Baritone Uku low GCEA

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• Oct 21, 2020

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I was planning on getting a baritone uku and was thinking of getting Aquila 23U gCEA strings. If I wanted a low G can I use the G from the original DGBE strings? Thanks!

 

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• Oct 21, 2020

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Just out of curiosity, why would you go to the trouble of getting a baritone but string it like a soprano?

 

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• Oct 22, 2020

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ripock said:

Just out of curiosity, why would you go to the trouble of getting a baritone but string it like a soprano?

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Perhaps for the longer scale length?... but perhaps a tenor would be a better fit?

 

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• Oct 22, 2020

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The very best sounding baritone I ever heard was strung GCEA. Gawd, it rang, and was fun to play. But I couldn't reach far enough on the fretboard for fancy chords.

 

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• Oct 22, 2020

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Grif said:

I was planning on getting a baritone uku and was thinking of getting Aquila 23U gCEA strings. If I wanted a low G can I use the G from the original DGBE strings? Thanks!

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I think that this would be an octave lower G, the included G is already like the original.