kissing
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I've been reading a lot of positive lovey-dovey comments about these ukes here lately. And here's my situation.
I'm going on a trip to Cambodia next week, where I will take my only decent quality GCEA-tuned acoustic soprano.
I intend to leave that uke behind in Cambodia to be used there by someone who needs it more.
I'm in love with electric ukes, and currently saving up for that uber steel-string Risa electric tenor.
But I still don't want to be without any acoustic ukes, preferably Soprano (my other acoustic uke is a Kala Archtop Tenor, which I have tuned in re-entrant DGBE, and I want to keep it that way.)
Being a student, saving up takes quite a long time.
Now here's my dilemma. Whatever uke I buy, it's going to be the one I'll be sticking with for a while as my primary acoustic part of the arsenal. My initial thoughts was to get the Kala KA-CE laminate mahogany concert (with pickup), which is around $200 including shipping. But this would be quite financially demanding for me
And so this is where these Makala Dolphin ukes catch my attention. A good sounding laminate uke that is also very affordable?
Sounds good to me
But I'm having doubts. For a uke I'll be using as my primary acoustic uke, will it measure up or leave me disappointed wishing I went with the more expensive KA-CE?
Sorry for having rambled so much to get to the point, but what I would like to know is:
How do the Makala Dolphins measure up against the more expensive laminate ukes, such as the ones offered by Kala?
Particularly in terms of sound projection, build quality (will it last?) and intonation.
I've had a bad history with other bottom-end cheap ukes... and the Dolphin looks a lot like my white Mahalo soprano which I do not like very much
I'm going on a trip to Cambodia next week, where I will take my only decent quality GCEA-tuned acoustic soprano.
I intend to leave that uke behind in Cambodia to be used there by someone who needs it more.
I'm in love with electric ukes, and currently saving up for that uber steel-string Risa electric tenor.
But I still don't want to be without any acoustic ukes, preferably Soprano (my other acoustic uke is a Kala Archtop Tenor, which I have tuned in re-entrant DGBE, and I want to keep it that way.)
Being a student, saving up takes quite a long time.
Now here's my dilemma. Whatever uke I buy, it's going to be the one I'll be sticking with for a while as my primary acoustic part of the arsenal. My initial thoughts was to get the Kala KA-CE laminate mahogany concert (with pickup), which is around $200 including shipping. But this would be quite financially demanding for me
And so this is where these Makala Dolphin ukes catch my attention. A good sounding laminate uke that is also very affordable?
Sounds good to me
But I'm having doubts. For a uke I'll be using as my primary acoustic uke, will it measure up or leave me disappointed wishing I went with the more expensive KA-CE?
Sorry for having rambled so much to get to the point, but what I would like to know is:
How do the Makala Dolphins measure up against the more expensive laminate ukes, such as the ones offered by Kala?
Particularly in terms of sound projection, build quality (will it last?) and intonation.
I've had a bad history with other bottom-end cheap ukes... and the Dolphin looks a lot like my white Mahalo soprano which I do not like very much
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