RafterGirl
Well-known member
It's here! I had gone out to run an errand and got home just as the UPS truck pulled up. My very first impression was ......this is not a dainty, light as a feather ukuele. It feels substantial, but not unbalanced. It feels a little heavier than my concert scale tenor. It sounds wonderful. It has a very full sound. Not as bright & loud as my KoAloha, but not as mellow as my Doug fir & mahogany tenor. The Blackwater strings sound kind of like the Worth Browns on my tenor, but not exactly. They have a slippery feel to them. I'll keep them on for awhile & decide if I want to switch to my favorite Living Waters strings. I was worried about the neck, as some had described it as being on the thinner side. I don't think I'd call it thin. It seems very medium to me. Very much like my Gary Gill tenor and my Islander soprano. Maybe a tiny bit thicker than my KoAloha. Not at all like my Loprinzi, which has a thin neck. The finish on this ukulele is smooth as glass, and I LOVE that the neck is satin, not gloss. The spalted maple rosette is very cool, and the one thing that is unique to each uke.
My experience with HMS was very good. I got notification of the order receipt and the shipping in a timely manner. 10 days from order to delivery with the full set-up and MiSi installation. It was boxed exceptionally well. It even had a filled humidifier in the case with the uke. The set-up feels great. The aNueNue case is a tank. Beefiest case I've ever seen, and it's a lockable case.
So far, I'm digging it this uke a lot. Back to playing it now.
My experience with HMS was very good. I got notification of the order receipt and the shipping in a timely manner. 10 days from order to delivery with the full set-up and MiSi installation. It was boxed exceptionally well. It even had a filled humidifier in the case with the uke. The set-up feels great. The aNueNue case is a tank. Beefiest case I've ever seen, and it's a lockable case.
So far, I'm digging it this uke a lot. Back to playing it now.