Hi Kevin, I've been experimenting with tuning for about a year, putting strings with different tunings on various ukes. I have a couple of sizes of ukes with GCEA or gCEA. My baritone is the DGBE standard for that size. I put a set of re-entrant (high) d-G-B-E on an Anue Nue tenor and love that. Finally, I just put a set of Alex Beds' new Baby bari strings with a low D on my Pono Classic tenor which has been my workhorse uke. I'm loving the deep sound from it. (I got them from Southern Ukulele Store and they shipped within minutes. I got them in the USA just days later.)
I've never played guitar, so the DGBE tuning was new for me and at first it was difficult to go between that and the GCEA tuning on other ukes, but I keep trying and it gets easier. I know that I'm one of Matt's magpies, but I like choosing a uke for a sound that I hear for a certain song and having the different tunings helps me do that.
Hi Kevin, I've been experimenting with tuning for about a year, putting strings with different tunings on various ukes. I have a couple of sizes of ukes with GCEA or gCEA. My baritone is the DGBE standard for that size. I put a set of re-entrant (high) d-G-B-E on an Anue Nue tenor and love that. Finally, I just put a set of Alex Beds' new Baby bari strings with a low D on my Pono Classic tenor which has been my workhorse uke. I'm loving the deep sound from it. (I got them from Southern Ukulele Store and they shipped within minutes. I got them in the USA just days later.)
I've never played guitar, so the DGBE tuning was new for me and at first it was difficult to go between that and the GCEA tuning on other ukes, but I keep trying and it gets easier. I know that I'm one of Matt's magpies, but I like choosing a uke for a sound that I hear for a certain song and having the different tunings helps me do that.