Last week I bought a walnut Fluke from the Marketplace. The leader of my group, Cali Rose, is good friends with Magic Fluke and highly recommends their stuff. I've been considering a beater uke to leave out, and when I saw this one for $150 shipped, I went for it.
It had low G, which I don't play, so I changed the strings to what I had on hand, but they're not bright enough for me. I also realized the saddle had been replaced with a narrow ivory colored one, which I lost (I don't know how) when I changed the strings, so I replaced it with one of mine. Neither fit properly, the action is too high, so I called Magic Fluke and they're sending me 3 with different heights for $10, hoorah for them.
This is my first uke with friction tuners, one of which would not stay tight, so I tightened the knob screws, but that makes tuning a little difficult. I'm going to need to tweak those screws.
I also added strap buttons to the bottom edge and the neck heel because I always use a strap. I always hang my ukes on a stand, so I don't need the flat bottom.
The Fluke has good projection, and I'll check the intonation when I install the proper saddle. This one has the plastic fretboard and frets.
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 11 solid body bass ukes, 8 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 33)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children's hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video
It had low G, which I don't play, so I changed the strings to what I had on hand, but they're not bright enough for me. I also realized the saddle had been replaced with a narrow ivory colored one, which I lost (I don't know how) when I changed the strings, so I replaced it with one of mine. Neither fit properly, the action is too high, so I called Magic Fluke and they're sending me 3 with different heights for $10, hoorah for them.
This is my first uke with friction tuners, one of which would not stay tight, so I tightened the knob screws, but that makes tuning a little difficult. I'm going to need to tweak those screws.
I also added strap buttons to the bottom edge and the neck heel because I always use a strap. I always hang my ukes on a stand, so I don't need the flat bottom.
The Fluke has good projection, and I'll check the intonation when I install the proper saddle. This one has the plastic fretboard and frets.
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 11 solid body bass ukes, 8 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 33)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children's hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video
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