5 String Uke?
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ukeeku
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I loved my Boat Paddle 5-string
here is the article on it
https://ukeeku.com/2011/09/27/ukeekus-custom-5-string-concert-boat-paddle-uke/
here is the article on it
https://ukeeku.com/2011/09/27/ukeekus-custom-5-string-concert-boat-paddle-uke/
stevejfc
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They are fun and unique...............but like a banjo uke, not for every occasion.
Jon Moody
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I have a Boat Paddle 5 string concert as well. Love it.
As a strummer, I find it fills out the sound very nicely. As a picker, maybe not so much, but it can be done.
I've even experimented with two high G strings, and that gave it a nice shimmery, almost chorused, sound.
As a strummer, I find it fills out the sound very nicely. As a picker, maybe not so much, but it can be done.
I've even experimented with two high G strings, and that gave it a nice shimmery, almost chorused, sound.
A little extra "chime". Not sure why it can't be for "every occasion" if you like it. Lots of folks here love their 5 string. Now that new Ohana 8 string taropatch is another matter. I'm pretty sure I want one of those. I have a nice 6 string Mele solid mahogany concert that sounds sweet. Some of us find these "extra stringed" ukes a little trickier to play, some of us don't.
stevejfc
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You're right Phil. It can be for any occasion..............but may not always be the sound one is after. The extra string(s) don't add any difficulty, for me anyway.
Pueo
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That is not the point. A 5-string is its own style, like a six-string and an 8-string are their own sound as well.
I play a six-string because I really like the sound.
I want a 5-string, I just need to figure out how to justify buying another ukulele.
One of my former ukulele teachers always played a 5-string and I really like the sound and the way he played it. He used his thumb to play accent beats with the chorused string and his technique really suited the 5-string well.
The idea is not to get a 5-string so that you don't need a high G and a low G ukulele, it is its own animal.
RedBeth
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I saw that Taimane Gardner plays a 5 string in some of her Youtube videos. Right now a 5 string Tenor is on the top of my wish list for my 2nd Uke. I'm looking forward to trying them out later this fall.
Difficult if those strings don't have a bit more separation than normal. I asked Allen McFarlen (Barron River) to slightly increase the spacing of the low g course on my 8 string. He had a previous customer ask for this, whom I spoke with, prior to requesting the same set up. Glad I did as it turned out to be very doable and adds variety to your playing style.
What did he increase the spacing to?
No more than a strings width. Doesn't sound like much but it works well.
Kayak Jim
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He makes it sound easy.
This exactly. I had a Compass Rose 5 string tenor, adironack spruce top, cocobolo back and sides, side sound port, fabulous instrument. It had a beautiful chimey sound that 5 strings tenors usually have and I enjoyed it........but only occasionally. I ended up selling because I never played it very often. But I enjoyed the sound when I did play it, it is an animal all onto itself.
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