padlin
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Made the pilgrimage this morning, okay so maybe not a pilgrimage, it was only 10 minutes out of the way.
Being in the market for my first concert uke I went in to try out the Flea and Fluke for fit. My mistake was trying a number of the ones that have out for the purpose. Koa, spruce, and laminate, numerous fret boards, as well as the 2 kinds of tuning pegs, in all sorts of combinations.
Never should have picked up the Flea spruce top with the side hole in it, man does it sound nice. The problem is I want/ed a laminate so I can go anywhere with it.
I did manage to not buy it while I was there, which would have been easy to do. This way I can beat myself up over which to get for a while longer.
Question: Do I have to treat a plastic uke with a spruce top and like a solid wood uke, or can I kind of treat it like a laminate and not worry much about humidity and temperature changes? Would like it to be my traveler, if I find I like playing a concert size. Don't plan on using it to paddle my canoe.
Did find the Peghead tuners worked a lot better then the originals, although the originals aren't exactly difficult either, just kind of touchy.
I'm thinking plastic fretboard, and the standard tuners, to keep it affordable, but go with the spruce top with the side port for the sound. I'm taking it the fretboard and tuners have nothing to do with how it sounds. Edit: I just looked and the wood fretboard is standard with the spruce.
All the solid top ukes on display had wood fretboards and mostly the Pegheads.
Comments welcome of course.
Just noticed I put this in the Beginners Forum, which I am, but it probably should have gone elsewhere. If one of the admins wants to move it, please do.
Being in the market for my first concert uke I went in to try out the Flea and Fluke for fit. My mistake was trying a number of the ones that have out for the purpose. Koa, spruce, and laminate, numerous fret boards, as well as the 2 kinds of tuning pegs, in all sorts of combinations.
Never should have picked up the Flea spruce top with the side hole in it, man does it sound nice. The problem is I want/ed a laminate so I can go anywhere with it.
I did manage to not buy it while I was there, which would have been easy to do. This way I can beat myself up over which to get for a while longer.
Question: Do I have to treat a plastic uke with a spruce top and like a solid wood uke, or can I kind of treat it like a laminate and not worry much about humidity and temperature changes? Would like it to be my traveler, if I find I like playing a concert size. Don't plan on using it to paddle my canoe.
Did find the Peghead tuners worked a lot better then the originals, although the originals aren't exactly difficult either, just kind of touchy.
I'm thinking plastic fretboard, and the standard tuners, to keep it affordable, but go with the spruce top with the side port for the sound. I'm taking it the fretboard and tuners have nothing to do with how it sounds. Edit: I just looked and the wood fretboard is standard with the spruce.
All the solid top ukes on display had wood fretboards and mostly the Pegheads.
Comments welcome of course.
Just noticed I put this in the Beginners Forum, which I am, but it probably should have gone elsewhere. If one of the admins wants to move it, please do.
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