Standard Baritone Ukulele tuning vs Octave Mandolin tuning 

Interesting. Did you use the Aquila strings that are designed for a soprano uke, but are for mandolin tuning, or the "reds", which are designed to be used on mandolins? I used the soprano (mando tuning) strings on a bowl back mandolin, and they worked out well. I tried the reds, and they were kind of horrible, the e strings would snap no matter how gently and gradually I tuned them up. The reds also just a plastic sound, if that makes sense. I like the mandola tuning on the the concert on your video. I may have to try that out some time.

@@ChrisOttoMusic I used the Reds for Mandolin. I didn't know they made a Ukulele string for Mandolin tuning! I will definitely give those a try if I can find them. Do you know what they are called?

@@quayscenes Soprano Ukulele New Nylgut Strings Fifths Tuning 30U. Hope they work for you.

@@ChrisOttoMusic Thanks so much for the tip! I found them on Amazon and ordered a set. I also got two sets of CGDA for my Tenor and Concert Ukes. It will be amazing if these strings fix the intonation issue. That will save the grief of having a custom saddle built and installed!

Thanks. I recently tried using mandola tuning on an odd mandolin (not really sure what it is really), that I bought a long time ago, and I really like it. I may do a video about it soon. I find the tuning is better suited for picking melodies than strumming chords, but is very pretty.

I have a tenor in what I call "drop E mandolin tuning". It's mandolin tuning, except the E string is an octave lower. It's easy to do with a set of low G ukulele strings. you just tune the c string up to D, and switch positions on the E and a strings. I posted a video about that tuning. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jxOSdlRh3u8.html

@@ChrisOttoMusic Aquila makes 5ths Tuned Sets for Uke

Yes, in this case it sounds better, but don't forget that they are different instruments. We don't know the recording circumstances either; they should be standardized. In any case, the mandolin tuning has an extended range, but it didn't work out very well in this video.

I have recently had great success with my baritone uke tuned like a mandolin or violin using one classical guitar string. I simply installed a classical guitar A string for the deepest string and tuned it to low G. I took off the D string and moved it up one position. Then I simply tuned the B down to A and left the E as is giving the G D A E tuning. I had to widen the slot for the A string slightly to get it to settle in. I just used the A string as a fret file until it settled in nicely. Works great and now I can play any mandolin tune or fiddle tune on the baritone uke. I use it mostly for celtic jigs, reels and hornpipes.