KC8AFW
Well-known member
Okay...so I've been playing ukulele for all of 2, maybe 3 weeks and I've already contracted UAS. So I gave hoosierhiver a call today and figured everything out that I want...mahogany, gold geared tuners with ebony buttons, gloss finish (sweet). Well, everything except for the size. I just can't decide between the soprano or the concert. Unfortunately, I live in a ukulele-baren wasteland and can't try out the different sizes to see which one I like.
I have a Lanakai LU-21 soprano, and it really fits my lifestyle. The only times I get to play it...I'm either laying in the bed, walking around the house, or sitting in the car waiting to pick my kids up from work. And the scale length is really comfortable for me. I can actually play most chords without ever looking at the fretboard (something I was never able to master playing guitar).
But on the other hand...I really like the sound of the concert (although the sopranos that russbuss, shanifawni, and UKISOCIETY have sound amazing...could just be the artists). I just don't know if it will be too big for how I play. And getting the "next size up" is better justification to my wife than just "it's a better one". And...I already have a soprano.
I know that it is all personal preferrence...so I'm not going to ask "which one should I get" That's my own demon to battle. But, what I am going to ask is...if you have both, could you post a side-by-side picture so I can have a reference to the size difference? Or...could you measure from the tail (not the bridge) to the nut and post the dimensions...or maybe from the nut to the 3rd fret...just so I can have a point of reference.
Thanks,
-KP
I have a Lanakai LU-21 soprano, and it really fits my lifestyle. The only times I get to play it...I'm either laying in the bed, walking around the house, or sitting in the car waiting to pick my kids up from work. And the scale length is really comfortable for me. I can actually play most chords without ever looking at the fretboard (something I was never able to master playing guitar).
But on the other hand...I really like the sound of the concert (although the sopranos that russbuss, shanifawni, and UKISOCIETY have sound amazing...could just be the artists). I just don't know if it will be too big for how I play. And getting the "next size up" is better justification to my wife than just "it's a better one". And...I already have a soprano.
I know that it is all personal preferrence...so I'm not going to ask "which one should I get" That's my own demon to battle. But, what I am going to ask is...if you have both, could you post a side-by-side picture so I can have a reference to the size difference? Or...could you measure from the tail (not the bridge) to the nut and post the dimensions...or maybe from the nut to the 3rd fret...just so I can have a point of reference.
Thanks,
-KP