WhenDogsSing
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I just got a Mauna Loa soprano plastic ukulele and got to wondering if any of you more knowledgeable ukers have much experience with the old plastic ukuleles made by Macaferri, Carnival, Lisa, Mauna Loa, etc, etc...???
The Mauna Loa is junk, pure and simple... I tuned it up and quickly realized that the intonation was way off going up the fretboard. I'm very surprised at that because it is a plastic uke that is molded. One would think that they would have got the frets and bridge in the right location before they went into production but evidently not.
The Mauna Loa has decent metal tuners and is relatively easy to tune but the playability up the neck is atrocious...
On the other hand, I have a supronimo size Carnival ukulele that has excellent intonation up the neck. It is very hard to tune with the small plastic friction tuners but it can be tuned and it can be played with a good sound.
Way back a long time ago, I had a Macaferri Islander guitar that was a nice guitar, it played and sounded very good. The intonation on it was also very good. I have never played any of the Macaferri ukuleles.
I was just wondering what you all might know about these old ukuleles and I wanted to save someone some money in the future by their not buying a Mauna Loa plastic ukulele...
The Mauna Loa is junk, pure and simple... I tuned it up and quickly realized that the intonation was way off going up the fretboard. I'm very surprised at that because it is a plastic uke that is molded. One would think that they would have got the frets and bridge in the right location before they went into production but evidently not.
The Mauna Loa has decent metal tuners and is relatively easy to tune but the playability up the neck is atrocious...
On the other hand, I have a supronimo size Carnival ukulele that has excellent intonation up the neck. It is very hard to tune with the small plastic friction tuners but it can be tuned and it can be played with a good sound.
Way back a long time ago, I had a Macaferri Islander guitar that was a nice guitar, it played and sounded very good. The intonation on it was also very good. I have never played any of the Macaferri ukuleles.
I was just wondering what you all might know about these old ukuleles and I wanted to save someone some money in the future by their not buying a Mauna Loa plastic ukulele...
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