Which Soprano ukulele brand should I get?

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Island_Uke

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I already have a Lanikai LU-21c and an Oscar Schmidt OU7T and just gave a Hilo soprano to my cousin. Now I want a soprano ukulele.
I was thinking about Mainland.
Any suggestions on other ukes or should I get a Mainland?
If Mainland what kind of wood? Mahogany, Red Ceadar, or Mango?
 
I've heard nothing but good things about Mainland, and I really like my Ohana mahogany CK-25. The Ohanas are well constructed out of thin wood, resulting in very light, loud ukes.
 
'Atta boy.
All the cool kids play Mainlands. ;)
(Seriously, you can't do any better, not that I know of.)
 
Sounds like you're sorted. I've never heard a bad word about Mainland ukes. :cool:
 
a better question would be which wood? cedar or mahogany? D: mainland offers soo many decisions that would drive you crazy. :p
 
deach said:
I've played two Mainland cedars sopranos. If I were in the market for a soprano, that's what I'd get.
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That'd be good enough for me. :cool:

Soprano or pineapple... I wonder what Ahnko would say... :D
 
I played both the red cedar and the mahogany soppranos in a store around here. I went in really wanting a mahogany and left really wanting a red cedar instead. Then I played Shani's mahogany sopprano at the UWC and now I'm back to wanting that one. I'm thinking that the mahagony may sound a little different once it's been played for a while. Another theory is that I could have been fooled into liking that one because of that cool scarf thing Shani has hanging off of her headstock. Makes me want to rock out while I play.
 
hey man, it's your uke. Go with what you like. Red Cedar vs Mahogany... I think is purely aesthetics. Then again, I don't know about the comparison of the two, audio quality wise. I have a red cedar soprano, nice and loud. relatively cheap if you get it from ukerepublic. it's a good beat around ukulele. I can throw it around and everything and not worry about it as much as I would a Hawaiian K. Not that I treat it like crap, but there was a thread earlier that said something about "having scratch marks" and it "being perfectly fine." I wasn't about to treat my koaloha like that, but my mainland, I'll treat with the utmost respect while playing the hell out of it.
 
specialmike said:
hey man, it's your uke. Go with what you like. Red Cedar vs Mahogany... I think is purely aesthetics. Then again, I don't know about the comparison of the two, audio quality wise. I have a red cedar soprano, nice and loud. relatively cheap if you get it from ukerepublic. it's a good beat around ukulele. I can throw it around and everything and not worry about it as much as I would a Hawaiian K. Not that I treat it like crap, but there was a thread earlier that said something about "having scratch marks" and it "being perfectly fine." I wasn't about to treat my koaloha like that, but my mainland, I'll treat with the utmost respect while playing the hell out of it.
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It really isn't purely aesthetics. Both are different solid woods and will give different tones. That is the great thing about it. Not every wood sounds the same. ;)
 
Or nevermind the mahogany and red cedar ill get the mango pineapple.
 
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What is the difference in price between the 2 Mainlands your talking about?

I'm new in the Uke world. Don;t know anything about them.

I just ordered a Kala KA-15S from MGM. Are these in the same category?
 
I would definitely go for the soprano's for $200, its the least expensive and it has a pick up, seems perfect to me. If this is going to be your first solid wood uke prepare to be blown away :eek:
 
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