PTOEguy
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A couple of days ago I unpacked a used Godin Multiuke shipped from a Guitar Center in Massachussets.
I was immediately disappointed by 4 things. The "leather gig bag" that it came with is more of a cheap faux leather dustcover without any padding. The headstock finish was cloudy, and the instrument smelled suspiciously of air freshener. And finally - the set of spare strings they threw in was an Aquila nylagut concert set (the Multiuke is a tenor) and they had loosened the existing strings for shipping and one of them had come off the tuning peg and was impossible to get back on.
So I made a quick trip out to get a set of tenor uke strings at the local Guitar Center (my favorite local music store was already closed for the evening), and set about restringing (I left the low G from the set that it came with on the uke).
After playing it for a couple of days, I can say that I really like the uke - the neck is comfortable and the plugged in sound is pretty amazing. At first I didn't notice much difference with the radius fingerboard, but then I tried using my ring finger to stop two strings in an E minor chord - I've never been been able to do that cleanly before...
But - I'm not crazy about the way it smells, I need a good gig bag and I can't decide if the hazy headstock bothers me or not.
I can return this to the local GC - I think for a fairly full refund (not sure if they'd refund the shipping), and I can buy a brand new Godin multiuke (including gig bag) for about $95 more than I spent. Getting the Godin branded gig bag is about $85.
The only minor hitch is the good price on the new one is for an anticipated ship date about 10 days out (they are out of stock but expecting a shipment).
Any thoughts?
I was immediately disappointed by 4 things. The "leather gig bag" that it came with is more of a cheap faux leather dustcover without any padding. The headstock finish was cloudy, and the instrument smelled suspiciously of air freshener. And finally - the set of spare strings they threw in was an Aquila nylagut concert set (the Multiuke is a tenor) and they had loosened the existing strings for shipping and one of them had come off the tuning peg and was impossible to get back on.
So I made a quick trip out to get a set of tenor uke strings at the local Guitar Center (my favorite local music store was already closed for the evening), and set about restringing (I left the low G from the set that it came with on the uke).
After playing it for a couple of days, I can say that I really like the uke - the neck is comfortable and the plugged in sound is pretty amazing. At first I didn't notice much difference with the radius fingerboard, but then I tried using my ring finger to stop two strings in an E minor chord - I've never been been able to do that cleanly before...
But - I'm not crazy about the way it smells, I need a good gig bag and I can't decide if the hazy headstock bothers me or not.
I can return this to the local GC - I think for a fairly full refund (not sure if they'd refund the shipping), and I can buy a brand new Godin multiuke (including gig bag) for about $95 more than I spent. Getting the Godin branded gig bag is about $85.
The only minor hitch is the good price on the new one is for an anticipated ship date about 10 days out (they are out of stock but expecting a shipment).
Any thoughts?