sam13
Well-known member
Hey Gang,
I have a Long Neck Tenor Kamaka (HF3L) strung Low G with a Thomastik-Infeld for Low G as per Chuck Moore.
I love the tone. It is warm, bright and full. The finger spacing is fabulous on the fretboard. It will always remain a Low G for me. It is a tremendous sounding uke. Here is the Uke ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSyB4B_CboU
But ... I find the flat fretboard a challenge as the songs I play involve A LOT OF BARRING ... and other radius Ukes I own are SO COMFORTABLE to play this way.
By the way, the depth of the HF3L (which is a Baritone depth for a neck) is less deep than a Pono Pro Classic Tenor. However, with the Pono PC Tenor it is like buttah to barre with the radius.
I was talking to Dave. My co-hort in crime and chime.
And I said to him ... you know ... People Pimp their Rides all the time:
So I am considering having a slight radius put on it ... 16" ... like a Pono ... and putting slightly larger frets.
The fretboard would not be removed, just adjusted slightly.
Has anyone done this?
I know there are nay sayers ... nay away ... just interested in some feed back ...
I don't see myself selling this Uke ever ... I know ... famous last words ...
How have you changed your Uke to make it more comfortable to play?
I have a Long Neck Tenor Kamaka (HF3L) strung Low G with a Thomastik-Infeld for Low G as per Chuck Moore.
I love the tone. It is warm, bright and full. The finger spacing is fabulous on the fretboard. It will always remain a Low G for me. It is a tremendous sounding uke. Here is the Uke ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSyB4B_CboU
But ... I find the flat fretboard a challenge as the songs I play involve A LOT OF BARRING ... and other radius Ukes I own are SO COMFORTABLE to play this way.
By the way, the depth of the HF3L (which is a Baritone depth for a neck) is less deep than a Pono Pro Classic Tenor. However, with the Pono PC Tenor it is like buttah to barre with the radius.
I was talking to Dave. My co-hort in crime and chime.
And I said to him ... you know ... People Pimp their Rides all the time:
- They buy a Honda Civic and then make adjustments to make it feel the way they want ...
- At a local guitar shop, people spend $7-8,000 on brand new guitars and change the frets to thicker ones. They walk upstairs and before they take it home they have the frets changed to bigger frets to make barring cleaning and less effort to do it.
So I am considering having a slight radius put on it ... 16" ... like a Pono ... and putting slightly larger frets.
The fretboard would not be removed, just adjusted slightly.
Has anyone done this?
I know there are nay sayers ... nay away ... just interested in some feed back ...
I don't see myself selling this Uke ever ... I know ... famous last words ...
How have you changed your Uke to make it more comfortable to play?