I've been playing seriously for eight years now, practicing almost two hours per day. I've learned a lot of sophisticated picking and a lot in terms of classical and jazz uke.
After experimenting with various sizes and basically settling on tenors strung some with high g and some with low g, I recently purchased a longneck Ceniza concert and what a revelation that was, and now I've purchased a longneck Kala soprano and a longneck Ohana concert.
I live both in Honolulu and in the SF Bay Area, so I spread my ukes out.
What a revelation longnecks are! If you like a long neck but also the sound of a concert or a soprano, get one.
Kala makes soprano mahogany and spruce longnecks very inexpensively. I hear that the Gretsch longnecks are decent also.
Ohana makes some great concert and soprano long necks. The Ohana I got is a soprano with a tenor neck. Yes, it looks weird, like a giraffe, but what a joy to play. Check out David Beckingham playing In the Mood on one on youtube.
If you want an even higher quality uke, Kamaka and Koaloha both make longnecks.
It took me eight years to discover them. Check them out if you feel the shorter spacing between frets on concerts and sopranos is too short for you. String tension is firmer on the longnecks and that gives more volume.
After experimenting with various sizes and basically settling on tenors strung some with high g and some with low g, I recently purchased a longneck Ceniza concert and what a revelation that was, and now I've purchased a longneck Kala soprano and a longneck Ohana concert.
I live both in Honolulu and in the SF Bay Area, so I spread my ukes out.
What a revelation longnecks are! If you like a long neck but also the sound of a concert or a soprano, get one.
Kala makes soprano mahogany and spruce longnecks very inexpensively. I hear that the Gretsch longnecks are decent also.
Ohana makes some great concert and soprano long necks. The Ohana I got is a soprano with a tenor neck. Yes, it looks weird, like a giraffe, but what a joy to play. Check out David Beckingham playing In the Mood on one on youtube.
If you want an even higher quality uke, Kamaka and Koaloha both make longnecks.
It took me eight years to discover them. Check them out if you feel the shorter spacing between frets on concerts and sopranos is too short for you. String tension is firmer on the longnecks and that gives more volume.
