Converting an Epiphone concert uke to a mandolin tuning...

[vwfye]

I bought an Epiphone "Les Paul" Concert Electric/Acoustic Uke and I am going to tune it to GDAE stringing and use nylon strings still. Has anyone else gone this route? If so, what brand strings are you using? Thanks!

[mandroid]

Not really Electric, is it? OK maybe a piezo pickup ..
yea lots have before.. just are on the wrong category..
the Equipment section goes on .. about strings to 5ths tuned Ukes . go look around there..

steel strings and you may peel the glued on bridge Off under the tension.. or have the neck come loose.

[vwfye]

Yeah, I am back to nylon strung as a mandolin. So far I like the sound through a buzz box to my Univox tube amp.

[mandroid]

Just 1 of many posts , but not, as I said, in this section.

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/sh...ke-conversion-!

[WRANGLERTBONE]

If you use the Aquila soprano uke strings tuned in fifths, you may find that the E String tends to break after about a week on a concert. You have to put on too much tension to get up to an E. I got around this by tuning my Kala concert F-C-G-D. It works fine that way, and horn player like it because easy keys like G, C and F put you in good horn keys: F, Bb, and Eb.