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). Firstly, you need to take a measurement around the 12 th fret of the guitalele and see how many millimeters need removing to improve the action enough to make playing a more comfortable experience.

Second on our list is none other than the Martin Guitar Classical M260, Nylon Normal Tension. Being a normal tension string, it is pretty much suitable for most players and almost all guitaleles. Coming from a reputable brand like Martin, this is one of the best nylon strings you will ever lay your hands on. It comes at a super affordable price. Also, it comes with ball ends, which means that you will not have to go through the stress of tying knots. An amazing string for players of all levels. At the top of the fretboard will be the head with the tuning pegs. Ideally, you want the tuning pegs to be entirely metal (the nob itself can be something else). Metal parts will help your guitalele stay in tune for longer. AccessoriesYou may not be aware that a guitalele exists. It is sometimes referred to as either a guitarlele or a guitalele and is a hybrid between a guitar and a ukulele—which is a quarter of the size of a regular guitar. The Ortega RGL5EB is a short-scale guitalele. The timber series model is made out of fine tonewoods. Exceptionally crafted, the guitalele has unique visual and tonal properties which you can find in good species of wood for ukuleles.

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. The Ortega RGL5EB is extremely comfortable because of the short-scale length, making the string tension very low and the strings easy to fret. It’s perfect for children or players with small hands. For me, though, the action could be a little lower, which will make it a bit more playable beyond the fifth fret. Like I mention in my guitalele tuning post, standard tuning for the guitalele is in the same intervals as a guitar but pitched up a 4th from A to A as if you were capoing the guitar on the 5th fret: ADGCEa. Alder is a truely nuetral wood. It creates tone complexity, allowing for warmth and brightness all at once. WalnutYou can hear the added depth and richness of that (D shaped) G chord with the sixth string dropped from an A to a G.

Being the nylon string of choice for top players like Artyom Dervoed, Carlotta Dalia, Aniello Desiderio, and Zoran Dukic, the EJ46 is one of the best strings you will ever use on your guitalele. Aside from the fact that D’Addario has a reputation [world over] for making some of the best strings on the planet, these strings are just plain awesome. A great percentage of players playing nylon strings will always testify to the smoothness, evenness, and perfection of the D’Addario strings – it is every player’s string of choice. Making use of both high-quality production materials and top-quality engineering, the result is a guitalele string that is tonally perfect, smooth to the touch, consistent, and well-rounded. When frets are small, this makes bar chords and certain other chord shapes difficult to accomplish. 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.This is very attractive to beginner musicians who don’t want to build the callouses and hand strength necessary to play a standard steel string guitar. The short answer is yes! In fact, sometimes the guitalele can be easier to learn on initially due to the smaller size (especially if you’re a child or have small hands).