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What to call this hybrid?

Posted by Michael Zack on September 14, 2016 at 2:07pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I recently completed this hybrid guitar/ukulele and I'm wondering if there is a name for this type of hybrid? it has a rather small, thin box, through neck design, rod piezo pickup, 21" scale and steel strings tuned like a uke - GCEA. Being in Hawaii, ukes are popular and I thought it would be an interesting project. I may restring it to DGEA, but for now I'm leaving it like it is. Anyone else built something like this?

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  • JL September 16, 2016 at 6:44am

    Long-Scale Tennor Uke?

    • Michael Zack > JL September 16, 2016 at 1:04pm

      That's kind of what it is in this tuning, although the steel strings complicate things. I have a couple of ukulele playing friends I am going to have test it out and give me an opinion on it.

  • Cause the Blue rat September 14, 2016 at 6:14pm

    If it sounds as good as it looks call it anything you want. Nice work! 

    • Michael Zack > Cause the Blue rat September 14, 2016 at 6:23pm

      Thanks! retuning to GCEG give a nice Hawaiian open tuning and works with a slide.

  • Titch the Clown September 14, 2016 at 4:44pm

    I would call that a baritone ukulele sort of length. Usually tuned DGEA might also be callex a tenor guitar depending on wind direction.

    • Titch the Clown > Titch the Clown September 15, 2016 at 7:38am

      What happened to my keyboard?DGBE I meant not DGEA.

    • Michael Zack > Titch the Clown September 14, 2016 at 6:20pm

      At this size the difference between calling it a baritone uke or a tenor guitar may just be in the tuning and choice of either nylon or steel strings.

      • Jim_N > Michael Zack September 15, 2016 at 1:30am

        How about a baritone uke's standard tuning (DGBE), but with a high D to sorta' mimic the sound of a smaller ukulele's re-entrant tuning?

        • Michael Zack > Jim_N September 15, 2016 at 1:19pm

          This one's going to be in an art gallery in Holualoa, HI so I am going to leave it strung GCEA and build another short scale CBG with the re-entrant tuning. That's the trouble with CBGs, you can't build just one!

          Then the question - nylon or steel strings?

          • Jim_N > Michael Zack September 15, 2016 at 7:48pm

            Laid back, cool, artsy; love Holualoa (which just happens to have the best coffee in the world! ; ).
            Congrats on the gallery exhibit. Will you and/or your uke be there in November for the art show?

            Regarding string choice for this exhibition, I don't see any other option... ^^

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