Fit a Baritone ukulele with tenor strings
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Peter Frary
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It's somewhat common, especially for those with larger hands, to tune a baritone to GCEA. However, you need to use much thinner—lower tension—strings to be playable, and even then the tension may be uncomfortable to many ukulele players. Those used to steel string acoustic guitars won't give the extra tension a second thought! I've setup a few baritones thus (roll my own fluorocarbon strings):
1 = Seaguar Pink Label 40 LB, .022"
2 = Seaguar Pink Label 50 LB, 0.026”
3 = Seaguar Pink Label 80 LB, 0.032”
4 = D'Addario Pro Arte silver wound .028"
1 = Seaguar Pink Label 40 LB, .022"
2 = Seaguar Pink Label 50 LB, 0.026”
3 = Seaguar Pink Label 80 LB, 0.032”
4 = D'Addario Pro Arte silver wound .028"
anthonyg
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Yes to the above. To be clear, there are special baritone string sets made for g,C,E,A tuning and you would buy those special sets rather than a tenor string set if you didn't want to go to the trouble of making up your own custom set.
To add the conversion a thinner string is necessary to lessen tension. I have used concert gauge strings with good results. But because of the extra length needed you will have to go with Worth strings which are double length. That does make it more expensive
I bet Mike Middleton at Living Water could make you up a custom set.
https://www.kenmiddleton.co.uk/living-water-strings/
https://www.kenmiddleton.co.uk/living-water-strings/
Moore Bettah Ukuleles
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I buy my baritone string sets from Uke Logic through HMS. Both D and C scale are available. They are my favorite strings.
Jim Hanks
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And Uke Republic lists it in stock at the moment
Baritone Low G Set gCEA $16.85 ea
https://www.ukerepublic.com/store/p160/Living_Water_Ukulele_Fluorocarbon_Strings.html
LarryS
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Yes you can but why would you?
Answer to reply, .... why would you....
My question was not to help me.. A friend was given a ukulele for Christmas, but it was a baritone, which I don’t think is the ideal one to learn on, it was a present so he does not want to change it, so the best idea seems to change the strings for now.
My question was not to help me.. A friend was given a ukulele for Christmas, but it was a baritone, which I don’t think is the ideal one to learn on, it was a present so he does not want to change it, so the best idea seems to change the strings for now.
