Hi everybody.
I have a question which Google seems unable to help me out with.
Are there 8 string ukuleles in concert size?
I have the Baton Rouge sun 8 string tenor ukulele. I would have bought a concert sized, but I couldn’t (and still can’t) find one. It’s the only tenor I ever tried to play, and I don’t know if it’s really a size probleme or an individual instrument problem, but the nut on the ukulele hurts my left hand, so I almost never pick it up to play. I was thinking, that maybe the nut is just a bit sharp or too high and maybe could be filed down. I took it to the only music shop around and they didn’t really know what to do with it or how to help me.
So I was thinking, that I would really like to switch it to a concert with 8 strings, since it’s my favourite size and I don’t know, if the nut on other tenors would be a problem for me too.
So I guess I have two questions really
1. Do any of you have problems with high or sharp/pointy nuts on their tenors?
2. Do 8 string concert ukuleles exist at all?
..I was thinking about buying a mandolin and just use ukulele strings on it and tune it like that.. not sure if that would be possible though.. any ideas on that?
Thank you! 🙂