Doc_J
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The week before last was an amazing week, taking delivery of two very special off-scale ukes. Arriving first was a long scale (18”) tenor by William King (circa 2013), and later arrived a new 19” scale Pohaku baritone from Peter Hurney. Below is a picture of them together (King tenor on the left, Pohaku baritone on the right). Both were on my ‘bucket list’. Despite similar sizes, they feel, respond and sound different. To give you a clue to the size difference of the LS King tenor from a regular tenor, there’s also a picture of it with my MBU. It's a bit bigger all around (body, scale length, neck width) with a 1.5" fretboard.
Took off the old strings on the King and put on new Worth BTs. Decided it sounded and felt very good in re-entrant Bb tuning, is particularly clear and bell-like in sound. My best description of the Pohaku baritone is that it's sound is like a modern, improved Favilla. More uniform tone, more clarity, more articulate notes but with similar excellent warmth. It has crazy long sustain & excellent resonance. The 19" scale makes the Aquila strings feel just a little slack from normal length bari’s, but it's an easy player. The fit and finish are immaculate.
I am delighted with each of these off-scale ukes.
Anybody else got some off-scale ukes they really enjoy?
2017-10-28 22.57.07 .
King & MBU , on Flickr
Took off the old strings on the King and put on new Worth BTs. Decided it sounded and felt very good in re-entrant Bb tuning, is particularly clear and bell-like in sound. My best description of the Pohaku baritone is that it's sound is like a modern, improved Favilla. More uniform tone, more clarity, more articulate notes but with similar excellent warmth. It has crazy long sustain & excellent resonance. The 19" scale makes the Aquila strings feel just a little slack from normal length bari’s, but it's an easy player. The fit and finish are immaculate.
I am delighted with each of these off-scale ukes.
Anybody else got some off-scale ukes they really enjoy?
2017-10-28 22.57.07 .
King & MBU , on Flickr