don_b
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I have 2 Tenor ukes. I am considering throwing a Low G on the one I like less, but I'm struggling a bit to decide whether or not it's worth it.
When you add a low G, you can play everything you can on a High G uke and you also have access to Low G, Low Ab, Low A, Low Bb, and Low B. You already have access to Low C, so you're giving yourself access to 5 more notes. Seems like a trivial gain.
Of course I'm being a bit reductive in that criticism. There's the obvious difference in having the strings go from low to high when played from ceiling to floor on the Low G, instead of 2nd highest, lowest, 2nd lowest, and highest when played from floor to ceiling on High G. There's also the obvious general change in sound when moving from re-entrant to linear.
Generally, though, it feels like a trivial gain.
I want to hear from passionate Low G-ers.
**UPDATE: I bought a pack of these fremont blackline fluorocarbon low G tenor strings. I'm going to put them on my kala tri top.
It was really awesome reading everybody's thoughts on Low G. Thanks a lot.
******UPDATE
Everybody, I put my new Fremont blackline Low G set on last night and I gotta say I really do not like how floppy the Low G is. Doing some research it sounds like it's just gunna be floppy unless I get a high tension wound or something. Am I right? So far I really, really dislike the flop. But it does sound nice.
When you add a low G, you can play everything you can on a High G uke and you also have access to Low G, Low Ab, Low A, Low Bb, and Low B. You already have access to Low C, so you're giving yourself access to 5 more notes. Seems like a trivial gain.
Of course I'm being a bit reductive in that criticism. There's the obvious difference in having the strings go from low to high when played from ceiling to floor on the Low G, instead of 2nd highest, lowest, 2nd lowest, and highest when played from floor to ceiling on High G. There's also the obvious general change in sound when moving from re-entrant to linear.
Generally, though, it feels like a trivial gain.
I want to hear from passionate Low G-ers.
**UPDATE: I bought a pack of these fremont blackline fluorocarbon low G tenor strings. I'm going to put them on my kala tri top.
It was really awesome reading everybody's thoughts on Low G. Thanks a lot.
******UPDATE
Everybody, I put my new Fremont blackline Low G set on last night and I gotta say I really do not like how floppy the Low G is. Doing some research it sounds like it's just gunna be floppy unless I get a high tension wound or something. Am I right? So far I really, really dislike the flop. But it does sound nice.
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