Tenor Strings on a BaritoneUke

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Can one string a baritone uke gcea? How might it impact the tone and the instrument itself? Thanks for your thoughts.
 
Can one string a baritone uke gcea? How might it impact the tone and the instrument itself? Thanks for your thoughts.

Yes you can string a baritone GCEA, Kala and Living Water make string sets specifically for that purpose. I have done it and it sounds like a tenor with more resonance and sustain because of the bigger body and longer scale length
 
Aquila used to make a set especially for that purpose too; when I briefly owned a Baritone scale ukulele, I used a set so that I could play along with the rest of our local group.
 
I've always described a baritone tuned to C as sounding like a great big tenor. If you want a plug and play solution, Mya Moe sells a "tenor tuned baritone" string set that uses a wound low G.
 
I have a 50s Harmony baritone with PhD low G strings. I like it better than when I had it tuned DGBE.
 
I Knew someone who did it with a Kala, and it sounded wonderful!
 
The cord shapes are just 5 down from the C tuned uke, so the easy way is to just play Baritone shapes.
G=C
C=F
B7=E7
etc.
Not too hard really. I play both and it keeps my brain active, which is a help in my dotage.:)
 
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