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I just ordered a blue soprano outdoor ukulele with gold tuners. What are your thoughts on this ukulele.
I just ordered a blue soprano outdoor ukulele with gold tuners. What are your thoughts on this ukulele.
Thanks for introducing me to the word "etiolated". I like that.For me, in order to be happy with the outdoor uke, it was essential to judge it by its own criteria. If your point of reference is a Martin or a Jay Lichty custom tenor, then the outdoor uke is quite an etiolated comparison. However, if you embrace its punchy, clipped tone and its idiosyncratic sound, then it is possible to be happy with it when you take a bath and lay it across your belly to pick some Lydian modes.
I briefly owned one and there was a lot to like about it. The sound and intonation was way better than the Waterman. Ultimately, I just figured out I'm not a plastic ukulele kind of guy.
It is an outdoor ukulele. Its not made to play indoors. Hang it up with the raincoats in hallway or vestibule and take it outside to play when you go outside. It will always struggle to compete with well made solid wood instruments indoors, but you usually need to do a lot of work to take them outside into the rain and sun, and they need a heavy case as well.
Its probably not the best choice for a child who has just started, but it could be an excellent choice for an adolescent person who has been taking lessons for a year or so, when they go to camp or do arduous outdoor activities.
A lot of people who play music think that anything less than a 5 star hotel is camping and they have no idea about an outdoor lifestyle, they probably will never understand the full potential of an OU. If you have never been hiking or camping or on a motorbike or push bike tour, you will never understand the true value of an OU. I would recommend against buying one if you are going to keep it inside all the time.