HiI have made a Tenor ukulele CBG but need to use steel strings instead of nylon...any ideas which strings in steel would take that tension???
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010, .013, .017 and .026 seems to be the general consensus in the ukulele community. wouldn't be right to say that and not warn you though, are you sure your ukulele can take the tension of steel strings? if it's a solid body or a neck through with bracing then all should be fine but I'd think twice about putting steelies on anything else. I did experiment for a while with steel strings on ukes but it wasn't for me in the end but from my experience you can't go wrong with the above guages.
Thanks all they are for my resonator I recently built...thanks for the variations in tuning too...I have it at the moment on GCEA Yes it is a 17" scale
I have brown Worth flurocarbons with a low G on at the moment ...sounding far better that Aquila with the low G
Worths are better for Banjoleles than Aquilas ...I have worths on a Gold tone Deluxe...sounds really good
but added a velum skin too.
With the Resonator I want more of a twang.....its there with the worths but not pronounced enough
I use light electric strings 4 thru 1, DGBE, but put them on in DBEG/4213 order and tune D4 up to G, B2 up to C, E1 to E, and G3 up to A. This gives you a low G and low A compared to regular uke tunings, but nobody seems to notice. This method gives you strings that are one note higher/tighter that the regular tunings for that string and gives a good crisp note/sound instead of configurations that use the string looser and give a more thud sound. I use a regular mag pickup and have made them in scale lengths 17" all the way up to 21". They even sound good when played without the mag pickup.
OK...thanks Ill have a go....
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