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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 6, 2013 at 8:01pm

13" scale length is soprano uke territory. Yes, you could use standard guitar tuners on it. You should be able to source soprano uke strings online if you have trouble getting them locally; even Amazon sells different uke strings - the Aquila sets are nice. Here's a link to some good tuning options for soprano and other ukes:

http://www.ukuleletricks.com/ukulele-tuning-how-to-tune-your-ukulele/

Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on September 6, 2013 at 8:36pm

Thanks for that Ron! I'm sure it won't be a problem to find Uke strings - but do you think I could use a standard set to tune DAd or GDg?

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 7, 2013 at 6:35am

Well, lessee...standard set is GCEA...tune the C up to D, the E might be a stretch to G, but you might make it...why not buy a coupla sets just in case?

Permalink Reply by Titch the Clown on September 7, 2013 at 2:50pm

I use guitar geared tuners and fishing line for lots of my uke builds. 50 80 60 and 40 lb for GCEA tuning on both tenor and soprano length scales and have fiddled tuning to play slide. Tuning up or down will affect relative tension which alters the relative volume and relative intonation a bit but nothing much worth worrying about.

Guitar tuners are just a smidge bigger than uke tuners though there is plenty of variation between different types of guitar tuners as well.