roastbeast
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Aloha UU'ers, not sure if this is the right forum and will be happy to move this topic to the correct forum.
Been in several FB comment discussions where I've shared my trick for short term low g fix for people looking to experiment with low g. There's been some debate as to whether my method works so I would def appreciate comments from other experienced ukers.
First, I'd like to say that I'm still vetting this cheat across my ukes but so far seems it seems to work for me. I have this done with Martin Fluorocarbon a solid spruce / solid ziricote b&s tenor (with compensated saddle), solid mango pineapple tenor, Enya Nova U concert (with compensated saddle), and a long neck solid koa soprano.
Cheat: Rearrange re-entrant GCEA Martin Fluorocarbon strings on a tenor, concert and soprano to low g by using C string > low g, E > C, G > E, A staying the same.
My reason for doing this: Prefer Martin Fluorocarbons and unwound low G to wound low G as, in my opinion, the bass of a wound low G over powers the rest of the strings. If anything I would prefer half and half wound vs unwound like baritone uke string sets for a more even balance but I haven't seen a low g set like this.
I felt this would work because rearranging strings by order of thickness is similar to how linear tuned string sets work. Martin FCs tend to be high tension already so to me, the difference in tension is acceptable - certainly not floppy by any means. There's a bit more sustain and body because of lower tension for the first 3 strings that I think actually helps to highlight the A string a bit more as sometimes on my re-entrant ukes the A-string note changes don't power through as much as I'd like.
I think this works better on non-compensated saddles vs. compensated saddles set up to re-entrant GCEA. Possibly better on concert and up. Intonation down the neck seems to be acceptable within 15 cents as long as you are open to adjusting your open string within 15 cents as well.
I recently emailed Martin Customer Support to get their feedback on my method.
Thoughts? Has anybody else tried this before? Anybody willing to try this and give me their feedback? Mahalo!
Been in several FB comment discussions where I've shared my trick for short term low g fix for people looking to experiment with low g. There's been some debate as to whether my method works so I would def appreciate comments from other experienced ukers.
First, I'd like to say that I'm still vetting this cheat across my ukes but so far seems it seems to work for me. I have this done with Martin Fluorocarbon a solid spruce / solid ziricote b&s tenor (with compensated saddle), solid mango pineapple tenor, Enya Nova U concert (with compensated saddle), and a long neck solid koa soprano.
Cheat: Rearrange re-entrant GCEA Martin Fluorocarbon strings on a tenor, concert and soprano to low g by using C string > low g, E > C, G > E, A staying the same.
My reason for doing this: Prefer Martin Fluorocarbons and unwound low G to wound low G as, in my opinion, the bass of a wound low G over powers the rest of the strings. If anything I would prefer half and half wound vs unwound like baritone uke string sets for a more even balance but I haven't seen a low g set like this.
I felt this would work because rearranging strings by order of thickness is similar to how linear tuned string sets work. Martin FCs tend to be high tension already so to me, the difference in tension is acceptable - certainly not floppy by any means. There's a bit more sustain and body because of lower tension for the first 3 strings that I think actually helps to highlight the A string a bit more as sometimes on my re-entrant ukes the A-string note changes don't power through as much as I'd like.
I think this works better on non-compensated saddles vs. compensated saddles set up to re-entrant GCEA. Possibly better on concert and up. Intonation down the neck seems to be acceptable within 15 cents as long as you are open to adjusting your open string within 15 cents as well.
I recently emailed Martin Customer Support to get their feedback on my method.
Thoughts? Has anybody else tried this before? Anybody willing to try this and give me their feedback? Mahalo!