I have just purchased a second hand Snail BHC-5B baritone ukulele. It look stunning and sounds beautiful. However I am confused by the strings. The original strings were GCEA but the previous owner has had D'Addario EJ65B baritone strings put on with one wound string but it still appears to be tuned GCEA. Do I need to loosen or tighten the strings to get the correct baritone tuning. Hope that isn't a silly question.
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Hi Linda, yeah I would slacken them off to DGBE. Unless he has swapped them around the tension will be too much for a baritone and risks damaging it. I think the best thing though would be to get a new set of strings on there. If they have been over tensioned you’ll find it hard to keep them in tune.