Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what makes an instrument a jazz ukulele?
I recently got a U-Bass and thus was introduced to the Wonderful World of Playing With Amps. So now I want a tenor and a baritone with electrics (of course -- the heartbreak of Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome is very real), and with the combination of not wanting to spend a great deal of $ as a decent amateur (but not performing) player, being a tiny little bit of a Kala fangirl, and the fact that I just love its look, I found this one:
Kala Archtop Jazz Uke KA-JTE Sunburst
I see that it has two smaller soundholes and is absent the large traditional uke soundhole, and in the play videos I can find on YouTube, it sounds a bit quieter/more muted, which I'm not sure I really want. Is that what makes it jazz? Annoyingly, even though there are lots of videos online, everyone seems to be playing it unplugged, so I can't tell what it sounds like plugged in.
But in my (admittedly limited) ukulele experience, including way too many hours spent noodling about online for information about all things ukulele, this is the first time I've ever come across the idea of a "jazz uke."
Thanks!
I recently got a U-Bass and thus was introduced to the Wonderful World of Playing With Amps. So now I want a tenor and a baritone with electrics (of course -- the heartbreak of Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome is very real), and with the combination of not wanting to spend a great deal of $ as a decent amateur (but not performing) player, being a tiny little bit of a Kala fangirl, and the fact that I just love its look, I found this one:
Kala Archtop Jazz Uke KA-JTE Sunburst
I see that it has two smaller soundholes and is absent the large traditional uke soundhole, and in the play videos I can find on YouTube, it sounds a bit quieter/more muted, which I'm not sure I really want. Is that what makes it jazz? Annoyingly, even though there are lots of videos online, everyone seems to be playing it unplugged, so I can't tell what it sounds like plugged in.
But in my (admittedly limited) ukulele experience, including way too many hours spent noodling about online for information about all things ukulele, this is the first time I've ever come across the idea of a "jazz uke."
Thanks!