I have just finished my Uke or Tenor Guitar - I tuned like a guitar using a Baritone Uke set of strings. It is for my grand daughter.
Any tips on how long it takes for the tuning to start to hold???? I now see why they sell winders - I thought I might wear out the gears!!!!
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Weeks and weeks is an exaggeration. Aquila strings generally make inexpensive, all laminate traditional ukes sound better.. Since CBG/UKES have thick tops, they seem the natural choice I have them on some of my ukes. You can speed up the process. Stretch by gently pulling on them a bit before tuning. With new Aquilas, I keep the uke handy and keep re-tuning it several times during the day, even when I'm not going to play it. This process takes about 3 days. After that, it gets better. Most uke strings will stay in tune after a few days long enough to play quite a bit without retuning. If you've seen some ukers, you often see clip-on tuners on the headstock of their instruments, regardless of string and frequently fine tune it, even if the strings are fairly well "broken in." I would probably choose a little thicker string for cigar box ukes than would be called for on the same size traditional uke with a thinner soundboard, perhaps with wound 3rd and 4th strings in low g tuning.
I made a CB concert ukulele and had trouble getting the tuning to stay put.
From what I have heard it can take weeks and weeks to settle in.
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Yep - Them's the ones - should be just about ready for Xmas then. I guess I better by the kids a tuner as well. That may be the first lesson.