A fairly old model for Ohana, but a new one for me. Really sound straightforward ukulele!
http://www.gotaukulele.com/2017/06/ohana-sk-35-soprano-review.html
http://www.gotaukulele.com/2017/06/ohana-sk-35-soprano-review.html
I really enjoy your reviews . I wish you would include the nut width in each review .:2cents:
I agree with you about the bridge on the Ohana looking much better than the Martin. Martin even puts crappy looking bridges on their 5K 's now.
I'll never understand that. Sorry to start ranting about Martin bridges but I'm a Martin fan and these new bridges look unfinished and out of place.
I agree with your thoughts about friction pegs vs geared tuners. It bothers me that many of the soprano instruments out there, especially those at a lower price point seem to have geared tunes. Actually many ukes of all sizes seem to have gone in this direction. I don't care for the look of the "ears" sticking out. I much prefer the sleeker look of the friction pegs.
An a soprano it's ALL I want. It's partly weight, partly the ears thing, but mainly it's about space. I find that side tuners with gears get in the way of my hand on first position chords.
Yeah, I agree on all of those. Besides, decent friction tuners work great.
In most cases though, poor intonation is readily fixable?
Another good review - I've been lapping them up for a while now and have almost worked my way through all of them!
Any chance of a review of the Ohana long-neck soprano ... Giraffe SK30L (tenor neck)?
Um, not so. I have a soprano with a Gotoh UPT upgrade. For my taste, still too fiddly to tune accurately with ease. Give me geared tuners every time—but then, soprano isn't really my thing. On the whole I'm quite happy that friction tuners aren't more prevalent, particularly in the larger sizes: a rare triumph for function over form. (I only wish it were easy to find vintage ukes with geared tuners.)