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Sopranos: 1st uke, Lanikai soprano LU-11 - Aquilas | 30's Martin style 0 - Martins
Concerts: Kanile'a K-2 CP - Living Water | Islander AC-4 - Living Water | Waverly Street banjolele - Worth Browns
Tenor: Martin Iz - Living Water low G
UBass: Kala FS2 (fretless) - Pahoehoe | Kala Acacia - Pahoehoe
Yes I have read all nine pages, ten now. I don't know how educated I have become from it, but I do find the people who are proponents of fishing line to be interesting in their own way. Anyway, I only have one uke to string and I don't change strings as often as some, so buying bulk fishing line would end up costing me more than just sticking with Aquilas. I'm not putting down the fishing line people, because I'm sure that it works just fine. I'm just wondering if those popular brand names that get thrown around here all the time are just fishing line stuck in a nifty envelope. That's where I'm coming from on this. I mean, if someone gave me fishing line, I would string it up and play it. What the heck, I'll play anything.
Last edited by Rllink; 05-15-2016 at 06:00 AM.
I don't want to live in a world that is linear.
I just want everyone to understand that I am not a ukulele expert, even though it may look at times like I'm pretending to be.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...tective+Agency
same here - this is exactly WHY I did not in fact place an order for all the bulk fluoro leader
I have quite a few ukes, and MANY in completely different tunings, and they ALL have different strings on them except 2...so...for me this is either a 'thought experiment' or something where until I decide otherwise, that I will live vicariously through the efforts of the mavericks that go all out with a lifetime supply of fluoro leaders for uke strings...![]()
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Just Play
Sopranos: 1st uke, Lanikai soprano LU-11 - Aquilas | 30's Martin style 0 - Martins
Concerts: Kanile'a K-2 CP - Living Water | Islander AC-4 - Living Water | Waverly Street banjolele - Worth Browns
Tenor: Martin Iz - Living Water low G
UBass: Kala FS2 (fretless) - Pahoehoe | Kala Acacia - Pahoehoe
I’d like to try out Seaguar Blue Label fluorocarbon leader for my PONO ULN4 Nylon Baritone Ukulele with a 21.4” Scale Length tuned as a re-entrant tenor but down one octave. What size leader should I use for each string?
g = 80lb. .032in
C=
E=
A=
Available weight and diameter
30 lb .020 inch
40 lb. .024 inch
50 lb. .028 inch
60 lb. .029 inch
80 lb. .032 inch
90 lb. .036 inch
100 lb. .041 inch
130 lb. .046 inch
150 lb. .050 inch
180 lb. .054 inch
200 lb. .058 inch
I’d start with the diameter for strings from a fluorocarbon set and make comparisons with Seaguar Blue Label diameters for different test lines.
Not playing baritone, I’m assuming that non-wound fluorocarbon sets are available to make a comparison.
A baritone ukulele is tuned the same as a guitar. If I understand your question correctly, are your going to tune your baritone an octave lower than a tenor ukulele which will be lower than a classical guitar? If this is what you are trying to achieve, I think there is no chance of using fluorocarbon, unwound strings.
I’m not even sure what classical guitar strings to use for such a low tuning on a short scale. I guess you could buy a classical guitar set and use the third string (G) for your forth string (g). Then use the guitar 5th (A) and 4th (D) for your C and E. You octave lower A might need a separate single string if the classical 2nd (B) is too loose. When you are done, I can’t imagine what it will sound like.
John
Last edited by 70sSanO; 07-14-2019 at 06:13 PM.
So, you want to go from standard G4, C4, E4, A4 tuning down to G3, C3, E3, A3? On a baritone uke, using seaguar leader materials?
This has been done... here’s the link
http://typelink.net/wolfewithane/Bar...trant%20Tuning
Last edited by Swamp Yankee; 07-15-2019 at 01:02 AM.
Sopranos: aNueNue Khaya Mahogany 1, Bruko No. 6; Kiwaya KS-1; Kiwaya KTS-4; Kiwaya KTS-4K; Martin S-O
Concerts:Cahaya CY-0112; Kiwaya KTC-1; Kiwaya KPC-1M; Kiwaya KCU-1, Takumi TC-1M, Takumi TC-3K, Musicguymic’s Kolohe
Tenors: Cordoba 24T; Kiwaya KTT-2K
Baritones: Cordoba 24B
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