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| Joined: | Wed Feb 16th, 2005 |
| Location: | Chicago, Illinois USA |
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| Instrument Interest: | Ukulele, Clawhammer Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Dulcimer, Mandolin, Autoharp, Keyboards, Other |
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Brandonn wrote: i believe i just bought the worst baritone on the face of the planet.
its a kansas that i bought off ebay for 45 bucks, so i was just wondering if i got ripped off.
Brandonn wrote: i just bought a baritone ukulele the other day as my first instrument, and i'm starting to think the one i bought is garbage, it dosent want to stay in tune for very long, and it sounds terrible. is there anything i can do to make it sound better? or should i go buy a new one?
Hi, Brandonn:
Nearly all ukuleles are sold with slack strings that are not tuned up to pitch. New nylon strings take a number of days (sometimes a week) to "stretch out" before they will stay in tune. It doesn't matter what brand of strings or brand of ukulele you have; new nylon strings need time to stretch out. In the mean time, you will need to continually retune the strings until they stabilize their tuning.
After strings' tuning is stabilized, you will then be able to test your baritone uke to see whether it plays in tune farther up the neck (intonation), and whether the string action is optimal (if the strings string action is too high above the frets, it will require more effort to play; if the action is too low, the strings will buzz against adjacent frets). Provided that your baritone uke is of decent quality and is playable, you can upgrade the sound by replacing the strings with Aquila Nylgut, a polymer that is denser and better sounding than conventional nylon.
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