2x Sets of 6 string Ukulele Strings for Guitalele, E-A-D-G-B-E Tuning

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This is helpful if you are visiting (or live) somewhere very humid like an island climate. You Want to Be Able to Play Both Ukulele and Guitar Tunes on One Instrument Let’s start with the main features. This Luna guitalele comes with a built-in tuner and preamp to be ready for a performance right out of the box. It also comes with Aquila Super Nylgut strings. This fun alternate tuning allows you to get a different sound from your guitar with a more versatile alternate tuning than say, an open tuning. Due to these origins, some keen guitalele players like to refer to the instrument as a type of requinto instead of a guitalele. Although it’s a relatively new instrument, instruction manuals and internet playing guides are readily available, so you won’t be taking a giant step into the unknown when you get it home.

It has 19 frets and 6 strings, so can offer much more creative and musical possibilities than a Ukulele. Unlike other guitaleles, it comes with electric steel strings as an electric option. This instrument was not built for nylon strings like the acoustic options. This is because it’s a little heavier than a tenor ukulele and quite awkward to hold for sustained periods without a strap.Rosewood guitalele’s produce a very bright tonal quality with well-balanced notes with accentuated high and low sounds. Rosewood is very common and one of the instantly recognizable guitalele woods. It’s actually common to find a single low G string for those who want to tune their ukulele more like a guitar with a low G).

It’s important that even pressure is exerted on both ends of the saddle or it’ll end up with one end higher than the other, so do this gently until the line is reached. But I’ll discuss these string options in greater detail below. Strings for Standard Guilele Tuning: ADGCEa In this video, I have my guitalele strung with the D’Addario classical guitar strings that I recommend in the below section and throughout this post for guitaleles with bridge pins for use in standard guitalele tuning: ADGCEaIn addition to understanding the differences between woods, it is also important to know whether the instrument is constructed with solid wood pieces or wood laminate. Laminate is produced by layering thin pieces of wood that are pieced together and is associated with beginner level ukuleles. Basically, the best strings for your guitalele depend on the type of guitalele you have and which tuning you are using. Editor’s choice for best guitalele strings– D’Addario Guitar Strings – Pro-Arte Classical Guitar Strings – EJ46 The guitalele is NOT the same as the guitar. It is not a travel or less than full-size guitar either. It is its own instrument (a hybrid between a guitar and a ukulele) with its own tuning and history. Can you play a guitalele like a guitar? So you may have trouble getting a guitalele that’s just right for you, especially if you have strong instrument preferences.

The strings on a guitalele are transposed up to an “A”, which is the equivalent of playing a classical guitar with the capo on the fifth fret—which gives a tuning of ADGCEA. In fact, anyone selling a “guitalele tuner” is just selling a standard stringed instrument tuner branded as a guitalele-specific tuner. But travel guitars don’t quite travel as well as guitaleles and don’t quite sound as good as full-size guitars. The nylon strings on its ¼ classical guitar body make it very comfortable to play, and the 17-inch scale makes it a good starting point for kids and players with smaller hands.If you want to go down this route, La Bella sell a set of strings suitable for ¼ size guitars ( Fractional FG114) which are supposed to offer a decent amount of tension on the shorter scale instrument. I’ve included a “how to” at the end of this article on how to add the strap buttons and strap yourself. Notes on the GL1’s Construction Woods