stringer so I didn't know what to expect, sound-wise.
It came with a low, unwound G string, even though I didn't order it that way. It has a wound low A string.
Accordingly, I tuned it GcCEaA. The problem is this: when I strum, the low "A" string totally drowns out the high "a" string. This uke sounds lousy & imbalanced because of that. Matter of fact, it doesn't sound much like a uke at all. Blah!
Unless one of you folks can show me a possible way to fix this cacaphony, I'm going to remove the low "A" & try it that way.
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Added comments later on...
I just noticed that I have some D'Addario strings for a tenor sixer with high G. Their specs are at...
http://www.daddario.com/DADProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=3769&productid=1000
Notice that their low A is not wound & is fairly low tension. That should make it play softer, shouldn't it?
It's my first 6-stringer so I didn't know what to expect, sound-wise.
It came with a low, unwound G string, even though I didn't order it that way. It has a wound low A string.
Accordingly, I tuned it GcCEaA. The problem is this: when I strum, the low "A" string totally drowns out the high "a" string. This uke sounds lousy & imbalanced because of that. Matter of fact, it doesn't sound much like a uke at all. Blah!
Unless one of you folks can show me a possible way to fix this cacaphony, I'm going to remove the low "A" & try it that way.
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Added comments later on...
I just noticed that I have some D'Addario strings for a tenor sixer with high G. Their specs are at...
http://www.daddario.com/DADProductDetail.Page?ActiveID=3769&productid=1000
Notice that their low A is not wound & is fairly low tension. That should make it play softer, shouldn't it?
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