Dilemma: easiest to play but my least favorite
I have three tenor ukes right now, an Ovation Applause from the 90's that for the last couple of years has been my main player, a Teton tenor that is currently the one I play the most because much of my practice time is in the morning while my wife is asleep and a Cordoba 32T which mostly sits unused because I have never warmed up to it. Trouble is, I can play on the Cordoba with far more ease then the others. I don't know just why because it's not a radius fretboard and if anything the neck feels too slim (not in the width, but depth) but when it comes to chords I can play pretty much anything on it without problems. That is not true of the others, both of which I struggle with barre or other complex chords on. Anyone else have an experience like this, where for whatever reason you can play better on a certain uke but it's not the one you like playing? I think I will explore some more string ideas for the Cordoba, at least get the sound dialed in but not sure that will make me like it more. Maybe I just don't like non cutaway ukes
John
I have three tenor ukes right now, an Ovation Applause from the 90's that for the last couple of years has been my main player, a Teton tenor that is currently the one I play the most because much of my practice time is in the morning while my wife is asleep and a Cordoba 32T which mostly sits unused because I have never warmed up to it. Trouble is, I can play on the Cordoba with far more ease then the others. I don't know just why because it's not a radius fretboard and if anything the neck feels too slim (not in the width, but depth) but when it comes to chords I can play pretty much anything on it without problems. That is not true of the others, both of which I struggle with barre or other complex chords on. Anyone else have an experience like this, where for whatever reason you can play better on a certain uke but it's not the one you like playing? I think I will explore some more string ideas for the Cordoba, at least get the sound dialed in but not sure that will make me like it more. Maybe I just don't like non cutaway ukes
John
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