uketeecee
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Does a ukulele get better with age? Yes.
Does a ukulele sound better with age? No.
Does a ukulele sound better with age? No.
Ukuleles sound better with age ? Myth or True
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strumsilly
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I think this really sums it up.
mikelz777
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Where is she getting all the lit cigarettes? You can clearly see that she's tossing the cigarettes on the ground before she conjures up a new one. I'm stumped.
coolkayaker1
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The lit cigarette is being palmed, over and over. It is one cigarette in her hand: hand-palm-hand-palm, etc.
http://video.answers.com/how-to-perform-the-cigarette-vanish-trick-325661487
The ones she's dropping are just Photoshopped in there by the producers.
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lakesideglenn
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Is that the exact same uke Cliff used or just the same year and model? If its the former, would love to hear the story of how you acquired it. If its the later, not a fair comparison as two ukes, guitars, or mandolins built the same day from the same tree by the same person may very well sound a bit different.
Cheers!
As to which sounds better, sorry, Cliff wins!
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uketeecee
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No, they are two different ukes. But it's interesting you think the newer uke sounds better. So do I. Why? Because Edwards is a great player and therein lies the difference.
Because there is no empirical way to test this theory the topic will always be a subjective one.
For you or the audience?
In my case, both!
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FACT!!! My stained black Ovation Applause UAE20 both sounds better and is much louder than any new one hanging on a wall in an ukulele storeSo many people want to buy mine and I always refuse. It took well over a year of hard playing to break it in. Ric
coolkayaker1
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Your mostly plastic Ovation got better with age?
I've gotta start playing my Macaferri a little more.
I've gotta start playing my Macaferri a little more.
hahahaha!!
Radio Flyer
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they undoubtedly have more mystique/history as they get older which can prejudice the ear favorably.
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http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/powerhousetwins.html
Maybe not long enough time period but an interesting read.
My own take is that changing strings makes a bigger change than anything ,and , as my hearing is getting worse as I get older, so how do I tell ?
Maybe not long enough time period but an interesting read.
My own take is that changing strings makes a bigger change than anything ,and , as my hearing is getting worse as I get older, so how do I tell ?
allanr
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True. But not always.
stevepetergal
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You left out the possibility, along with strings and wood, that it might be the player. And if it might be the player, is it his/her hearing or playing? Or is it some combination of both?
Interesting thread...I have no science...but from my little experience...It seems to me that every uke needs to be discovered how it "wants" to be played...The more I play a particular uke the better it sounds because I discover how to get the best sound from that uke..... I think it takes time to develop that report with the uke and each ukulele requires a different approach to find it's best voice..and of course humidity and climate, etc. also changes the sound...
stevepetergal
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I love this response. I think this is always going on, even when most of us are unaware of it. This is why a "new-to-you" fifty year old instrument seems to open up, just like a new one.
cantsing
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Do new ukes open up? Jake weighs in with his new uke.
wdonley
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I posted this video in a different thread, buut check out Ron Saul's {RL Saul ukes} pre-ageing machine- the "Little Plucker"......http://www.fresnobee.com/static/2007/other/pittuba/
