NUD or NGD : Romero Creations Baritone 6

Jim Hanks said:

Sure. If you're not familiar with flat wound, then the strings you are used to are round wound. If you look really closely, you can see the ridges because the outer wire is round. This is cheaper and easier but produces a string more prone to noise as you rub along the ridges. With flat wound, the outer wire is a ribbon wrapped around the inner core with the flat side out so you end up with a string much smoother. It's also generally stiffer and with a tone not as bright.


If you can get on his schedule, I highly recommend Jonathan Dale. AFAIK, his prices are still a good bit under your budget and he can make the string spacing however you like. I know he does 19" or 20" and like I said, Terz is easily achieved with standard classical guitar sets.

If you want to try a narrow 19" for a whole lot less, try the Cordoba C1m 1/4 size. Elderly lists it for $159 but out of stock. It's laminate so a little on the quiet side but not a bad sound at all.

I have some videos on both. I can find and post the links if you're interested.

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Ziret said:

I would like to see the videos, when you have time.

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Contrails said:

I tried the Aquila strings tuned A to A. They were bad. Volume was very soft and sustain was very poor. Especially on the 1st string. Tension was too high. If I had heard the uke like this in a store I wouldnt have bought it. The strings come in a pack with strings unsealed and so the wound ones had some tarnish/oxidation on them. They wound the TOP 3 and bottom 3 together with no numbering. I wouldn’t recommend them. Tuned down G it sounded better but was a bit on the thin side.

The B6 came with string from a brand called Medina Artigas. A name I am totally unfamiliar with. Apparently from Argentina. But the string have a very good and nice sound. I wouldn’t have changed it except for the fact that it was tune to E(very hard gauge). I might hunt for some of their medium gauge ones and try to see how high I can tune them to.

Thank you for the string recommendations. I will try to find them. In my part of the woods some string Brand’s are very hard to find. And shipping from the US for some reason is very expensive. Kanile’a quoted me $36 for shipping a set of strings, not including the strings! ��

I have been corresponding with Pepe. And he did mentioned that this B6 is actually designed for G tuning. I am not sure how much that affects it.

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gochugogi said:

I have the Baritone 6 and have tried all sorts of strings and tunings on it. The best stock strings I've used are the Pepe Romero UG1:

1 = .021" | 2 = .026" | 3 = .0315" | 4 = .0275" | 5 = .034" | 6 = .042"

They're ideal for terz/G-G tuning but too tight for requinto/A-A. Even with a lighter custom set I found the Baritone 6 too high tension for A-1 tuning. My Baritone 6 review:

https://fraryguitar.com/romero_creations_baritone6_review.htm

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Bill1 said:

I would recommend using whatever strings Romero Creations recommend.

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Wukulele said:

That Pepe mentioned this instrument was designed for G to G tuning is helpful.
Also helpful is your description of how the Aquila guilele strings performed.
Thanks!
Do you have the model name &/or specs for the Medina Artigas your Romero B6 nylon came with? They make many many models of strings, have 28 models of just classical alone https://www.medinaartigas.com.ar/eng/guitarra_clasica.html

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Bill1 said:

.You can probably get a fluorocarbon string for A3 D3 and G3 pitches (IE A to A bass), but they may be really fat and you may need to carve the grand canyon into the nut as well as deal with fat strings to get them to work..

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