cpmusic
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I just got my new Pono MGT, and I am one Happy Camper! I knew that Pono is highly regarded, but mango was a risk because I had no direct access to a mango uke and could only hear the tone at HMS's website.
I needn't have fretted (pun intended). At the suggestion of the guys at HMS, I asked them to set it up with Worth BTs, and while I can't compare to the same uke with its stock strings, this one has a warm, balanced tone that responds well to picking (as much as I can do right now) but sounds good strummed, too. The strings feel a little hard, but that may be due solely to my having played my long-neck soprano a lot lately. And I love the neck. I'm not a fan of beefy necks on guitars, but some of the ukes I've played feel like their necks are disappearing in my hand. This one does not.
I bought it with an O'ahu hardshell case, which fits extremely well and is a lot less trouble to open and close than the rigid foam/zipper models.
The mango is a little difficult to describe visually, so I'll let the pictures speak, weak as they may be. (Pictures have been updated for the replacement, noted in my post on page 2.)
I needn't have fretted (pun intended). At the suggestion of the guys at HMS, I asked them to set it up with Worth BTs, and while I can't compare to the same uke with its stock strings, this one has a warm, balanced tone that responds well to picking (as much as I can do right now) but sounds good strummed, too. The strings feel a little hard, but that may be due solely to my having played my long-neck soprano a lot lately. And I love the neck. I'm not a fan of beefy necks on guitars, but some of the ukes I've played feel like their necks are disappearing in my hand. This one does not.
I bought it with an O'ahu hardshell case, which fits extremely well and is a lot less trouble to open and close than the rigid foam/zipper models.
The mango is a little difficult to describe visually, so I'll let the pictures speak, weak as they may be. (Pictures have been updated for the replacement, noted in my post on page 2.)
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