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Old 12-03-2022, 08:14 PM
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Wanted to tune it like a mandolin or violin. The scale length is the same. The A on a soprano ukulele is about 25% of breaking tension.
Hi g-344…

Here's a way keeping string 4 tuned re-entrant (4th string an octave higher) using the existing uke strings.


Of course you could also buy a thicker string for #4 and tune it down an octave for the "G" in the same range as the mandolin.




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