Advice please on strings for 24" 4 string ukulele tuning GCEA - Cigar Box Nation2024-03-28T22:20:03Zhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/advice-please-on-strings-for-24-4-string-ukulele-tuning-gcea?feed=yes&xn_auth=noG - #3G tuned to GC - #4D tun…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-03-16:2592684:Comment:28238902017-03-16T14:48:16.480ZJLhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JL239
<p>G - #3G tuned to G<br/>C - #4D tuned down to C<br/>E - #3G tuned down to E or #4D tuned up to E<br/>A - #2B tuned down to A</p>
<p>and I agree a classic set will sound more ukulele than bronze phosphor acoustic strings will.</p>
<p>G - #3G tuned to G<br/>C - #4D tuned down to C<br/>E - #3G tuned down to E or #4D tuned up to E<br/>A - #2B tuned down to A</p>
<p>and I agree a classic set will sound more ukulele than bronze phosphor acoustic strings will.</p> Maybe a piece of old brass fo…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-03-14:2592684:Comment:28224022017-03-14T19:22:16.994ZLane Martinhttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/LaneMartin
<p>Maybe a piece of old brass formed over the edge and super-glued in place to protect the box edge?</p>
<p>Lovely build. I hadn't thought about using a gold pen.</p>
<p>Maybe a piece of old brass formed over the edge and super-glued in place to protect the box edge?</p>
<p>Lovely build. I hadn't thought about using a gold pen.</p> Very nice build! Love the tai…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-03-13:2592684:Comment:28214522017-03-13T13:54:25.344ZRon "Oily" Spraguehttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/RonaldSprague
Very nice build! Love the tailpiece; we had roughly 3 dozen of those exact cabinet pulls in our old house. :-)
Very nice build! Love the tailpiece; we had roughly 3 dozen of those exact cabinet pulls in our old house. :-) Well Stewart there are a few…tag:www.cigarboxnation.com,2017-03-13:2592684:Comment:28211912017-03-13T01:51:00.762ZJim Morrishttps://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/JimMorris
<p>Well Stewart there are a few possibilities here. The chord shapes will be identical on a 4 string tenor guitar tuned DGbe but what is a C chord on uke is now a G chord on the tenor guitar. You still put your fingers in the exact same pattern. This, in fact, is the case on a Baritone uke which has around a 19" scale and is tuned DGbe.. Of course the 4th string won't be a high note like on most soprano ukes. I f you absolutely want the GCea tuning an octave lower I think what might work is the…</p>
<p>Well Stewart there are a few possibilities here. The chord shapes will be identical on a 4 string tenor guitar tuned DGbe but what is a C chord on uke is now a G chord on the tenor guitar. You still put your fingers in the exact same pattern. This, in fact, is the case on a Baritone uke which has around a 19" scale and is tuned DGbe.. Of course the 4th string won't be a high note like on most soprano ukes. I f you absolutely want the GCea tuning an octave lower I think what might work is the 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings from a 6 string set. So the A string would tune down to G, the D string to C, the G string down to E and the B string to A. Nylon strings would give a more uke type sound. It might take a few different gauge sets to find what works best. You'll never get that 6 string set up to the high A so what you need to aim for is one octave below standard uke..So instead of A 440 for the high string you want A 220. In summary, the simplest way is to make a 24"scale bari uke or tenor guitar type instrument where your fingers make the same shapes but the chords will be lower.</p>
<p>Here's one of my baritone ukes on a 17" scale using bari uke strings</p>
<p><a href="https://youtu.be/VfboNs64xcc" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/VfboNs64xcc</a></p>
<p>You'd likely need guitar strings on 24" scale.</p>