OldePhart
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Well, new to me anyway! Received my new baby from John (WestPhillyUke) today in spite of the USPS' best efforts (see the picture of the box).
Thank goodness for a good solid case!
The uke arrived with Worth browns on it and I didn't care for them. I don't think it was because they were browns but I suspect that they were the BL (light) strings because they felt thinner than the Worth-CM-equivalent Seaguar leaders I usually use.
I checked with a good tuner and everything but the C string was about 20 cents sharp at the twelfth fret. I've no doubt Worth browns are good strings, but they're not a good match for this uke.
Anyway, by the time I took the pictures I'd already waxed it up good and put my Seaguar's on it. Brought the intonation to what I am used to, i.e. a bit flat on the outer strings. I'll probably swap the saddle that I compensated on my KoAloha concert over to this uke to cure that. Also brought the tone up a bit louder so I'm reasonably sure those must have been BLs that were on it. Just goes to show how important it is to match the strings to the uke - going from the strings that were on it took the outside strings from almost twenty cents sharp at the 12th to almost fifteen cents flat, there! That's about 35 cents difference in intonation from changing strings!
Waiting for the strings to stretch in a bit so I can put in some serious playtime, hopefully later tonight and a video this weekend, maybe.
Beautiful grain on this one - especially the sides. As with my KoAloha concert the wood of the back is very nicely figured but a completely different shade (more yellow/greenish) than the front and sides. I guess maybe KoAloha does that on purpose? Maybe it's just coincidence, though.
Thank goodness for a good solid case!
The uke arrived with Worth browns on it and I didn't care for them. I don't think it was because they were browns but I suspect that they were the BL (light) strings because they felt thinner than the Worth-CM-equivalent Seaguar leaders I usually use.
I checked with a good tuner and everything but the C string was about 20 cents sharp at the twelfth fret. I've no doubt Worth browns are good strings, but they're not a good match for this uke.
Anyway, by the time I took the pictures I'd already waxed it up good and put my Seaguar's on it. Brought the intonation to what I am used to, i.e. a bit flat on the outer strings. I'll probably swap the saddle that I compensated on my KoAloha concert over to this uke to cure that. Also brought the tone up a bit louder so I'm reasonably sure those must have been BLs that were on it. Just goes to show how important it is to match the strings to the uke - going from the strings that were on it took the outside strings from almost twenty cents sharp at the 12th to almost fifteen cents flat, there! That's about 35 cents difference in intonation from changing strings!
Waiting for the strings to stretch in a bit so I can put in some serious playtime, hopefully later tonight and a video this weekend, maybe.
Beautiful grain on this one - especially the sides. As with my KoAloha concert the wood of the back is very nicely figured but a completely different shade (more yellow/greenish) than the front and sides. I guess maybe KoAloha does that on purpose? Maybe it's just coincidence, though.