UKULELE LOW G STRING REVIEW 

0:05 Shannon 0:27 Color Coded 0:40 Old String Removal 0:48 Tip 1:03 String Thickness 1:18 Professor, I'm Sorry! instagram.com/fret_buzz/ 1:21 THINGS GO WRONG 1:37 Nut Wedges Too Thin 2:11 Sanding the Nut 2:30 More Mistakes 2:39 Chit Chat 3:10 Putting Strings On 3:20 Tightening & Tuning 3:30 Tip 3:49 KITKAT!!!! 4:09 My First Impression 4:16 Stretching New Strings 5:10 Playing Demonstration 1 5:28 Final Verdict 5:59 Nut Needs 6:23 Playing Demonstration 2 6:33 Final Thoughts 7:05 What's Next? 7:30 Request 💜

This is not a fail video. It's a success video if you can still play it. You didn't break your Ukulele, just the nut. Nuts are meant to be lightly tacked on so they can be changed, fixed and modified. You can use a fingernail file to loosen the slot and nuts are cheap and easy enough to replace. 😁 I wish I was as good at playing as I am at building and fixing things. Working on that, thanks to your help. ❤️

Wow, this is the best video I’ve ever watched teaching how to switch the G string. You actually showed the real happening issues one would encounter and your audience would learn a log from this than some perfectly made highly structured tutorials! Love u!❤

If the nut gets knocked off, that's OK. They are only put on with a minimum of glue. If you thin out Elmer's Glue (or the like) 1:1 with water, you can spread it thin enough to avoid squeeze out. Then use the strings to hold the nut down while the glue cures. Bone replacement nuts for your chipped one are less than $10 and it looks like a lot throw in a bridge saddle as well. It's the gauged nut slotting files that are sort of expensive. My concert uke has a compensated saddle, so the intonation would be way, way off for a wound low G. That's something else to consider.

When I change the strings, I only change one at a time (starting with G). That way neither the nut nor the bridge will come off.

Thanks so much for this video. I have an Hola tenor ukulele that just didn't really do it for me. So I took the plunge and changed the strings to these and used the low G. I would have never had the courage to change the strings myself or try out the low G but I did it and it sounds great now! Thanks again Ms. B for being a great teacher and demo gal!

I have watched many of your videos, this was one of the most entertaining. And you did it, it wasn’t a fail video!

Well I’ve just changed for a lower G on the 4th and have to agree it completely changes the instrument. Had no hassles and it was good to get an idea from the vid as to whether I’d go ahead. Yup, 👍👍👍👍

I just restrung my ukulele with these strings today.. I have a pull through bridge , I actually watched this video a few months ago.. but i didnt know I had ordered the same strings , until this rewatch...so far , I am super happy with them , so much character has emerged from my uke .. its amazing ....Im sorry you had so much trouble ... yes , wow it sounds soo good

Besides the great sound, low G adds a few more notes, too. I really like your enthusiasm and excitement. You undoubtedly enjoy teaching and are a natural. Your videos are new and refreshing with some great animation. As to adding your own strings, I take mine to the shop and pay the $15, but hey, I'm an old geezer. :)

Generally nuts need to be modified to fit the low G. If you buy a new nut you may have to file ALL of the slots to fit. A file from a fingernail clipper works pretty good, it makes the groove wider but not deeper (file evenly on both sides of the slot so you don't change the string spacing). Whatever you use be careful not to make it too wide, file gradually. Sometimes the nuts are not glued or just barely glued. Use regular Titebond (not II or III) or hide glue to glue a nut so it's removable in the future if need be.

I have been laughing and watching carefully all the time... because it was just this afternoon that I bought a single LOW G string and wanted to change it today. I'm excited what will happen to me and my uke...

I love your videos!!! I am getting my first ukulele for my birthday, and I can’t wait to play along side your AWSOME videos!!!

I have my standard G string tuned to "Low G" . It sounds fine. Not quit as good as that heavier string.

Thanks for giving our strings a try!

The main reason that the ukulele has re entrant tuning was because of the necesity of doing so in eighteen eighties Hawaii. They had everything they needed to make the unwound gut strings on the islands at the time. The string winding lathe is something that was far away in the industrial world. Since it would be economically unfeasible to import, they were not intending to play melody or scales, it did not matter at the time. It was about the same time that a lot of people wanted to play banjo by simply strumming like on the ukulele but decided to just remove the offending string and the plectrum banjo was born. These days you have all these five string banjo players that are discovering the wonders of the ukulele in that you can play it claw hammer style. I am waiting to see people discover that you can flat pick on nylon strings to, just like Django and Willy.

Literally changed how I play music. I wrote a new diddy on my instagram and I cant stop playing it because it sounds so cool with this new low G

Bern, i know this video is old now but here's a tip. If you dont want to snip the wires for whatever reason, you can wrap them up on the headstock, like how they are in their little envelopes when you first get em

OMG this video made me smile :-). The first time I changed the strings on my Uke it totally went...yeah... Let's just say there was a lot of explicit language on my end LOL. However, now it's much smoother since I know what I'm doing!! I also use the D'ADDARIO Flurocarbons low g as well. They're AMAZING!

I wish I had watched this video when I went from a high G to a low G. I did the exact same thing: I tried to use a file to get the string to fit in the nut, and the outside half chipped off. It is comforting knowing that I'm not the only one that this happened to.

added the low g to my mad blu today. LOVE IT! thanks for this video!

Thank you so much for the nice video. If a low G string is available, is there any substitute for it, I mean which string of guitar can manage?

I fitted a US-made Fremont brand low G on the suggestion of the Koaloha factory in Hawaii. Wasn't sure my tenor Opio model would handle a wound string. Koaloha backed their instrument so I went ahead with a mail order to the US. The string is wound and polished. I love it's precision and clarity, and the easy way it plays. To my ear solid fluoro low G strings sound a little muddy by comparison, and prone to dead spots around the 6th-7th fret. My advice, first check your local music store for wound and polished options if you are thinking of going to a low G. Confess I also had some concerns fitting and tying it through the tie bar but with a little care it worked out fine. Happily the nut didn't need any work to accept the new string.

Hello Ms. B, By way of introduction, I had previously posted following your "Imagine" lesson, but still new to your videos and ukulele stuff overall. Love your videos, and yes, this one too. It was not only informative, but magical, and certainly not in a bad way. Longtime guitar player. Got my first ukulele last year (Kala STG tenor) but was making the mistake of transposing guitar stuff to ukulele. Now approaching it as a separate instrument and reaping some rewards. Basically learning new material for ukulele only. About the G string thing, I followed a different path, very recently (last week) getting a Kala ATP5 5 string tenor. It has a low G and a high g doubled in octave, in place of just a single g string. I have a 12 string guitar, so it made sense to me to try this route. I am very pleased with the sound of this instrument, almost like hearing a second voice to the mix when strummed. And the instrument itself sounds tremendous. Having seen your results, I will definitely pick up another tenor ukulele at some point (when I can next afford one) and string it with a low G like you did. So there's my story. I was wondering if you had considered trying a 5 string as a solution? Right now I'm loving mine. And I also noticed that when playing my traditionally tuned ukulele, I have often been semi-consciously claw-picking some other string with the high g string so it gets a harmonizing voice to go along with its higher pitch. (I mostly finger pick.) Thank you again for your videos. Sorry for this being a longish post.

I was undecided about ordering my first ukulele with a low G string, but after watching your video I decided to go ahead and order it that way. It has to be easier to switch to a high G string later on instead of the other way around. :-)

Yeah, removing all the strings can result in the little cosita thingy falling out.... :-)

Hello new subscriber here and i love your videos... was just wondering which uke do u think is all around better and prefer? Your enya or your oms?

When I do play my tenor or even my soprano...I always stick with low g. I love the sound so much more.

Your antics are so humorous Bernie, thanks for the laughs! I also like the sound of the Low G but I soon missed the High G sound; I then went out and bought another Ukulele to get my High G sound back. These days I only play the Low G Uke when a specific song requires the low notes like when playing chord melodies (finger style); otherwise I stick with my High G Ukes for most songs. I suspect you own several ukuleles and I am sure you will find a compromise also! I really do like your channel, thanks for posting regularly!

I have a tenor ukulele with the low G and I love it. I even have a set of those strings I haven’t put on yet.

Whenever I change strings I only work on 1 string at a time. I like to keep the tension on the neck as constant as possible plus it keeps things in place

When it comes to your videos, not only contents but the editings are great too. 👏

Do you give lessons on how to play a low G ukulele? I have learned everything from you, you are the best teacher. And I couldn’t actually find anyone who’s giving lessons in series on how to transform chords from high G to low G

I just took my first Ukulele to the music shop to have it set up and asked if he could change the G string to a low G. He didn't have any strings for it but he did widen the wedge so all I have to do is order the string and take it back to him.

Hello Bernadette I have a question. I bought a used Baritone Ukulele. There a the strings defect. I think which strings i do on now. I still play sopran and concert ukulele and I am very happy with the sound. Would you do low g strings from tenor Ukulele used on baritone Ukulele or is it an bad idea? I hope you have time for an answer.

This was very hilarious to watch! I actually borrowed my girlfriend's soprano ukulele and thought about changing the strings myself because they don't sound very good (and I wanna learn how to do it). Would a low G make sense on a soprano at all? Cause I would love to try that, it sounds so beautiful in your demonstration.

I play on a concert ukulele, but really, REALLY love the sound of yours and of the Low G string. Say I have no money to buy a tenor uke, is there Low G strings for concert ukes, and if so, would you recommend me to change my high G in a low G? Also, I just discovered your channel, and love it. Subscribed! Thank you.

I love the low G on my tenor Mrs. B, mine are Aquila. Yours sounds awesome!

You need to file the nut slot. You can get a music store to do it or get a nut file. I have switched my tenor uke over to low G and the string was ok as it was. They were fluorocarbon (Worth Brown) which I think are thinner than nylon which is why I think I got away with it. I love love love low G.

This sounds more like the classical guiter! It has more depth and very sweet melting sound! Absolutely fav sound!

or you could tune it half bar lower and use a capo on the first fret ? let me know if this works

If you ever need to fix a bone or plastic nut use superglue and baking soda. The baking soda and superglue fore a super strong bond.

Hello You might want to try aquila reds you can get a low G non wire yes non wrapped for tenor you won't have to file the but as much if at all. I have a set of reds w/lowG on one of my tenors and they sound great, very warm. Hope this helps. BTW thank you for your channel I have learned a lot here.

I love all your videos. This one was fun. I just changed one of my ukeleles to a low g. It sounds so good.

Hello Ms. B! In my case, I always forget that the saddle falls, whenever I don't pay attention, hehehe! So , if I don't forget I put a tape on the saddle whenever I change strings. Good job on your low g. Enjoy and keep doing more videos. Thank you!

Hi:) Can you please make a video where you show us how to make the knots for the strings when you change them?

I bought these strings to put on my Paisen tenor Uke, but then the nut slot was too small. You can buy a single low-tension g-string which is a wound steel string. It's harder to tie but it works fine without having to file the nut

Great to see how to re-string. Isn't music wonderful how there's always a surprise around very corner! Lovely video, thank you.

You can buy a set of round files gauged to the different string sizes, I changed my string to a low G great sound

love how that frustration made you revert to Spanish lmfao that’s a MOOD

the beginning was so funny! !! a question: is it possible that a string gets old before the others? I kinda hear that the G gets out of tune immediately, while the others not...but I'm a beginner so I could be imagining it. (even if the tuner gives me reason). Could it be the tuning peg?? however how often do you change your strings? (for example I'm playing all days, 30-60'). sorry about the questions storm.

I would love to know what lanakia ukulele that is. It is beautiful and sounds amazing.

Thanks for the video! I have been waiting to do this and you gave me the courage I needed!!!

I want to try the Fluorocarbon ones in your video. I bought the low G set that is clear nylon and they weren't that great. They still didn't settle after 2 weeks, couldn't hold their tuning for more than a couple of minutes of playing. The G sounds way too overpowering compared to the other strings that came with it. I put the new fluorocarbon high g set on my concert and they sound great though so I'm thinking it's just the nylon ones that were the problem.

Took the leap and installed a set of Aquila lava low G strings on my concert uke.

Yes do it, watch this video, this is awesome. Whoa, that sounds so amazing. Now I have another reason to buy a second ukulele, just so I can play in low G:) Should I tell the music store I plan on putting a low G on it and have them set it up for me. Never changed strings before and your video helps but my skills are not there yet. This is a fun video. Love how you let your personality shine. Thanks for brightening Up the day:) Your Joy causes smiles; You made me smile, which causes others to smile, then their smiles create more smiles...etc, etc, Repeat! Ya, you are a good teacher Ms.B Thank You.

I don't know if you planned it but the first melody you played sounded alot like "House of the Rising Sun". Maybe changing to a low G will open up more songs for a playlist.

Superb video. Great information - and funny at the same time! You are a superb teacher :) I'm going to purchase a low-g string replacement for my concert uke. Once it arrives, I'll watch your video again to help me to install the new string. I love your before-after comparison of how different the uke sounds with the low-g string. Thank you so much :)

My gosh ,I just changed my strings and they weren't labeled I accidentally mixed up the E string and the A string. I finally figured out my problem after a day. But I had trimmed the ends ,luckily the E string was long enough to to reach the peg

Hello!!!! Okaynso I want to change my Enya OMS 02 to low G but Im not sure if it will fit on the nut! Any insight? I know you had that Uke at some point 🙏💜

How did you tune it ? I have got the same strings but i’m having a hard time tuning it , any tips/advice or suggestions ?

Please wear safety glasses of some sort when you change strings. Even reading glasses will do. It is way too easy to accidentally have a string whip you in the eye and send you to the hospital. ( yes, I'm a worrier ). The strings sound great !

The thinner strings require more loops to ty to the bridge as common sence would dictate. Of course sence is not common to the mechanically challenged as a majority of us are.

I thought I wanted a baritone for my next uke, but that low g tenor sounds amazing. Time to start dropping gift hints to the hubby. 😁

I've been using a concert ukulele for nearly a year so far but what annoy me is the high g so tinny and thin sound....what I love the most in the low g is the bass and the richness of the sound ...After practicing for a long time I found out that there are some notes that can't be played on high G as it doesn't provide a wide range in playing as in Jazz music and classical music.... So my question is can I switch the high g with the low g on concert ukulele.?

make an honest review of black soprano kokolele (brand) uke please. is it nice for a beginner?

Your killing my with the innuendos lol. Too many to list. 😂

Hi, good day to you. I was wondering what are the colored spots on your ukulele fretboard and what are those for? Thanks.

Wow! Love your videos! Keep up the good work :)

You can get a guitar nut file kit on ebay for around $10 does a nice smooth job

Haha, as I was changing strings last time... my cat got crazy to ^^. Do you use your low-G uke often? Or do you prefer high-G after the trying?

So, luthiers are a thing, right? A stringed instrument from the hands of skilled luthier is a dream to play. A chop job like we've tried to do is a great lesson.

Me fascinan tus videos! Could I use the tenor with the "normal" high G strings (at least think those are the normal ones!) to play generic uke songs from chords/tabs found online? Also, since you say we can request vids, I would love to see a review on Yousician for ukuleles. RU-vid and other places advertise it nonstop but their aren't many youtube reviews from youtubers I trust, mostly just a handful of random kids that have about as much experience as me! ;-)

Cómo se llama esta cosita? ! 😁it sounds so sweet with the new strings !! La “cosita” viene pegada? O sólo queda ahí por la fuerza de las cuerdas? No desarme nunca mi ukelele...

are there also strings like these for a concert ukulele? exactly the same but for a concert

Yes, now I want a low G set of strings too! It sounds great!

Hey? Can you tell me? What will happen if i replace my high G string from my soprano Ukulele and attach a low G tenor string to my soprano! What can happen? Please tell me I'm clueless and confused... Cause I'm not able to get the low g soprano near by neither anywhere on the internet in a bit less costly!!

Before buying the strings. do you guys think my low g will be fit on the nuts? I use a tenor ukulele

I have a tenor that I would like to try a low G on. Do you recommend opening the nut for a low G or buy another ukulele?.. I really don't want to do anything permanent...

Omg the beginning of the video hilarious. I do like the sound though. It sounds awesome.

Love this fun video )) and the special effects for dramatic moments lol, this can make all of us beginner innovators not to freak out if things like that happen! the only thing I thought you will compare the sound of the ukulele with high G and low G ;)

My teacher changes our all her students Ukes with a guitar low G. But that is the only string she changes. No other strings are changed. And it works.

HEYYYYY YOU WERE SOOO AWESOME AT THE LESTER CONCERT!!!!

Very funny!😂 Last week I also tried to change my uke for a low G. But tried to change my soprano, I know normally only tenors come in low G but I read in some forums people that changed sopranos successfully, so I went for it! I use Fremont strings, so I bought just a low G one and as they are not that thick I didn't need to change the nut, however, it sounded horrible! I guess it only works well on concerts or tenors... But hey! Now I have an excuse to buy a tenor! 😁

I wonder what it would sound like to put super fluorocarbon strings onto a low quality Mahalo soprano? Over investment?

Super amazing video love the make up too😊👍

Maybe you can teach us some Brazilian jazz. I would love to learn Quiet nights and quiet stars. Cocovado . And more Jazz

"Low Gs for my OGs"

Muy buen video y cómico jeje , I just put a guitar G string on my Concert size, so far I love the heavier sound, waiting for my new tenor tomorrow with Aquila’s low G. I’m a fluorocarbon guy, love the sound and how easy on the fingers they are! This video came at a perfect time and please do a high vs low g type of video. BENDICIONES!!!

Sounds great!Should I change all my strings?

KitKat 💕😽. Sounds beautiful!

Great video. I have bee thinking of changing one of my uses to a low g so this was helpful. Thank you

Love the video....i have ordered some strings from Amazon with the lower g string....nice one

Hi Bernie, can I tune low g with my Enya tuner. I broke my first low g trying. Please help🙏

Someone else has a video showing high vs low G and the Ukulele sounded terrible. Yours sounds sweet. Fun video too, thanks!

My music teacher at school has half high G and half low G for the ukuleles. But I’m the only kid who knows how to play a song like My heart Will Go On or Somewhere Over the Rainbow🌈.

what's the name of the ukulele you're using in this video??

A little question, what caliber are your low g strings?

I thought these kind of mishaps only happen to me. Some Benny Hill back ground music would have been great. Seriously thanks for the video, your interrupting cat just cracked me up!

Will this work on a concert ukulele? I have the Enya Nova U