mikelz777
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Have you bonded with [all] your uke?
My first was a Lanikai LU-21C (concert)and I can still remember how excited I was to get it. It was a nightmare to play at first but I had a guitar store lower the action and and it played like a breeze! When I got my 3rd uke, I planned on selling it but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I've bonded with it and I love the feel of playing it. I think it sounds pretty good as well!
My 2nd was an Ohana CK42-R (concert) with a sinker redwood top, rosewood back and sides with maple binding. I love everything about it's looks and I love the history behind how sinker redwood came about and how it was harvested. The wood top has a great American back story. It's also got a great sound and I I've bonded with it as well but it took more time and I don't think I feel as deep a bond as I do with the Lanikai. Is that weird? It's a much better and more expensive uke. The Ohana gets more play but not a whole lot.
My 3rd uke is a Pono ATD (tenor) which is a beautiful, wonderful sounding uke but I'm still trying to bond with it. Lately I've been trying to play it exclusively. I want to learn finger picking so I've been self teaching myself on it hoping that will help me bond with it. It's not that I don't like it, I do but it's more like an ambiguous feeling. I haven't any real emotional attachments to it (yet). Maybe it's because it's a tenor. I think I prefer the feel of chording on a concert scale. Maybe it's because it's my 3rd uke and 3's a crowd? I'm still trying to sort out my feelings:
-Should I sell it and carry on with just 2 ukes?
-Should I sell it and replace it with a desirable concert? (I kinda have one in mind if I went this way.)
-Should I keep it for variety in size/scale/sound and continue to play it with the hope I bond with it in the future? What to do? What to do?
Have you ever had a uke that took a while before you bonded with it or is bonding something that happens early or probably not at all? Can one bond with more than 1 or 2 ukes? I can totally understand bonding with your first uke whatever it may be because it is your first and that feeling is something you'll never have again but what does it take to bond after that and how long should I chase a feeling that hasn't happened yet?
My first was a Lanikai LU-21C (concert)and I can still remember how excited I was to get it. It was a nightmare to play at first but I had a guitar store lower the action and and it played like a breeze! When I got my 3rd uke, I planned on selling it but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I've bonded with it and I love the feel of playing it. I think it sounds pretty good as well!
My 2nd was an Ohana CK42-R (concert) with a sinker redwood top, rosewood back and sides with maple binding. I love everything about it's looks and I love the history behind how sinker redwood came about and how it was harvested. The wood top has a great American back story. It's also got a great sound and I I've bonded with it as well but it took more time and I don't think I feel as deep a bond as I do with the Lanikai. Is that weird? It's a much better and more expensive uke. The Ohana gets more play but not a whole lot.
My 3rd uke is a Pono ATD (tenor) which is a beautiful, wonderful sounding uke but I'm still trying to bond with it. Lately I've been trying to play it exclusively. I want to learn finger picking so I've been self teaching myself on it hoping that will help me bond with it. It's not that I don't like it, I do but it's more like an ambiguous feeling. I haven't any real emotional attachments to it (yet). Maybe it's because it's a tenor. I think I prefer the feel of chording on a concert scale. Maybe it's because it's my 3rd uke and 3's a crowd? I'm still trying to sort out my feelings:
-Should I sell it and carry on with just 2 ukes?
-Should I sell it and replace it with a desirable concert? (I kinda have one in mind if I went this way.)
-Should I keep it for variety in size/scale/sound and continue to play it with the hope I bond with it in the future? What to do? What to do?
Have you ever had a uke that took a while before you bonded with it or is bonding something that happens early or probably not at all? Can one bond with more than 1 or 2 ukes? I can totally understand bonding with your first uke whatever it may be because it is your first and that feeling is something you'll never have again but what does it take to bond after that and how long should I chase a feeling that hasn't happened yet?